Terminated in academic year 2013/2014

Communication Skills in Virtual Environment

Type of study	BachelorFollow-up Master
Language of instruction	English
Code	167-0503/01
Abbreviation	KDvVP
Course title	Communication Skills in Virtual Environment
Credits	4
Coordinating department	Innovative Education Institute
Course coordinator	RNDr. Danuše Bauerová, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

- Specification of the new methods and forms of communication. Systematization.
- Classification of communicative tools in the virtual environment by media usage view, taking into account time or classification according to the technologies. Active acquirement.
- Philosophy of information and knowledge sharing.
- Technology web 2.0.
- Practical acquirement of the virtual communication. Blog, Wiki, Web2.0, Calendar online, FaceBook, MySpace, Instant messaging, Del.icio.us, Flickr, Gmail, Audacity, Twitter, Google Docs, Google Search, WordPress, Google Reader, Firefox, WebStart, Documents sharing, Knowledge map, Visitors Book, Personal Learning Environment
- Teams semester thesis:

E-learning

Teacher´s environment:
- Learning Management System Moodle
- WikiMedia
Students are active creators on their individual or team web space, mainly on
- Learning Management System Moodle,
- WikiMedia,
but also on many other web spaces created with Web2.0 tools.

Literature

* Actuall papers available on the Internet
* Brown, A. & Davis, N. (2004). Introduction. In A. Brown & N. Davis (Eds.), Digital Technology Communities and Education (pp.1-12). London: RoutledgeFarmer.
* Collis, B., & Moonen, J. (2001, second printing, 2002). Flexible learning in a digital world: Experiences and expectations. London: Kogan Page. ISBN Hardback: 07494 33728, Softback 07494 3371X.

Advised literature

* Bauerova, D. and Sein-Echaluce, M.L. (2007): Open dialog as a tool for university education, In: ITI 2007, Proceedings of the 29th International Conference on Information Technology Interfaces, Cavtat, Croatia, June 25-28, 2007, IEEE Catalog Numer 07EX1589, . , University of Zagreb. 33-38/792.
* Bauerová, D., Sein-Echaluce, M. L. (2008) Are We Ready for the "Paradigm 2.0" in Education. Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education, Chesapeake, USA. ED-MEDIA 2008, World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia & Telecommunications, [Cit. 2008-07-01]. Downoaded from http://www.editlib.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Reader.ViewAbstract&paper_id=28945. ISSN 1-880094-65-7. Pp. 4025-4031.
* Downes, Stephen, 2005. E-learning 2.0. (2006). In: eLearn Magazine. [Cit. 2006-04-20]. Http://www.elearnmag.org/subpage.cfm?section=articles&article=29-1. National Research Council of Canada
* Jackson Norman. (2004): Exploring the Concept of Metalearning, Paper from seminar on MetaLearning, Middlesex University, Downloaded from www.iclml.com, University of Surrey and UK Learning and Teaching Support Network Generic Centre [Cit. 2007-05-20].
* National Academy Press. (2000), How People Learn- Brain, Mind, Experience and School, (Expanded Edition), Washington DC.
* O´ Reilly, T. What is Web 2.0. (2006): Design Patterns and Business Models for the Next Generation of Software. [Cit. 2006-11-09]. Downloaded from http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/oreilly/tim/news/2005/09/30/what-is-web-20.html.
* Schaffert, Sandra, Hilzensauer. (2008) Wolf. On the way towards Personal learning Environments: Seven crucial aspects. ELearning Papers, Nº 9, July 2008. [cit. 2008-05-14]. Downloaded from http://www.elearningpapers.eu, .
* Sclater, N. (2008) Web2.0, Personal Learning Environments, and the Future of Learning Management Systems. Research Bulletin, Iss. 13. Boulder, CO: EDUCAUSE Centeer for Applied Research. Downoaded from http://www.educause.edu/ecar. [Cit. 2008-09-25]
* Siemens G. (2006), Knowing Knowledge. Retrieved 10 January 2007 [online]. [cit. 2007-12-14]. Downloaded from http://knowingknowledge.com/.
* Wikipedia. (2008). History of personal learning environments. [Cit. 2008-06-25]. Downloaded from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_personal_learning_environments.

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