VIKMA16 Learning Society

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2016
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Branislav Frk, Ph.D. (lecturer)
PhDr. Pavla Vizváry, Ph.D. LL.M. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Petr Škyřík, Ph.D.
Division of Information and Library Studies – Department of Czech Literature – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Alžběta Šašinková, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Division of Information and Library Studies – Department of Czech Literature – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Fri 26. 2. 14:10–17:25 C11, Fri 18. 3. 14:10–17:25 C11, Fri 8. 4. 14:10–17:25 C11, Fri 29. 4. 14:10–17:25 C11, Fri 20. 5. 14:10–17:25 C11
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
At the end of the course, student will be able to:
understand the context of education in the learning society;
explain andragogical, pedagogical, sociological and economic view of the learning society;
use the information in formulating and implementing educational projects;
interpret trends and challenges of learning society to current practice;
apply learning technologies into lifelong learning practice;
explain the benefits of innovations and trends in education.
Syllabus
  • 1. Information Society. Historical, cultural, economical and political context. Importance and role of education. Contemporary cognition of information (knowledge or learning) society in andragogy, pedagogy, sociology and economy.
    2. Education in Learning society. Globalisation and education. Technological and demografic development and changes in the labour market. New curriculum, qualifications, skills and competences.
    3. Lifelong learning idea and concept. Formal, non-formal and informal learning. The reforms of educational systems. Theory of miseducation and futher education critics.
    4. Human and Learning society. Individualized and personalized learning. Alternative education, deschooling, edupunk, edutainment and gamification.
    5. Inovations in education. Heutagogy and cybergogy. Learning technologies, edutools, visualization and infographics, databases and learning resources.
    6. Open education. Open universities, open technologies and open data. OER Open educational resources.
    7. Universities and Learning society. The future of university education, moocs and online learning. Certification and Labour market needs. The economical and political aspects of university education.
    8. Learning organisations. Knowledge economy and knowledge management. The implementation of learning into work. ERP systems, swarming and networking in organisations.
    9. Learning communities and collaborative learning. Learning communities models, online communities and virtual worlds. The examples of good practice.
    10. Commerce education. Distance and blended learning. Educational market, social network learning. E-learning and m-learning.
    11. New professions in Learning society. Knowledge worker, data curator, e-tutor and knowledge entrepreneurship.
    12. The hacking of education. The deinstitucialisation and ultra-individualisation of learning. Hackerspace as an alternative learning space, peer-learning.
    13. The future and perspective of Learning Society. Artifical intelligence, machine learning and big data. Virtual ecosystems and cybernetic society.
Literature
  • CONNEL, John. 2014. The Learning Society: social and economic progress through education, Columbia University Press, ISBN: 978-0231152143
  • FISHER, Mark. 2010. Kapitalistický realizmus. Rybka publishers. ISBN: 9788087067697
  • LIESSMANN, Konrad Paul. Teorie nevzdělanosti : omyly společnosti vědění. Translated by Jana Zoubková. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 2008, 125 s. ISBN 9788020016775. info
  • KELLER, Jan and Lubor HRUŠKA TVRDÝ. Vzdělanostní společnost? : chrám, výtah a pojišťovna. Vyd. 1. Praha: Sociologické nakladatelství, 2008, 183 s. ISBN 9788086429786. info
  • SAK, Petr, Jiří MAREŠ, Hana NOVÁ, Vít RICHTER, Karolína KOLESÁROVÁ and Jarmila SKALKOVÁ. Člověk a vzdělání v informační společnosti. Vydání 1. Praha: Portál, 2007, 290 stran. ISBN 9788073672300. info
  • RANKOV, Pavol. Informačná spoločnosť - perspektívy, problémy, paradoxy. Vyd. 1. Levice: Koloman Kertész Bagala, 2006, 173 s. ISBN 8089129919. info
  • LÉVY, Pierre P. Kyberkultura : zpráva pro Radu Evropy v rámci projektu "Nové technologie: kulturní spolupráce a komunikace". Translated by Martin Kašpar - Anna Pravdová. Vyd. 1. V Praze: Univerzita Karlova, 2000, 229 s. ISBN 8024601095. info
  • TAPSCOTT, Don. Digitální ekonomika : naděje a hrozby věku informační společnosti. Vyd. 1. Praha: Computer Press, 1999, 350 s. ISBN 8072261762. info
  • TICHÁ, Ivana. Učící se organizace. Vyd. 1. V Praze: Česká zemědělská univerzita, 1999, 56 s. ISBN 80-213-0574-6. info
  • LEARY, Timothy. Chaos a kyberkultura. Edited by Michael Horowitz, Translated by Saša Neuman. Praha: MAŤA, 1997, 371 stran. ISBN 8085905302. info
Teaching methods
lectures, class discussion, seminar, webinar, recommended reading
Assessment methods
oral examination, essay, essay discussion 70% presence on lectures and webinars is required. Oral examination consists of answering 2 questions. Set of examination questions consists of 30 questions from course content. Discussion on essay is part of oral examination. Essay (min. 5 pages) of course content topics.
Essay – 30%
Essay discussion – 20%
Oral examination – 50%
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2021.
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