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KKY / KOKY
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Course description
Department/Unit / Abbreviation
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KKY
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KOKY
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Academic Year
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2023/2024
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Academic Year
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2023/2024
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Title
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Communication in Cyberspace
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Form of course completion
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Exam
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Form of course completion
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Exam
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Accredited / Credits
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Yes,
5
Cred.
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Type of completion
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Combined
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Type of completion
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Combined
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Time requirements
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Lecture
2
[Hours/Week]
Tutorial
2
[Hours/Week]
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Course credit prior to examination
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Yes
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Course credit prior to examination
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Yes
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Automatic acceptance of credit before examination
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Yes in the case of a previous evaluation 4 nebo nic.
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Included in study average
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YES
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Language of instruction
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Czech
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Occ/max
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Automatic acceptance of credit before examination
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Yes in the case of a previous evaluation 4 nebo nic.
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Summer semester
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0 / -
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5 / -
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1 / -
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Included in study average
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YES
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Winter semester
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0 / -
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0 / -
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0 / -
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Repeated registration
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NO
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Repeated registration
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NO
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Timetable
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Yes
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Semester taught
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Summer semester
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Semester taught
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Summer semester
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Minimum (B + C) students
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3
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Optional course |
Yes
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Optional course
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Yes
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Language of instruction
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Czech
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Internship duration
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0
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No. of hours of on-premise lessons |
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Evaluation scale |
1|2|3|4 |
Periodicity |
každý rok
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Evaluation scale for credit before examination |
S|N |
Periodicita upřesnění |
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Fundamental theoretical course |
No
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Fundamental course |
Yes
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Fundamental theoretical course |
No
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Evaluation scale |
1|2|3|4 |
Evaluation scale for credit before examination |
S|N |
Substituted course
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None
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Preclusive courses
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KFI/KOKY
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Prerequisite courses
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N/A
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Informally recommended courses
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N/A
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Courses depending on this Course
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KFI/UINSZ
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Histogram of students' grades over the years:
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Course objectives:
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The course is focused on present trends in communication technologies and their impact on human from philosophical as well as practical point of view. The main interest is to discuss so called 'new materiality' of virtuality which is becoming a common part of everyday life. In the course, communication in cyberspace is considered as an important mean of building individual identity, social relations and relations to the world in general. Students are expected to study primary literature in English intensively.
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Requirements on student
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Credit - active work at seminars, presentation of seminar paper.
Examination - test and oral exam
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Content
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1. Fundamental concepts of cyberspace
2. Augmented reality technologies and taxonomy
3. Jean Baudrillard and Gilles Deleuze: simulacrum; Umberto Eco: hyperreality
4. Simulation argument: Are we living in a computer simulation?
5. Influence of virtual reality on forming personal identity in work of Sherry Turkle
6. Web 1.0/2.0/3.0/ semantic web/ Internet of things
7. Wearables
8. Economics of virtual worlds and virtual currency
9. Virtual worlds and social networks
10. Selected ethical and legal aspects of communication in cyberspace
11. Selected psychological and sociological aspects of communication in cyberspace
The topics could be modified in order to reflect up-to-date communication phenomenona related to modern communication technologies.
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Activities
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Fields of study
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Studentům je k dispozici kurz v Google Classroom se všemi podstatnými informacemi a materiály.
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Guarantors and lecturers
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Literature
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Basic:
Kipper, Gregory; Rampolla, Joseph. Augmented reality : an emerging technologies guide to AR. 1st ed. Waltham : Syngress, 2013. ISBN 978-1-59749-733-6.
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Basic:
Hogge, B. Barefoot into Cyberspace : adventures in search of techno-Utopia. Saffron Walden : Barefoot, 2011. ISBN 978-1-906110-50-5.
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Basic:
Eckertová, Lenka; Dočekal, Daniel. Bezpečnost dětí na internetu : rádce zodpovědného rodiče. 1. vyd. Brno : Computer Press, 2013. ISBN 978-80-251-3804-5.
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Basic:
Mayer-Schönberger, Viktor; Cukier, Kenneth. Big Data. 1. vyd. Brno : Computer Press, 2014. ISBN 978-80-251-4119-9.
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Basic:
Tavani, Herman T. Ethics and technology : controversies, questions, and strategies for ethical computing. 3rd ed. Hoboken : John Wiley & Sons, 2011. ISBN 978-0-470-50950-0.
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Basic:
Říha, Daniel. Frontiers of cyberspace. Amsterdam : Rodopi, 2012. ISBN 978-94-012-0858-1.
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Basic:
Furht, Borivoje. Handbook of augmented reality. New York : Springer, 2011. ISBN 978-1-4614-0063-9.
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Basic:
Polčák, Radim. Internet a proměny práva. Praha : Auditorium, 2012. ISBN 978-80-87284-22-3.
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Basic:
Janouch, Viktor. Internetový marketing : prosaďte se na webu a sociálních sítích. Vyd. 1. Brno : Computer Press, 2010. ISBN 978-80-251-2795-7.
