Course detail

Information Knowledge - Information Literacy

FSI-2IVAcad. year: 2025/2026

The course is aimed on FME students and gives basic information for their information literacy development.

Lessons are mainly focussed on effective searching of information sources. How to search, which tactics and strategies to use and how formulate search query. Students will learn where to search for print sources, where to find good quality free sources on the internet and which licenced databases they can use as BUT students. They will learn how to seach with online discovery search and how to use features of licenced databases. They will adopt basics of information ethics and critical suppose.

The course also touches other topics, important in futher studies or life – creative techniques, creative learning, effective reading, time and information management.

The course is held in distance form, through Moodle. Students can attend counsulting hours.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

Mgr. Jana Hoderová, Ph.D.

Department

Faculty of Mechanical Engineering (FSI)

Entry knowledge

There’s no need to have any special or professional skills. Basic knowledge of the work with the PC is enough.

Rules for evaluation and completion of the course

The condition for finalization the course is fulfill all tasks at least 50 %.

This course is lead in e-learning form. The faculty tutors check if the students has finished all of course's parts and the quality of processed or submitted tasks

Aims

This course is aimed at practical use of information sourses, institutions and the services they provide. The aim is to teach the student to work with the available electronic information sources with the possibility of their practical use during studies or scientific work.

The student should know after graduating:

Search and choose the relevant source of information
Know and use professional information sources in classic or electronic form
Be able to effectively use various searchnig engines
Using the library services for the study and the proffesion
Work with scientific text
Organize time and sources
Understand ethic adn legal starndards from the world of information

Study aids

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

ČERNÝ, Michal a CHYTKOVÁ, Dagmar. Myšlenkové mapy pro studenty: učte se efektivně a nastartujte svou kariéru. Brno: BizBooks, 2014. ISBN 9788026502678. (CS)
KRČÁL, Martin a TEPLÍKOVÁ Zuzana. Naučte (se) citovat. Blansko: Citace.com, 2014. ISBN 978-80-260-6074-1. (CS)
MICHALKO, Michael. Thinkertoys: a handbook of creative-thinking techniques. 2nd ed. Berkeley, Calif: Ten Speed Press, 2006. ISBN 1-58008-773-6. (EN)
BUZAN, Tony a BUZAN, Barry. Myšlenkové mapy: probuďte svou kreativitu, zlepšete svou paměť, změňte svůj život. 3. vydání. Brno: BizBooks, 2023. ISBN 978-80-265-1142-7. (CS)
NUTIL, Petr. Média, lži a příliš rychlý mozek: průvodce postpravdivým světem. Praha: Grada, 2018. ISBN 978-80-271-0716-2. (CS)
TERMANN, Stanislav a EISEL, Juraj. Time management. Praha: Leges, 2023. Praktik. ISBN 978-80-7502-678-1. (CS)

Type of course unit

Computer-assisted exercise

13 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

Mgr. Jana Hoderová, Ph.D.

Syllabus

The course is structured as six consequential chapters.

Chapter 1: Searching of information – principles and strategies

Chapter 2: Sources of print information – particular institutions and their services

Chapter 3: On-line sources of technical information – free online sources (open access), licensed databases

Chapter 4: Creative usage of sourses – creative learning, creative techniques, effective reading

Chapter 5: Ethics and responsibility of using information – ethics of information, critical suppose, media literacy

Chapter 6: Using online sourses – organizing of information, time management, information security

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Information Knowledge - Information Literacy

Type of course unit