Odsjek za informacijske znanosti
- Erasmus+ courses for incoming iSchool students

Erasmus+ courses for incoming iSchool students

Academic year 2022/2023

Official language of instruction is Croatian. Incoming students get assignments in English and work closely with course instructors.

Library and Information Science

1st study year

ISVU code	Title /description	Term	ECTS-s	Status
148833	Information society	winter	3	obligatory
151057	Digital data protection	winter	3	obligatory
148835	Information retrieval and subject indexing	winter	3	obligatory
148841	Technological changes and human-computer relationship	winter	2	optional
148854	Methods of paper protection	winter	2	optional
229665	Bibliography and bibliographic heuristics	winter	2	optional
241359	Project management	winter	2	optional
148850	Visual communication	winter	3	optional
151058	Collection management	summer	3	obligatory
151059	Evaluation of information services	summer	3	obligatory
151060	Cultural heritage preservation and presentation	summer	2	optional
175171	Information in theory	summer	2	optional
241360	Contemplative and psychological approaches for information and communication professionals	summer	2	optional

2nd study year

ISVU code	Title /description	Term	ECTS-s	Status
161691	Theory and practice of organisation of information	winter	3	obligatory
161692	Marketing in information institutions	winter	3	obligatory
161693	Human information behaviour	winter	3	obligatory
180629	Practical project in information institutions	winter	3	obligatory
229685	Knowledge management	winter	2	optional

