Course: Open Data

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Course title Open Data
Course code KI/ODT
Organizational form of instruction Seminary
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 2
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory, Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Beránek Pavel, Ing. Mgr.
  • Dolejš Martin, Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Fišer Jiří, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
First stage: motivational seminars (two-hour) 1. Introduction to open data (policy and technical requirements) 2. Open data in practice (from a public government point of view) Second stage: workshops, open data tools (two-hour) 1. - 2. Data parsing, data scraping, open data formats 3. - 4. Introduction to cartography, GIS and spatial data, open geodata and their visualization 5. Data journalism, case studies Third stage: public 24 hours hackathon (supervised by lecturers, project proposal based on open data and its presentation)

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified
Learning outcomes
Practical course focused on the gathering, processing and presentation of open data (information and data published on the Internet that are complete, easily accessible, machine-readable, using freely available specifications, made available under clearly defined data usage conditions with minimal constraints).

Prerequisites
unspecified
KI/DSY
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KI/URD
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KI/URDB

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
Project proposal based on open data and its presentation at hackathon
Recommended literature
  • Open Data. Pracovní sešit. Institut pro veřejnou správu Praha.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Science Study plan (Version): Information Sciences (double subject) (A14) Category: Informatics courses - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Science Study plan (Version): - (A14) Category: Informatics courses - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Science Study plan (Version): Information Sciences (double subject) (A14) Category: Informatics courses - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Science Study plan (Version): Information Systems (A14) Category: Informatics courses - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -