UAA1255 Modern Information and Communication Technologies in Archaeology

Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Winter 2014
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Světlana Hrabinová (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Kamil Matula, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Bc. Jindra Planková, Ph.D.
Institute of Historical Sciences – Faculty of Philosophy and Science in Opava
Prerequisites
After successful completion of the course , students will be able to present data in applications that are used in practice , then they will be able to apply theoretical knowledge to practical examples and learn to work in applications : Microsoft Excel , Microsoft Access and SPSS statistical application . Understand basic functions for data processing and also orients in a large area of software products. Based on the specified term work learn to create their own databases and learn to process your research in statistical application.
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
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Course objectives
The aim of the course is to acquaint students with the basics of applied science in archeology. The course focuses on modern technologies, which are used in practice. Students learn to work with modern technical features and control applications at the user level. Classes will focus on the issues of collecting and processing of archaeological data in spreadsheets to process the overall analysis of the data in a database application (creating tables, relationships, and queries, forms and reports). In the next part of the training focused on the use of basic statistical functions in a spreadsheet and also in SPSS for analysis of data obtained from surveys and research in this area. Practical exercises are designed to solve selected problems arising from the assignment theses. The main objective of the course is to develop students' knowledge and skills required to manage the implementation of ICT in this field.
Syllabus
  • 1 / Introduction, definition of objectives and content of the course, familiar with the literature and sources, the conditions for the granting of credit, the definition of basic concepts and relationships
    2 / Archaeology and modern information and communication technologies
    3 / Interactive presentations using multimedia application environment of interactive whiteboards
    4 / Creation of multimedia and interactive PDF format
    5 / Administration and share documents and knowledge via modern technology.
    6 / Videoconferencing technology in practice
    7 / Archaeological data and their processing in applications
    8 / Spreadsheets (relative and absolute addressing, basic functions for data processing, image data processing.)
    9 / Fundamentals of descriptive and analytical statistics in archeology in MS Excel
    10 / Spreadsheet database (registered and analytical database)
    11 / In-depth analysis of the data in the reports of contingency tables and graphs
    12 / Defense semester work
Literature
    recommended literature
  • CHMELAŘOVÁ, M. Aplikace pro výzkum [online]. Distanční studijní opora a e-learningový kurz. Opava: SU v Opavě, 2012. info
  • KUNSTOVÁ R. Efektivní správa dokumentů. Praha: Grada, 2011. info
  • MACHÁČEK, J. (ed.). Počítačová podpora v archeologii 2. Brno - Praha - Plzeň: Ústav archeologie a muzeologie MU Brno, Archeologický ústav AV ČR Praha. info
  • Příručka IBM SPSS Statistics Base 18.0 (kniha). Analyticko-konzultační oddělení SPSS CR, listopad 2009. info
  • KOLEKTIV AUTORŮ. S počítačem do Evropy - ECDL. info
  • Mezgár, I. Integration of ICT in smart organizations. Idea Group Inc. 2006. ISBN 1591403901. info
Assessment methods
Grade
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
Teacher's information
After successful completion of the course, students will be able to present data in applications that are used in practice, then they will be able to apply theoretical knowledge to practical examples and learn to work in applications: Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Access and SPSS statistical application. Understand basic functions for data processing and orients itself in a large area of software products. On the basis of the specified term paper will learn to create their own databases and learn how to handle the results of research in statistical application.
The course is also listed under the following terms Winter 2013, Winter 2015.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Winter 2014, recent)
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