Course descriptions

Course/Instructor	Course description
Information society Boris Badurina, boris.badurina@ffos.hr	The objectives of the course are to familiarize students with main theories of media and communication as well as the influence of the contemporary information and communication technologies have on society.
Digital data preservation Damir Hasenay, dhasenay@ffos.hr	The objectives of the course are to introduce students with approaches, problems, and ways of preserving digital documents, train students to follow changes in the field of digital document preservation and enable students to apply acquired conceptual and theoretical knowledge in different environments in which digital documents are created, used and preserved. Learning outcomes: to understand the role and importance of preserving digital documents to adopt concepts and models of preservation of digital documents to distinguish the features of different categories of digital documents and their preservation needs to understand the risk categories to which digital documents are exposed to plan the process of preserving digital documents in different environments to apply metadata schemes for preservation of digital documents to apply methods and techniques to preserve and ensure long-term access to digital documents
Information retrieval and subject indexing Kornelija Petr Balog, kpetr@ffos.hr	The course’s objective is to familiarize students with main theoretical works and practical achievements in the area of information retrieval and subject indexing. The content of the course: IR of full-texts, inverted index, weighting, IR models (Boolean, vector-space, probabilistic), traditional vs interactive IR models, TREC, Cranfield experiments, subject indexing, subject and classification languages
Technological changes and human-technology interaction Milijana Mićunović, mmicunov@ffos.hr	The course focuses on cyber-anthropological, sociological, phylosophical, ethical and political aspects of technological changes and human-technology interaction, as well as the dynamics and structure of technological changes and their influence on man and human nature, nature, society, culture and economy. Some of the basic concepts covered in this course are: technological culture, technocracy, technosphere, techno-fundamentalism and technological determinism, gig economy and sharing economy, virtual reality, transhumanism, posthumanism, digital immortality, artificial intelligence. Learning outcomes: critically interpret phenomena and changes in the technological society and culture (i.e. technosphere) understand the new social paradigms in digital society and culture critically interpret the issues of human-technology interaction critically interpret the issues of nature-technology interaction critically interpret the issues of society-technology interaction understand the theory of transhumanism and posthumanism
Methods of paper preservation Damir Hasenay, dhasenay@ffos.hr	The objectives of the course are to enable students to understand and interpret the concept and methods of preservation of paper materials and to master the methodology of recognition, selection, and organization of written heritage for its preservation and safe use. Learning outcomes: to recognize the importance of the properties of paper materials, especially in relation to the preservation of cultural heritage to describe the properties of paper important from the point of view of its use as a written heritage material to describe the causes of deterioration of paper materials to distinguish the basic specificities and types of technological processes of paper production to compare and argument the optimal methods of preservation of paper materials in certain circumstances
Bibliography and bibliographic heuristics Jelena Lakuš, jlakus@ffos.hr	The course’s objective is to familiarize students with the methodology of making bibliographies, that is, with the bibliographic procedures of collection, evaluation, selection, description, and arrangement of bibliographical records. They are also trained to make indexes as important supporting parts of all bibliographies. Students are also familiarized with a historical overview of the development of bibliographies, from the first library catalogues to modern online bibliographies. In addition, students are trained to produce their own bibliographies.
Project management Gordana Dukić, gdukic@ffos.hr	Contents: Introduction to project management. Definition, characteristics and types of projects. A brief history of project management. Project environment. Strategy and project management. Importance of projects in information institutions. Project participants. Project manager, project team, interest-influential groups. Project and organizational structure. Project life cycle. Initial phase, implementation phase, closing phase. Projects in archives, libraries and museums: examples of good practice. Methods and applications for project management. Gantt charts, network programming methods (CPM and PERT), Microsoft Project.
Research methods in information sciences Boris Badurina, boris.badurina@ffos.hr Damir Hasenay, dhasenay@ffos.hr	The course objective is familiarize students with research methods used in information sciences as well as enable students to plan, design and conduct scientific research. Learning outcomes Understand the role and importance od scientific research within field of information science Enable students to be able to choose research objective To apply research methods to a research objective within a field of information science To apply adequate statistical methods for research data processing To use statistical software
Collection management Sanjica Faletar, sfaletar@ffos.hr	Learning outcomes critically interpret theoretical literature understand collection development policy and processes, in particular as influenced by ICT (e-books, e-journals, subscriptions, licencing, consortia, vendor-librarian relationship, partnerships and negotiation skills) managing collections from different aspects (e.g. controversial material, budgeting etc.) understand diversity, inclusion and social justice in acquisitions and collections understand community analysis understand selection and weeding (purchase, gifts, exchange etc) understand open access and open repositories understand copyright and public lending right understand collection assessment and evaluation (collection- and user-based) understand collection marketing understand staffing, training and development
Evaluation of information services Kornelija Petr Balog, kpetr@ffos.hr	Evaluation approaches, trends, criteria and technologies; Evaluation as a management tool. Statistics and its application in the evaluation processes; Quality; Quality awards; Benchmarking; TQM; Balanced Scorecard, Six Sigma, Satisfaction vs quality; Evaluation of e-services; Outcomes (social, economic), Cost/benefit; ROI; Contingent valuation method; Organisational culture, Culture of assessment; Interpretation of collected data
Cultural heritage preservation and presentation Damir Hasenay, dhasenay@ffos.hr	The objectives of the course are to introduce students to the theoretical concepts of managing the preservation and presentation of cultural heritage and their implementation in heritage institutions, to train students to plan and organize activities for the preservation and presentation of different collection in different institutions, as well as to independently monitor professional literature and examples of good practice. Learning outcomes: to define and describe the typology of cultural heritage to distinguish the specificities of certain types of cultural heritage to recognize and describe the basic concepts of preservation management to identify common origins and differentiate the specifics of preservation management in archives, libraries, and museums to apply theoretical knowledge in the creation of preservation management models for specific corpuses of material or the specific context of the institution independently organize heritage preservation management models in the physical and virtual environment
Information in theory Boris Bosančić, bbosancic@ffos.hr	Definitions of the concept of information from different theoretical points of view; types of information. The relationship between the concept of information and the related concepts of data and knowledge; Information theories; mathematical theory of communication or mathematical-statistical theory of information; semantic, algorithmic, dynamic, pragmatic, situational and general information theory. Directions in the development of information theories & approaches to the concept of information; cognitive access to information; objectivist approach to information; constructivist approach to information; semiotic approach to information; philosophy of information; modern approaches to information.
Contemplative and psychological approaches for information and communication professionals Darko Lacović, dlacovic@ffos.hr	This course contains following topics: description of information overload, burnout and attention deficit; relationship between information and contemplation; difference between contemplative practices (meditation, dance) and contemplative experiences (awareness, attention, concentration, silence, cognition); spirituality in information science studies; logotherapy techniques in dealing with information anxiety, stress and multitasking; hagiotherapy as a spiritual method for dealing with information overload or multitasking; mindfulness in higher education; stress management and digital detoxication.
Theory and practice of organisation of information Kornelija Petr Balog, kpetr@ffos.hr	The course builds on students’ previous knowledge in the area of descriptive and subject cataloguing (emphasis on e-resources) and organisation of information. Topics that are either further elaborated or being introduced: conceptual models (FRBR, CIDOC CRM, FRBRoo, PRESSoo, FRBR LRM); representation of knowledge; metadata; data control; subject approach to OPACs.
Marketing in information institutions Gordana Dukić, gdukic@ffos.hr	Contents: Concept and importance of marketing. History of marketing. Profit and non-profit marketing. Marketing strategies. Segmentation, targeting, and positioning. Consumer/user behaviour. Marketing research. Marketing information system. Marketing mix. Importance and goals of marketing in information institutions. Marketing plan. Annual report of information institutions. Promotional activities in libraries and information institutions. Media in marketing. Communication mix. Guerilla marketing and e-marketing in information institutions.
Human information behaviour Darko Lacović, dlacovic@ffos.hr	This course contains following topics: description of information needs, information seeking behaviour, information searching behaviour; history of information behaviour research; theories and models of information behaviour; health information seeking; information behaviour on social networks and fake news; information behaviour and digital privacy; information behaviour of different groups (students, employees, older adults etc.); information seeking in libraries
Practical project in information institutions Gordana Dukić, gdukic@ffos.hr	Students are required to carry out a practical project in the area of library and information science. Project is being conducted under the supervision of a staff member. After completing the project work, students will be able to: independently organize projects based on solving a specific problem explain the selection of methods for carrying out a certain activity carry out the selected activities and process the results present the results of the project
Knowledge management Kornelija Petr Balog, kpetr@ffos.hr	Course’s objectives: to familiarize students with the concept of knowledge management (KM) as a discipline directed toward integrated identification, collection, evaluation, retrieval and sharing of information of an organisation. to develop critical thinking capabilities of the material acquired to develop research capabilities that meet the needs of a particular organisation to enable students to analyse dynamic theoretical context of KM to encourage students to highlight similarities and differences between KM and information management (IM)