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Basic:
Jirovský, Václav. Kybernetická kriminalita : nejen o hackingu, crackingu, virech a trojských koních bez tajemství. 1. vyd. Praha : Grada, 2007. ISBN 978-80-247-1561-2.
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Basic:
Bainbridge, William Sims,; Roco, Mihail C. Managing nano-bio-info-cogno innovations: converging technologies in society. Dordrecht : Springer, 2006. ISBN 978-90-481-7044-9.
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Basic:
Pilný, Ivan; Kučerová, Tereza. Manéž informačního věku : kdo uvízl v síti internetu. 1. vyd. Brno : BizBooks, 2014. ISBN 978-80-265-0169-5.
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Basic:
SCHNEIDER, S. Science Fiction and Philosophy. Chichester:John Wiley & Sons, 2009.
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Basic:
Cai, Yiyu; Goei, , Sui Lin. Simulations, serious games and their applications. Singapore : Springer, 2014. ISBN 978-981-4560-32-0.
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Extending:
casopis. Cyberpsychology: Journal of Psychosocial Research on Cyberspace.
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Extending:
casopis. Masaryk University Journal of Law and Technology.
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Recommended:
BOSTROM, N.; KULCZYCKI, M. A Patch for the Simulation Argument. In Analysis, Vol. 71, No. 1, 2011, 54-61.. 2011.
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Recommended:
AZUMO, R. T. A Survey of Augmeted Reality. In Presence: Teleoperators and Virtual Environments 6, 4 (August 1997), 355-385.. 1999.
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Recommended:
KISHINO, F.; MILGRAM, P. A Taxonomy of Mixed Reality Visual Displays. In IEICE Transaction on Information Systems. Vol E77-D, No. 12 (December 1994), 1321 ? 1329..
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Recommended:
TURKLE, S. Alone Together: Why We Expect More from Technology and Less from Each Other. Basic Books, 2011.
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Recommended:
BOSTROM, N. Are You Living in a Computer Simulation? In Philosophical Quarterly, 2003, Vol. 53, No. 211, 243-255.. 2003.
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Recommended:
ENGELBART, D. C. Augmenting Human Intellect: A Conceptional Framework. Waschington, 1962.
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Recommended:
DELEUZE, G. Difference and Repetition. Columbia University Press, 1968.
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Recommended:
KIZZA J. M. Ethical and Social Issues in the Information Age. Springer, 2007.
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Recommended:
ECO, U. Faith in Fakes. Travels in Hyperreality. London: Vintage, 1998.
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Recommended:
BAUDRILLARD, J. Simulacra and Simulations. Stanford University Press, 1998.
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Recommended:
TURKLE, S. Simulation and Its Discontents. MIT, 2009.
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Recommended:
GUTIÉRREZ, M., VEXO, F., THALMANN, D. Stepping into Virtual Reality. Springer, 2008.
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Recommended:
HEIM, M. The Metaphysics of Virtual Reality. Oxford: OUP, 1994.
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On-line library catalogues
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Time requirements
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All forms of study
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Activities
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Time requirements for activity [h]
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Presentation preparation (report) (1-10)
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10
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Preparation for an examination (30-60)
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40
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Graduate study programme term essay (40-50)
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40
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Contact hours
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52
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Total
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142
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Prerequisites
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Knowledge - students are expected to possess the following knowledge before the course commences to finish it successfully: |
to describe modern communication technologies |
to understand basic concepts of social and mass communication |
to describe the basic principles of virtual reality |
Skills - students are expected to possess the following skills before the course commences to finish it successfully: |
to analyze and interpret professional text in Czech and English |
to discuss abstract philosophical concepts and logically argue |
to elaborate knowledge from a professional text into a comprehensive presentation |
Competences - students are expected to possess the following competences before the course commences to finish it successfully: |
N/A |
N/A |
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Learning outcomes
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Knowledge - knowledge resulting from the course: |
to describe the definition of cyberspace |
to explain taxonomy of individual realities |
to describe the fundamental problems of communication development using modern communication technologies |
Skills - skills resulting from the course: |
to distinguish between the principles of expanded and virtual reality |
to evaluate selected ethical, legal, psychological and social aspects of communication in cyberspace |
to analyze the influence of virtual environments on the formation of human identity |
Competences - competences resulting from the course: |
N/A |
N/A |
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Assessment methods
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Knowledge - knowledge achieved by taking this course are verified by the following means: |
Continuous assessment |
Combined exam |
Skills - skills achieved by taking this course are verified by the following means: |
Seminar work |
Individual presentation at a seminar |
Competences - competence achieved by taking this course are verified by the following means: |
Combined exam |
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Teaching methods
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Knowledge - the following training methods are used to achieve the required knowledge: |
Multimedia supported teaching |
Self-study of literature |
Interactive lecture |
Skills - the following training methods are used to achieve the required skills: |
Skills demonstration |
Practicum |
Students' portfolio |
Competences - the following training methods are used to achieve the required competences: |
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Seminar |
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