Paper details

Electronic Resources in the Digital Age

Session coordinator: Petra Štogrová Jedličková, Charles University in Prague - Faculty of Philosophy and Arts, Czech Republic

Where: 27. 5. 2009, 14.15 - 17.30, Auditorium D

Studying in the Digital Age

Autor: Tomáš Rain, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Czech Republic

Co-authors:

Ivana Švarcová, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Czech Republic

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Abstract:

Massive growth of internet user count, commercial using of the internet as well as using the internet in academic community that all lead to changes in users behavior. Consumers have got accustomed to living in two dual worlds – in the real world and in the virtual world. Kevin Kelly called this these two worlds as a world of bits a world of atoms. The authors of this article advert to technological possibilities using of the internet. The authors give care to pedagogical, familiar and socially aspects of studying in the digital age. The value added of the article is comparative table which compares classical education concept with education in the digital age.

About author:

Ing. Tomáš Rain Ph.D. is member Department of Information Technology Czech University of Life Sciences in Prague. In 2006 he successfully finished postgraduate studying program “Information management” and published thesis on the theme “Realization of selected economic models in the net economy.” Ing. Tomáš Rain Ph.D. participates in teaching subjects “Information systems”, “Enterprise information systems”, “Strategy and IS” and “Informatics II”. Except teaching and publishing has author of this article experience in commercial practice. Author was employed in Bull limited, Unicorn Inc., AutoCont CZ Inc., and Stormware limited. In these companies worked author as manager, lector and consultant.


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