Publishing

1st study year

ISVU code	Title /description	Term	ECTS-s	Status
149036	Introduction to publishing	winter	3	obligatory
149037	History of book, publishing and bookselling	winter	3	obligatory
151045	Manuscript acquisition and preparation	winter	3	obligatory
151047	Electronic publishing and bookselling	winter	3	obligatory
148850	Visual communication	winter	3	optional
149038	Publishing area structure	summer	3	obligatory
151044	Contemporary publishing contexts	summer	3	obligatory
204860	Graphic preparation and production of publishing product	summer	3	obligatory
164543	Culture and foundation of communication	summer	3	optional
204861	Book production and design	summer	3	optional

2nd study year

ISVU code	Title /description	Term	ECTS-s	Status
204861	Publishing management	winter	4	obligatory
161704	Marketing in publishing and bookselling	winter	4	obligatory
180638	Practical project in publishing and bookselling institutions	winter	4	obligatory
189629	Contemporary trends in publishing	winter	3	obligatory

Course descriptions

Course/Instructor	Course description
Introduction to publishing Velagić, Zoran zvelagic@ffos.hr	The goal is to familiarize students with the basic features of publishing. This course is an introduction to the study of publishing. Students will become familiar with the concept of publishing as a paradigm of information activity and how publishing is important in modern society. Students will also become familiar with the basic organizational structures of publishing, the spices of publishing products, and modern trends in publishing and bookselling. Outcomes: Understanding of the cultural, scientific, and overall society context of publishing Understand their role in publishing (cultural and economic sectors) Distinguish between publishing products and define organizational structures appropriate for producing different products Recognize modern content and formal trends in publishing products Recognize modern trends in publishing and bookselling
History of book, publishing and bookselling Velagić, Zoran zvelagic@ffos.hr	The goal is to familiarize students with the basic features of each period in the development of European civilization based on the written word. They will also understand the basic social conditions related to the origin and development of the book, the development of publishing, the importance of reading and research on reading and the use of books, and the use of written sources of information. Outcomes: Recognize the fundamental influences that the book had on society Describe the social and psychological mechanisms that have played a role throughout history Distinguish the influence of various social, political, and cultural circumstances on the development of publishing and the book trade throughout history Compare differences in reading habits throughout history and the characteristics of a range of phenomena related to book history, reading, and publishing Identify the basic characteristics of publishing throughout history Analyse the social function of the book from ancient times to the beginning of the 21st century
Manuscript acquisition and preparation Velagić, Zoran zvelagic@ffos.hr	The goal is to familiarize students with the three major organizational phases of publishing production. These are acquisition, editing and publication of the manuscript. Consequently, students will be able to participate independently and responsibly in these phases. Students will become familiar with critical skills for recognizing the quality of a manuscript, ways to optimize editorial intervention in the manuscript, and actions that precede dissemination of the finished publishing product. Outcomes: Critical application of criteria for evaluating manuscripts Participation in the preparation of the author’s manuscript Understand and apply principles of professional and linguistic editing of manuscripts Recognize regular forms of artistic elaboration and content revision of the manuscript Understand appropriate models of promotion taking into account the nature of the author’s manuscript
Electronic publishing and bookselling Josipa Selthofer, jselthofer@ffos.hr	Goal is to give an overview of theoretical and practical issues related to the phenomena of electronic publishing and book publishing. Students learn to edit and prepare electronic publications. Learning outcomes: to understand the prerequisites for the development of e-publishing in a given time and space and the comparative advantages and differences between electronic and printed publishing to adopt phases of editing, designing, producing and distributing electronic publications to apply the acquired knowledge and skills to the independent creation of a simple electronic publication to identify suitable content for electronic publication to prepare and create electronic publication to recognize the advantages and difficulties of electronic publishing to understand the process of organization and management of electronic publications
Visual communication Josipa Selthofer, jselthofer@ffos.hr	The goals are the development of students’ visual literacy, learning the history and contemporary visual communications, understanding visual messages and creating a critical attitude towards graphic design, ethics and the role of visual communications in contemporary society. Learning outcomes: to distinguish different areas of visual communication to analyze how graphic design affects the perception of a visual message to recognize different ways of visual communication to critically judge the success of the transmission of visual messages to value the role of visual communications in society.
