Social-informatics practical training

Družboslovno-informatični praktikum

Course credits:

6.00 ECTS / 60 (30 hours of lectures, 30 hours of exercises, 0 hours of seminars, 0 hours other forms of work)

Course holder:

prof. dr. Vasja Vehovar

Lecturers:

• Tch. Asst. Dr. May Doušak
• Tch. Asst. Dr. Emil Polajnar
• Asst. Prof. Marina Trkman

Type:

Required

Language:

Slovenian

Semester:

First semester

Study degree

1. level

Course execution:

• Undergraduate Programme of Social Informatics

Short content

The course introduces students to the contemporary (web-based) software tools relevant in the field of social informatics, and to the potentials of their use: - overview of trends in the supply of information tools for data collection, processing and analysis, tools for virtual cooperation and other relevant tools; - advanced functionalities of the spreadsheets (e.g. pivot tables); - advanced knowledge about creating and editing online content (e.g. CMS tools); - conceptual and technological basics for production of multimedia contents (recording, editing and processing of photo, sound and video); - principles of creative writing, editing and designing of web contents; - practical aspects of using and optimizing social networks (e.g. FB, Twitter...); - advanced examples of markup and style sheet languages use (e.g. CSS, HTML); - introduction to selected contemporary programming languages; - advanced document preparation system and markup language (Latex, especially in relation to programming language and software environment R); - selected public digital services (e.g. eGovernment, eHealth, eLearning…).