Communication and information techniques 1900-3-TKI-GSW

Classes take the form of a seminar in the computer room. During the first class, the tutor recalls the principles of functioning of gis software (ArcGIS) and the basics of cartography and geoinformatics, which will be important for later classes. Moreover, it discusses the main spatial databases in the world. At subsequent meetings, students perform exercises on data visualization, spatial analysis and statistics (e.g. spatial autocorrelation). They will also learn about the measures of spatial distribution of phenomena (center of gravity, ellipse of standard deviations, etc.). Before carrying out the exercise, the tutor makes a theoretical introduction to it and explains the most important assumptions of the work. Classes have an increasing degree of difficulty and are based on the increasing independence of students. At the beginning, they carry out tasks with detailed "step by step" instructions. Later, the description of tasks becomes more and more laconic until it is finally limited to giving the overall effect of the work. The subject matter of the works is varied - natural, social and economic issues are discussed - most often it is problematic. Exercises are carried out in pairs, each of them is usually divided into 2 classes. The total number of works performed varies depending on the average computer skills of the students (most often there are 5 or 6). At the end of each class, the practice pairs send the result maps and / or analysis notes and / or screenshots of the programs used to the teacher's e-mail address. If necessary, the work can be completed at home.

The estimated number of hours that the student must spend to achieve the learning outcomes defined for the subject. 1 ECTS (30 hours) - hours in direct contact with the teacher, i.e. listening to lectures, exercises carried out during classes in pairs; 1 ECTS (30 hours) - student's own contribution, i.e. 15 hours preparation for the final text and 15 hours completing exercises started in class.