Graphic prepress and production in publishing Josipa Selthofer, jselthofer@ffos.hr	The aim is to familiarize students with the structure and definition of publishing production, the field of application and the characteristics defined according to the stages of production. Students acquire a comprehensive picture of the elements of publishing production, with an emphasis on the graphic prepress of the publishing product, according to different publishing fields and specificities within them. Through exercises, students acquire the necessary skills to work in a professional graphic environment. The goal is to motivate students for professional engagement in the field of publishing and graphic and production systems related to publishing. Learning outcomes: to understand the field and definition of publishing production to observe the specificities of publishing production within different publishing fields to adopt the basic concepts, elements, and technically and technologically determined legalities of designing and preparing a graphic product for printing to understand the basic technical characterization by stages of publishing production – choice and gradation of typography, color spaces and color management, printing techniques, bookbinding and graphic finishing to fully master key terminology and characterization within publishing production as a basis for quick adaptation and readiness for independent work within publishing and graphic systems to master professional Adobe computer programs for graphic prepress of publications to apply the acquired knowledge and skills in exact processes – graphic preppress of the printed product, selection and characterization of materials that participate in the production process and execution of the printed product in one of the printing techniques
Publishing area structure Velagić, Zoran zvelagic@ffos.hr	This course is an overview of the structure of publishing and book trade, with special attention to the ways in which books are produced in various publishing areas. Students will study different areas (of children’s book production area, young adult book production area, textbooks, fiction, trade books, and production of publishing books related to monographs). The study of publishing areas implies new trends in content and a more frequent shift in production, especially in the area of children’s book production. The course specifies the differences in access and implementation of the publishing plan, as well as the requirements for special personnel and other prerequisites that are important for the implementation of the publishing project. Outcomes: Describe areas of publishing in time and space Identify comparative advantages and differences between each publishing area Distinguish the ways in which products from different publishing divisions are conceived, designed, produced, and distributed Recognize publishing advantages and difficulties in publishing in a particular publishing area Apply the knowledge and skills acquired to independently prepare a seminar on a publishing product from one publishing field Understand the process of organizing and producing a publication from a specific publishing field Recognize content (as well as authors) suitable for publication within a publishing field
Contemporary publishing contexts Velagić, Zoran zvelagic@ffos.hr	The goal is to familiarise students with contemporary social phenomena affecting the development of print and electronic publishing and the distribution of publishing products. Special emphasis is placed on understanding the impact of technology on the development of communication in society. Lectures will cover contemporary theories of the information society, and seminars will discuss wide range of phenomena characteristic of modern society, focusing on the influence and changes brought about by information and communication technologies. Outcomes: Explain the cause and effect of changes in the forms of communication Identify the basic characteristic of significant periods in the development of the information society in the second half of the 20th century and the beginning of the 21st century Critically evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of using different media and tools in communication processes Understand the process of transformation of publishing under the influence of new technologies and new communication channels
Fundamentals of communication and communication culture Milijana Mićunović mmicunov@ffos.hr	The course focuses on fundamentals of communication, from theoretical perspectives to applied communication. It deals with the process of communication, types and approaches to communication, communication styles and skills, and communication behaviour. Some of the basic concepts covered in this course are: the psychology of communication, intrapersonal and interpersonal communication, nonviolent communication, the art of communication and conversation, personal and social communication challenges, communication in conflict situations, gender differences in communication, nonverbal communication, intercultural communication. Learning outcomes: critically interpret psychological factors and aspects of communication understand the background processes impacting communication and human relationships recognize different communication situations and apply corresponding communication behaviour develop the skills of intrapersonal and interpersonal communication develop the skills of nonviolent communication successfully solve personal and social challenges in communication develop the skills of successful conversations and communication in conflict situations develop the skills of nonverbal communication develop the skills of intercultural communication
