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Evaluation of trends in open education with focus on massive open online courses
Slavický, Marek ; Dvořáková, Miroslava (advisor) ; Frič, Pavol (referee)
Mass Open Online Courses have been a phenomenon in education in the past few years. Although their popularity is globaly on the rise, it is not yet clear how sustainable MOOCs really are in the long run. Lack of academic texts and non- existing set of guidelines for the design and implementation of effective and successful MOOCs is one of today's problems. The aim of this paper is to create such criteria that can assess the MOOC quality and success, and subsequently assess current MOOC approach and effectivity as well as outline steps to increase their efficacy. In the paper, I present a novel analysis method of potential MOOC efficacy indicators. Then, based on created criteria, I define the importance of lector's active role in the course, the need for clear formulation and communication of rules, goals and expectations, and the significance of setting high course standards. At the end, I suggest ways of utilizing this thesis for further research.
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The Development of a Housing Sustainability Assessment Tool
Adamec, Jakub ; Janoušková, Svatava (advisor) ; Veselý, Martin (referee) ; Moldan, Bedřich (referee)
Sustainable development is a principal concept for housing, urban infrastructure, energetics, transportation, or business. Fragmentation of concept definition is a result of abusive term overuse by the entire society. In 2015 UNECE established a clear sustainable housing definition through The Geneva UN Charter on Sustainable Housing and its 34 Rationales. The UN encourages its member states to measure progress in sustainable development through existing or newly developed indicators. Existing commercial housing evaluation tools are insufficient for the Geneva UN Charter concept. Initially, the tools measured the so-called greenness of buildings overlooking anthropocentric and social qualities of housing underlined in the UN Geneva Charter. Commercial certification tools heavily reliant on profits often utilize incorrect concepts of sustainability. That results in false sustainability. This work aspires to introduce a transparent housing sustainability assessment tool for the Czech Republic. Firstly, were identified unique phenomena outlining the concept of housing sustainability. To identified phenomena were consequently nominated and assigned appropriate indicators. While in a different situation is housing interpreted as a human environment, building, home, investment, or fundamental human...
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Art Education and key competencies.
Unique, Elis ; Fišerová, Zuzana (advisor) ; Kitzbergerová, Leonora (referee)
The diploma thesis deals with the influence of art education on the development of key competences within the curriculum for the elementary school. The thesis explores the potential of this discipline and the possibility to apply it to the development and strengthening of cognitive functions, self-confidence, social and communication skills in children in the elderly school age. The first theoretical part focuses on the concept of art education and its present currents in relation to both the changing educational content and some of the problems encountered in common school practice. Particular attention is paid to the animo-centric approach to which the author reports, and at the same time he feels the need to define the boundary between developing competencies and solving specific problems of individual pupils or classroom dynamics, between artefiletics and activities that approach their approach to artetherapy. The second part elaborates the findings of in-depth interviews with experts in pedagogy and psychology that describe the experience with artefiletics, artetherapy and pedagogical work in school and their potential to develop key competencies. The aim of the thesis is to investigate and describe the tools of art education in the development of key competences and its ability to prevent and possibly...
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Sustainable tourism in selected protected areas in the Czech Republic
Görner, Tomáš
The designation of protected areas is currently the most widely adopted means of conserving natural ecosystems. Whilst the conservation of nature is the primary concern in protected areas, it is also recognized that meeting the needs and priorities of participants (e. g. local residents, visitors) is vital to the long-term survival of such areas. Studies dealing with attitudes of participants may improve protected area management, and help to identify the problems in the area. The Ph.D. thesis "Sustainable tourism in selected protected areas in the Czech Republic" was carried out in Krkonose National Park (KPNAP), Sumava National Park (NP) and Protected Landscape Area (PLA) in the Czech Republic and in Karkonoski Park Narodowy (KPN) in Poland. Many socioenvironmental research studies have been done focusing on the problems of tourism in these areas. The results of these studies could be affected by the timing and location of the survey. The main objective of the research is to compare characteristics and attitudes of visitors and local people in protected areas in different seasons (winter and summer) and in different types of protected areas (national parks and protected landscape area). The first part of the results finds the differences between perceptions and attitudes of visitors of the...
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Uplatňování konceptu společenské odpovědnosti IKEA Brno v kontextu regionálního rozvoje
Kuruc, Vratko
This Bachaleor thesis aims to how corporate organization implementing theirs global CSR strategy on local level and if this strategy reflects regional needs and indicates regional development. The first half of the theoretic part was dedicates on characterising concept CSR which involves definitions, triple bottom line, its historical evolution of concept and chosen standards. The second part focuses on CSR advantages, critics and implementation CSR in Czech Republic. The practical part explores the CSR strategy of IKEA and activities on global scale. Local activities are analysis with chosen indicator which measures level of implementation CSR strategies of IKEA. Their results are used for a recommendation to management of IKEA to optimize regions sustainable development.Formula clause:
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Hodnocení udržitelného rozvoje obcí v CHKO Pálava
Austová, Kristýna
This thesis deals with the evaluation of sustainability in the municipalities, which belongs to the Pálava Protected Landscape Area by their cadastral area. The aim is to bring closer the sustainable development and the current approaches in its evaluation at global, national and local level, further to evaluate and describe trends in individual municipalities and, last but not least, to make comparisons across the territory. The work is done through a selected set of indicators, which records development in basic pillars of sustainability, i.e. environmental, economic, social and governance. Municipalities are further compared on the basis of composite indicator calculation and the results are supplemented by table, graphic and map outputs. The assessment shows that, although most of the municipalities are mostly oriented towards sustainability, specific values are often not always favorable, and in different territories the development between pillars is uneven. In the overall assessment, Sedlec, Milovice and Bulhary rank among the most problematic municipalities, and with Perná achieving the best result.
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Analýza rozvoje krajů ČR
Jelínková, Lucie
The purpose of this master´s thesis is to assess the development of selected regions in Czech Republic between years 2010 and 2014. The development is assessed from economic, social and environmental perspective. In these areas the appropriate indicators of development (growth) are identified, which are assessed both individually and together. The introductory part is focused on theoretical overview of economic growth and development, measuring of economic growth, factors which affect the region level and the business environment within the specific region. Next part describes the method of construction of the composite indicator (KI). The thesis is based on selection and evaluation of the indicators with respect to their effect on the region development. It also provides possible recommendations. The proposed composite indicator is created by using the correlation matrix, appropriate method of data normalization, determining weights and aggregation. As a result of the work, there is a dimensionless quantity which establishes the order of selected regions within the given areas and the overall order, which is graphically visualized by cartogram.
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Vitalita venkovské obce
Hermanová, Lenka
This bachelor thesis deals with the issues of vitality of rural settlements. The aim of the diploma thesis was to identify important aspects of the vitality of the rural settlement, to analyze selected factors and to use them to propose measures for vital rural settlement growth. To reach the aim was used static analyze three studied areas. Based on the information provided by the study of literature in combination with data processing, was suggested recommendations have been proposed to provide a vital rural settlement.
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Komparace kvality života ve vybraných městech
Valachovičová, Natália
The main aim of the thesis is to compare the quality of life in regional cities, Brno and Hradec Králové. The thesis is divided into two main parts. The theoretical part explains the concept of quality of life and the related formulations. The practical part is focused on the characteristics of the regional cities themselves, a description of the current state and also on analysis of the quality of life using selected indicators. Afterward, the SWOT analysis is elaborated. In the end, own suggestions are formulated within the discussion.
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