Service learning projects

Digitisation of 3D objects and spaces

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Planning and designing records management systems

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Computer-Assisted Teaching

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Subject: Computer-Assisted Teaching
Course: Computer-Assisted Teaching
ECTS credits: 4
Language: Croatian/English
Duration: 1 semester
Status: Elective
Method of teaching: Blended course; 1L, 1E, 1S
Prerequisite: No
Assessment: Weekly tasks, final project

 

Course description: Computer-Assisted Teaching is an elective course offered to all graduate students at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences. It is intended for students pursuing teaching profession. The course covers the following topics: Introduction to Computer-Assisted Teaching (CAT). Rationale for traditional, online and blended teaching. Communication and learning in a virtual environment. Curriculum overviews in a course management system (CMS). Basics of multimedia instructional design. Course design on the Moodle platform 2.5.x. Advanced use of Google applications in education and their integration within Moodle.


Course objectives: The students will experience the role of a teacher in modern education through an independent approach in the search for information and problem solving with ICT skills. The students will find, evaluate and publish information in accordance with their individual approach to education and by selecting a strategy for improving the effectiveness of teaching and the use of modern electronic media and educational technology. The students will design and publish materials for teaching using the course management system Moodle. The students will integrate the acquired CAT knowledge and skills with other professional subject knowledge in a multidisciplinary context.

Quality check and success of the course: project work, evaluation and assessment

 

Reading list:
1. Schank, R. C. (2005). Lessons in Learning, e-Learning, and Training. USA: Pfeiffer.
2. Willems, J. (2007). When words fail: A case for multimodality in e-learning. In ASCILITE Conference 2007. ICT: Providing choices for learners and learning (pp. 1070–1078). Retrieved from http://cms.ascilite.org.au/conferences/singapore07/procs/willems.pdf
3. Sylvain, M. C., Mofford, K., Lehr, E., & Riley, J. E. (2011). Reusable learning objects: Developing Onlinhe Information Literacy Instruction through Collaborative Design. In Teacjing Information Literacy Online (pp. 25–43). USA: Facet Publishing.

Public libraries

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Course: Public libraries
    
ECTS credits: 6
Language: Croatian    
Duration: 1 semester
Status: elective
Method of teaching: Lectures and seminars
Prerequisite: none
Assessment: written exam and coursework

Course description:
The emergence of public libraries as local institutions financed from public funds. Libraries as a social institutions. Role of libraries in cultural policies and national development strategies. The development of public libraries in Croatia. International documents of UNESCO, IFLA, the Council of Europe and EBLIDA on libraries. The functions of public libraries: information, education and culture. The public library as a place of public access to the Internet. The library as a forum. Free access to information as a condition for the achievement of freedom of speech. Free access to information and legal regulation of the right of access to information. Library Legislation in Croatia. Planning the development of libraries. Mission statement as a basic document of the library. Quantitative and qualitative standards. The public library as a center of a local history and culture. Local cultural heritage. Local history collection, defining the scope, planning, gathering materials, advertising and promotion of collections. Communication and collaboration with users. Cooperation in organizing programs with other similar institutions in the local community. Digitisation projects of local heritage. Criteria for the selection of materials. Solving copyright and establishing a registry of digitized material. Library services. Regular services and special programs. Finding sources of funding, identify potential sponsors, marketing and advertising. Library staff. Professional ethics.
Course objectives:

After this course students will be able to:
1. Explain the role of public library in the local community
2. List, define and plan public library activities
3. Develop, manage and evaluate functions of public libraries
4. Report on legal issues that apply for public libraries in Croatia
5. Analyse and measure success of public library
6. Select and apply marketing and management techniques for public libraries

Quality check and success of the course:
Internal evaluation will be done by teachers and students at the end of semester. External evaluation will be done by fellow professors participating at the course and evaluating both course and teacher.

Reading list:

1. IFLA-ine smjernice za narodne knjižnice / uredile Christie Koontz i Barbara Gubbin. 2. hrvatsko izd., (prema 2. izmijenjenom izd. izvornika). Zagreb : Hrvatsko knjižničarsko društvo, 2011.
a. IFLA-in i UNESCO-ov Manifest za narodne knjižnice. // IFLA-ine smjernice za narodne knjižnice / uredile Christie Koontz i Barbara Gubbin. 2. hrvatsko izd., (prema 2. izmijenjenom izd. izvornika). Zagreb : Hrvatsko knjižničarsko društvo, 2011. Pp. 105-107.
b. Dopuna IFLA-inog Manifesta. // IFLA-ine smjernice za narodne knjižnice / uredile Christie Koontz i Barbara Gubbin. 2. hrvatsko izd., (prema 2. izmijenjenom izd. izvornika). Zagreb : Hrvatsko knjižničarsko društvo, 2011. Pp. 118-119.
2. Smjernice za pokretne knjižnice / prerađeno izdanje priredila radna skupina IFLA-ine Sekcije za narodne knjižnice na čelu s Ianom Stringerom. 1. hrvatsko izd., (prema 2. prerađenom izd. izvornika). Zagreb : Hrvatsko knjižničarsko društvo, 2011.
3. Smjernice za knjižnične usluge za multikulturalne zajednice : s IFLA-inim Manifestom za multikulturalnu knjižnicu. 1. hrvatsko izd. prema 3. izd. izvornika. Zagreb : Hrvatsko knjižničarsko društvo, 2010.
4. Smjernice za knjižnične usluge za bebe i djecu rane dobi. Zagreb : Hrvatsko knjižničarsko društvo, 2008.
5. Smjernice za knjižnične usluge za djecu : knjižnične usluge za djecu – važnije no ikada za djecu i njihove obitelji diljem svijeta / IFLA [i.e. International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions], Sekcija za djecu i mladež. Zagreb : Hrvatsko knjižničarsko društvo, 2004.
6. Smjernice za knjižnične usluge za mladež : prerađeno izdanje Smjernica koje je 1996. objavio Stalni odbor Sekcije knjižnica za djecu i mladež / priređivači Pat Muller i Ivan Chew. Web 2.0 i knjižnične usluge za mladež : uvod za knjižničare / priredio Ivan Chew. Zagreb : Hrvatsko knjižničarsko društvo, 2009.
7. Smjernice za knjižnične usluge za bolničke pacijente, starije osobe i osobe s posebnim potrebama u ustanovama za trajnu skrb i smještaj / sastavila radna skupina pod predsjedavanjem Nancy Mary Panella, pod pokroviteljstvom Sekcije za knjižnične usluge za osobe s posebnim potrebama. Zagreb : Hrvatsko knjižničarsko društvo, 2009.
8. Council of Europe/EBLIDA Guidelines for library legislation in Europe. Dostupno na: www.coe.int/t/dg4/cultureheritage/culture/resources/DECS_CULT_POL_book(2000)1_EN.pdf
9. Jones, B. M. Libraries, access, and intellectual freedom : developing policies for public and academic libraries. Chicago : ALA, 1999.

Libraries and library collections

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Subject: Libraries and library collections
ECTS credits: 6
Language: Croatian
Duration: 1 semester
Status: compulsive
Method of teaching: lectures, seminar, colloquium/e-learning
Prerequisite: none
Assessment: written exam and seminar.

Course description:
Library material, library collections, libraries – terms and definitions; Educational, informational and cultural role of libraries; Library types – national, public, school, special, academic libraries; Missions and visions of libraries; Library administration, policies and management; Gifts for libraries; Legal issues – library acts and standards, legal deposit; guidelines for library services (mobile library guidelines, library services for young adults, library services for babies and toddlers, library services for deaf people…); Marketing in libraries; Librarianship as a profession; Librarians’ associations

Course objectives:
After this course students will be able to:
1. differentiate and categorize library types
2. define libraries’ role in society
3. compile basic documents of a library (mission and vision statement)
4. evaluate gifts for libraries
5. plan and develop library policy
6. explain legal documents such as library act
7. understand the role of library associations

Quality check and success of the course:
Internal evaluation will be done by teachers and students at the end of semester.

Reading list:
1. Brophy, P. The library in the twenty-first century. London : Library Association Publishing, 2001.
2. Darovi za zbirke : smjernice za knjižnice (Gifts for the collections : guidelines for libraries). Zagreb : Hrvatsko knjižničarsko društvo, 2010.
Gorman, M. Postojana knjižnica (Enduring library). Zagreb : Hrvatsko knjižničarsko društvo, 2006. Str. 69-124.
3. IFLA-in Manifest o Internetu (IFLa Internet Manifesto). // Slobodan pristup informacijama u službi kulturnog razvitka : zbornik radova. Zagreb : Hrvatsko knjižničarsko društvo, 2002. Str. 163-165.
4. IFLA-ine i UNESCO-ove smjernice za školske knjižnice (IFLA and UNESCO school libraries guidelines). Zagreb : Hrvatsko knjižničarsko društvo, 2004.
5. IFLA-ine smjernice za narodne knjižnice (IFLA public library service guidelines). Zagreb : Hrvatsko knjižničarsko društvo, 2011.
6. Knjižnice i intelektualna sloboda. // Vjesnik bibliotekara Hrvatske 43, 3(2000), str. 157-158.
Obvezni primjerak. // Horvat, A.; Živković, D. Knjižnice i autorsko pravo. Zagreb : Hrvatska sveučilišna naklada, 2009. Str. 125-129.
7. Primjena istraživanja u promicanju pismenosti i čitanja u knjižnicama : smjernice za knjižničare (Using research to promote literacy and reading in libraries: guidelines for librarians ) / priredile Lesley Farmer i Ivanka Stričević. Zagreb : Hrvatsko knjižničarsko društvo, 2012.
8. Smjernice za knjižnične usluge za bebe i djecu rane dobi (Guidelines for library services to babies and toddlers). Zagreb, Hrvatsko knjižničarsko društvo, 2008.
9. Smjernice za knjižnične usluge za mladež (Guidelines for library services for young adults). Zagreb : Hrvatsko knjižničarsko društvo, 2009.
10. Smjernice za pokretne knjižnice (Mobile library guidelines). Zagreb, Hrvatsko knjižničarsko društvo, 2011.
11. Zakon o knjižnicama. // Narodne novine 105(1997).