Book production and design Josipa Selthofer, jselthofer@ffos.hr	Through the course, students become familiar with the main features of book design and production in publishing. The subject defines art and graphic elements, aesthetic principles, technical and technological characteristics of graphic prepress and book production. Students are trained through exercises in professional computer programs and graphic tools for design challenges in modern publishing. The main goal of the course is to train students to independently create a book as a graphic publishing product. Learning outcomes: to understand the challenges of art and graphic design of a book as well as technical and technological limitations during the production process to critically assess the aesthetic and functional value of the book and its cover to apply the acquired knowledge and skills in the graphic prepress and design of the book, the selection materials for the production process of the publishing product in one of the printing techniques.
Practical project in publishing and bookselling institutions Josipa Selthofer, jselthofer@ffos.hr	Through practical project work in a public or private institution that carries out publishing or book-selling activities, the student acquires knowledge and skills in one publishing area or book-selling activity. Learning outcomes: to distinguish the specificities of individual publishing areas to get to know all the specifics of publishing related to one publishing area to apply proper procedures for acquiring, editing and distributing publishing products specific to one publishing area to develop work habits and get to know the way of working in a business, market environment to acquire independence and responsibility in the execution of tasks while simultaneously developing the ability to work in a team
Publishing fields Josipa Selthofer, jselthofer@ffos.hr	The course provides an overview of the structure of publishing and book publishing, and special attention is paid to the methods of book production in different publishing areas. In doing so, different areas of production are studied in particular (the area of children’s book production, then the area of production of books for young people, textbooks, fine literature, professional books and the production of non-fiction books with a special focus on monographs). The study of publishing areas also takes into account new trends in the sense of possible and increasingly frequent relocation of production, especially when it comes to the production of children’s books. The differences in the approach and implementation of the publishing plan are also specified, as well as the requirements for the necessary personnel and other assumptions important for the realization of the publishing project. Learning outcomes: to describe publishing fields to recognize comparative advantages and differences between publishing fields to differentiate the ways of conception, design, production and distribution of products from different publishing fields to recognize the advantages and difficulties of the publisher in a certain publishing field to apply the acquired knowledge and skills to independent project to understand the process of organization and production of a publication of a certain publishing field to recognize contents (as well as authors) suitable for publication within one publishing field
Publishing management Mario Barišić	The aim of the course is to acquaint students with the structure and definition of management in publishing and with the structure and definition of economic models that define management, organization, strategy and other management segments. Students get to know all segments of the complex process of acquisition, editing, production and placement of publishing products, with an emphasis on criteria for making key decisions, procedures for optimizing the use of resources, procedures for creating an adequate plan for a specific publishing area, etc. Students get to know the documentation necessary for management in publishing. . Learning outcomes: to understand the field and definition of management in publishing to recognize the heterogeneity in building the mission, vision and goals of the publishing business to detect the specifics of the business process according to different publishing areas to adopt the laws of management, organization and different models of publishing strategy to understand the structure of economic calculation and cost models of publishing business to recognize the importance of economic planning, business process monitoring and methods of economic analysis of the business itself to adopt methods of building and managing human resources as well as other management definitions specific to the publishing industry
Marketing in publishing and bookselling Gordana Dukić, gdukic@ffos.hr	Contents: Concept and importance of marketing. Evolutionary stages of marketing. History of marketing. Profit and non-profit marketing. Marketing strategies. Segmentation, targeting, positioning. Consumer behaviour. Marketing research. Marketing information system. Market research methods. Marketing mix. Goals of marketing in publishing and bookselling. History and position of marketing in publishing. Book marketing. Marketing plan. Promotional activities in publishing and bookselling. Communication mix. Media in marketing. Public relations in publishing and bookselling. Guerrilla marketing and e-marketing in publishing and bookselling.

