Information Technology

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Course ID:	3501-WISIP-IT
Erasmus code / ISCED:	08.1 Kod klasyfikacyjny przedmiotu składa się z trzech do pięciu cyfr, przy czym trzy pierwsze oznaczają klasyfikację dziedziny wg. Listy kodów dziedzin obowiązującej w programie Socrates/Erasmus, czwarta (dotąd na ogół 0) – ewentualne uszczegółowienie informacji o dyscyplinie, piąta – stopień zaawansowania przedmiotu ustalony na podstawie roku studiów, dla którego przedmiot jest przeznaczony. / (0223) Philosophy and ethics The ISCED (International Standard Classification of Education) code has been designed by UNESCO.
Course title:	Information Technology
Name in Polish:	Information Technologies
Organizational unit:	Institute of Philosophy
Course groups:
ECTS credit allocation (and other scores):	(not available) Basic information on ECTS credits allocation principles: the annual hourly workload of the student’s work required to achieve the expected learning outcomes for a given stage is 1500-1800h, corresponding to 60 ECTS; the student’s weekly hourly workload is 45 h; 1 ECTS point corresponds to 25-30 hours of student work needed to achieve the assumed learning outcomes; weekly student workload necessary to achieve the assumed learning outcomes allows to obtain 1.5 ECTS; work required to pass the course, which has been assigned 3 ECTS, constitutes 10% of the semester student load. view allocation of credits
Language:	English
Type of course:	obligatory courses
Short description:	Information and Communication Technologies course is designed to provide students with a working knowledge of IT concepts and crucial skills necessary for work and communication in today's society. Students will learn safety, security, and ethical issues in computing and social networking (aforementioned issues will be a presentation topics, prepared as a homework). Students will learn about integrated office software suite called Microsoft Office. Students will learn intermediate: Word Processing (Word), Presentation (PowerPoint) and Spreadsheet (Excel) skills. Students will learn the basics of statistical analysis during the course as well. Students will also be introduced to basics of WWW sites creation.
Full description:	Information and Communication Technologies course is designed to provide students with a working knowledge of IT concepts and crucial skills necessary for work and communication in today's society. Students will learn safety, security, and ethical issues in computing and social networking (aforementioned issues will be a presentation topics, prepared as a homework). Students will learn about integrated office software suite called Microsoft Office. Students will learn intermediate: Word Processing (Word), Presentation (PowerPoint) and Spreadsheet (Excel) skills. Students will learn the basics of statistical analysis during the course as well. Students will also be introduced to basics of WWW sites creation. Student workload: exercises in the computer lab - 30 h tasks performed at home - 15 h preparation for exercises - 15 h
Bibliography:	G. Kowalczyk, Word 2010 PL. Kurs, Wydawnictwo Helion, Gliwice 2010 S. Basham, Word 2010 PL, Wydawnictwo Helion, Gliwice 2011 K. Masłowski, Excel 2010 PL, Wydawnictwo Helion, Gliwice 2010 D. Hałas, Excel 2010, Edgard, Warszawa 2012
Learning outcomes:	Acquired knowledge: Student knows after completion of the course: - IT tools applied in the philosophy (useful, inter alia for creating own philosophical texts), - general relationships between the formation of philosophical ideas and changes in the culture and society; understands the fundamental role of philosophical ideas, what play in the creation of works and cultural institutions. Acquired skills: Student after completion of the course: - can handle Word Processing (Word), Spreadsheet (Excel) and Presentation (PowerPoint) at intermediate level; - can perform simple statistical analyzes based on specific assumptions; - can create basic WWW site; - independently collects, processes and embeds materials utilizing multimedia presentation in accordance with the copyright law; - leads discussion on broadly understood issues related to IT, argues own opinion on a specific topic; - can analyze and evaluate information from written and electronic sources, using searching tools. Acquired social competences: Student has the following social competences after completion of the course: - important skills and knowledge necessary for work and communication in the frames of future technology; - understand security and information protection issues; - understand ethical issues in computer science and social network.
Assessment methods and assessment criteria:	Student assessment will be based on tests, presentations and active participation during the course.

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