ISKB60 Prolegomena to Information Studies

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2022
Extent and Intensity
0/30/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Petr Škyřík, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
PhDr. Michal Lorenz, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
PhDr. Martin Krčál, DiS., Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Bc. Radek Dobrovolný (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Pavlína Mazáčová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Alice Lukavská (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Petr Škyřík, Ph.D.
Department of Information and Library Studies – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Alice Lukavská
Supplier department: Department of Information and Library Studies – Faculty of Arts
Prerequisites (in Czech)
NOW( ISKB03 Information Services and Retrieval )
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 50 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 31/50, only registered: 0/50
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
The course consists of a three-day adaptation and motivation stay intended for incoming students at Department of Library and Information studies. The aim of the course is to help students in their adaptation to university and faculty environment. Thanks to various activities and through pedagogy of experience forms, they have an opportunity to gain basic information on academic life, its demands, possibilities etc. The main aims of the motivation part of the course is then to provide information on the study subject, to enable mutual sharing of expectations among students and teachers, to support a positive social climate at the department and to provide a reflection of students individual study motivations and their grounding in context of actual practical situation. On the first day of the course, students will be offered techniques focused on mutual introducing, icebreakers, warm ups, dynamics, techniques strengthening group cohesion and techniques using drama artefiletics, a methodological reflection of the gained experience and information will be enhanced. The second day will be devoted to discussion activities with a methodological feedback, to techniques of active imagination and to techniques aimed at reflecting students own value systems in relation to study needs. After completing the course, students will be familiar with university and faculty conditions and will be able to reflect their expectations for future studies of their subjects.
Syllabus
  • Information Meeting
  • Social Adaptation Part
  • Motivation-Subject Part
  • Course Conclusion and Evaluation
Literature
    required literature
  • BAWDEN, David and Lyn ROBINSON. Úvod do informační vědy. Translated by Michal Lorenz - Karel Mikulášek - Dana Vévodová. 1. vydání. Doubravník: Flow, 2017, 451 stran. ISBN 9788088123101. info
Teaching methods
Interactive block teaching outside of Brno
Assessment methods
Active participation
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: in blocks.
Note related to how often the course is taught: Kurz proběhne formou blokového výjezdního semináře do Křižanova ve dnech 7.- 9.10.2022.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: interaktivní bloková výuka.
Teacher's information
https://kisk.phil.muni.cz/cs/studium/adaptacni-kurz
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2019, Autumn 2020, Autumn 2021, Autumn 2023, Autumn 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2022, recent)
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