Information technology

studia pierwszego stopnia

English Philology

semestr 1

studia niestacjonarne

profil akademicki

obowiązkowe

Realizowany w sali

ECTS points in relation to student’s duties:

Number of ECTS points: 2

1 ECTS – 30 hours: participation in classes

1 ECTS – 30 hours:preparation to classses with direct participation of the teacher

Course description

The course helps to become a confident user and manager of information technologies for academic purposes.

Course objectives:

The course enables students to acquire skills in searching, ordering and using information from various electronic sources, as well as

effective management and presentation of the collected data.

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Course content:

1. University of Opole IT services (Eduroam, Usosweb, Webmail and e-learning platform)

2. Basic information on information technology, information safety and copyright protection, the role of Internet networks and information

society

3. Local electronic library catalogues

4. Databases and catalogues of the National Library in Warsaw

5. Global Library Catalogues, e.g. The Congress Library catalogue, WorldCat

6. The Gutenberg Project and other world literature resources

7. Digital Libraries

8. Text processing

9. Text formatting

10. Scientific databases

11. Preparing a strategy of information search

12. Preparing multi-media presentations

13. ESL software evaluation

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Methods of teaching: ICT tools, e-learning, project work, group work, individual work, presentation, discussion.

Reading list:

A. obligatory reading (to get a credit):

A.1. used in class

Kopertowska M. i W. Sikorski. (2007). ECUK. Grafika menadżerska i prezencyjna. Warszawa: PWN.

Sikorski W. (2011). Podstawy edycji tekstów. Przykłady i ćwiczenia w Microsoft Word 2007/2010 oraz OpenOffice Writer 3.3.

Warszawa: WITKOM (Salma Press).

A.2. used for self-study

Kopertowska M. (2006). ECUK. Przetwarzanie tekstów. Warszawa: PWN.

B. Supplementary reading

Wojciechowski A. (2007). ECUK. Usługi w sieciach informatycznych. Warszawa: PWN.

Learning outcomes acc to PQR 2019:

Knowledge

The student knows and understands

1. a variety of types of intellectual and industrial copyright, characteristics of intellectual and industrial property rights, and legal constraints on the use of copyrighted material (k_W10/ P6S_WK)

Skills

The student can

2. be innovative in solving problems through proper selection, evaluation and analysis of the obtained information using IT tools (k_U02/P6S_UW)

3. collaborate with other students to prepare projects, presentations or texts in English that can be publicized out of class using IT tools (k_U08/P6S_UO)

Social competences

The student is ready to

4. critically assess their knowledge of communication technologies (k_K02/ P6S_KK)

5. acknowledge their references to published research, respect copyright and property rights and avoid plagiarism (k_K05/P6S_KR)

Forms of evaluation of learning outcomes:

1. Active participation in the classes - 20% of the final grade (outcomes 1,2,3,4,5)

pluses: 8 = 3,0; 9-10 = 3,5; 11-12 = 4,0; 13-14 = 4,5; 15 = 5,0)

2. Project:

2a. Project preparation/group work - 20% of the final grade (outcomes: 1,2,3,4,5)

2b. Project preparation/individual work - 60% of the final grade (outcomes: 1,2,4,5)

pass at 60% of the final grade