Information Technology

1st study year

ISVU code	Title /description	Term	ECTS-s	Status
149064	Information-communication infrastructure	winter	4	obligatory
149066	Modelling and simulations	winter	3	obligatory
149067	Programming 1	winter	3	obligatory
241364	Semantic web and linked data technologies	winter	3	optional
241213	Information and digital literacy in education	winter	3	optional
151052	Information system design	summer	3	optional
151053	User experience application development	summer	3	optional
149068	Programming 2	summer	3	obligatory
151050	Intelligent systems	summer	3	optional
189626	Information in theory	summer	2	optional

2nd study year

ISVU code	Title /description	Term	ECTS-s	Status
161697	User interface design	winter	3	obligatory
161698	Programming 3	winter	3	obligatory
161699	Supportive information processes	winter	3	obligatory
180630	Practical project in information technology	winter	3	obligatory
161701	Principles of instructional design	winter	3	optional

Course descriptions

Course/Instructor	Course description
Programming 1 Boris Badurina, boris.badurina@ffos.hr	The goal of the course is to familiarize students with basics of procedural programming language. From practical examples students learn to produce dynamic web-application based on PHP/MySQL
Information and digital literacy in education Martinović Ivana, imartinovic@ffos.hr
Modelling and simulations Silvija Galić sgalic2@ffos.hr	Learning outcomes: distinguish between different models and their classifications get introduced to foundations of simulation modelling understand the varied approaches and peculiarities of simulation modelling in different areas of life, e. g. medicine, economy, entertainment, education, etc. analyse information system’s problems that can be solved by simulation modelling create a formal system model as a basis for an information system (in a modelling language Modelica)
Information system design Anita Papić, apapic@ffos.hr	Students will get familiar with following topics: The concept of information system and the role of information system within the organization; The historical development of information systems; Basic activities and functions of information system; The lifecycle of information system; The different approaches of information systems design such as linear approach, evolutional approach, cascade approach; prototype approach etc.; Classifications and taxonomies of information systems; Software solutions for information systems design.
Intelligent systems Anita Papić, apapic@ffos.hr	Students will get familiar with following topics: The definitions of artificial intelligence and the fields of artificial intelligence implementation; The concept of intelligent system and its characteristics; The different techniques of artificial intelligence such as data mining, decision trees, artificial neural networks, genetic algorithms etc.; Expert systems; Robotics; Computer vision; Human computer interaction; The trends of the development of intelligent systems.
Principles of instructional design Anita Papić, apapic@ffos.hr	Students will get familiar with following topics: The concept of instructional design and its development from cognitive psychology and behavioral philosophy; The ubiquitous learning and personalization; The different models of instructional design such as the ADDIE (Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation, Evaluation) model, the rapid prototyping model, the minimalistic model, the BLAAM model, the ASSURE model, the ARCS model etc.
Information-communication infrastructure Tomislav Jakopec tjakopec@ffos.hr	The objectives of the course are to acquaint students with the basic characteristics of information and communication infrastructure as a prerequisite for the application of information technology. The course is designed as an introduction to studies and a place to standardize students’ basic knowledge. Students become familiar with all relevant stakeholders of the information and communication infrastructure at the technical, technological and organizational level through specific scientific and professional achievements which shapes the reliefs of the information society in which we live.
User experience application development Boris Badurina, boris.badurina@ffos.hr	The goal of the course is to familiarize students with basic concepts od user experience and it’s impact on developing effective easy to use applications.
Programming 2 Tomislav Jakopec tjakopec@ffos.hr	The aim of the course is to acquaint students with the basics of using object-oriented programming languages. The lectures cover basic theoretical concepts, while the exercises use practical examples, using the Java programming language, to cover the application in creating a solution for a graphical interface (GUI) using a database (MySQL).
Programming 3 Tomislav Jakopec tjakopec@ffos.hr	The aim of the course is to familiarize students with the basics of creating distributed applications. The lectures cover the basic theoretical concepts of cloud computing, infrastructure as a service, software support as a service, while the exercises use practical examples to create an application for mobile devices with distributed data storage on a network application.
Practical project in information technology Tomislav Jakopec tjakopec@ffos.hr	Through practical project work in a public institution or a private company that performs activities in the field of information technology, the student acquires knowledge and skills in one area or in activities related to information technology.
Semantic web and linked data technologies Boris Bosančić bbosancic@ffos.hr	The infrastructure of the semantic web of data: persistent identifiers (IRI), markup languages (XML, RDF); query languages (SPARQL), languages for creating ontologies (RDFS, OWL), machine-readable knowledge organization system (SKOS). Computer ontologies; history, types, examples, modeling principles; A program for creating ontologies (Protégé). Related information: principles and examples of good practice. Lifetime of linked data; creation, linking and publication of datasets. A tool for extracting and creating linked data (OpenRefine). Visualization of related data; techniques, types and tools for visualizing linked data. A tool for visualizing and publishing linked data (eg GraphDB).
Supportive information processes Boris Bosančić bbosancic@ffos.hr	Learning outcomes: standardize and manage business metadata in information systems, apply and manage the use of marking languages in information systems, create test documentation of the application solution of the information system, create user documentation of the application solution of the information system.
Information in theory Boris Bosančić, bbosancic@ffos.hr	Definitions of the concept of information from different theoretical points of view; types of information. The relationship between the concept of information and the related concepts of data and knowledge; Information theories; mathematical theory of communication or mathematical-statistical theory of information; semantic, algorithmic, dynamic, pragmatic, situational and general information theory. Directions in the development of information theories & approaches to the concept of information; cognitive access to information; objectivist approach to information; constructivist approach to information; semiotic approach to information; philosophy of information; modern approaches to information.