Course detail

Quotations in a research work

FEKT-DKC-CVPAcad. year: 2020/2021

The course acquaints students with the issues of citation (creation of reference, plagiarism, citation analysis, etc.) and the copyright aspects of scientific publishing. In addition, attention is also paid to creative learning techniques, searching for scientific information, evaluating information on the Internet and presenting information. The course is focused on the practical use of scientific resources.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

2

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

Mgr. Jana Hocová

Department

Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Communication (FEKT)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Students will know the principles of ethical use of information. They will be able to create references of various kinds of documents and use reference managers to create them. They will know the copyright aspects of publishing and open access issues. They will be able to search in the electronic information sources available at BUT. They can critically evaluate information found on the Internet.

Prerequisites

Not applicable.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Teaching is in the form of lectures and seminars, including e-learning support in Moodle

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

For completing the course is necessary to attend 5 of 7 lectures and fulfill the assigned tasks in individual chapters from 50%.

Course curriculum

1. Referencing and plagiarism
2.-3. References and reference managers
4.-5. Copyright aspects
6.-7. Open Access and predatory publishers
8. Bibliographic databases and citation analysis
9.-10. Electronic information resources
11. Critical thinking
12.-13. Information presentation

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

The aim of the course is to acquaint students with the copyright requirements for their work and the correct referencing to the extent that they are able to pass this knowledge to their own students.

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

Not applicable.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Krčál M., Teplíková Z.: Naučte (se) citovat. Blansko: Citace.com, 2014. ISBN 978-80-260-6074-1. (CS)

Recommended reading

Not applicable.

Elearning

eLearning: currently opened course

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme DKC-EKT Doctoral 0 year of study, summer semester, elective
  • Programme DKC-IBE Doctoral 0 year of study, summer semester, elective
  • Programme DKC-KAM Doctoral 0 year of study, summer semester, elective
  • Programme DKC-MET Doctoral 0 year of study, summer semester, elective
  • Programme DKC-SEE Doctoral 0 year of study, summer semester, elective
  • Programme DKC-TEE Doctoral 0 year of study, summer semester, elective
  • Programme DKC-TLI Doctoral 0 year of study, summer semester, elective

Type of course unit

 

Lecture

26 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Mgr. Jana Hocová

Elearning

eLearning: currently opened course