CONFERENCE PROFILE
- Exchange of experiences in utilization of advanced ICT for education
- Development of a multidisciplinary platform for information exchange in research and development of multimedia and hypermedia applications, in a complex computer support of learning and in new telecommunication services
- Creating of a broad database of future customers and users of the presented services
- Supporting a collaboration among the users and suppliers of learning solutions
- Video presentations of invited speakers
- Video conferencing and virtual presentations of accepted papers
- Virtual poster session presentations
- Politics of educational process in knowledge society
- Platforms for consensus, comparison, evaluation, and development of politics of education
- National and European Qualifications Framework
- Revitalization of higher education and promotion of industry - university collaboration
- Multinational educational, training, and youth partner programs
- International projects of innovative teaching and learning
- Educational structures over crossing country borders - international recognition of qualifications and comparability of qualifications
- Sharing best practices on intercultural education
- Education, Research and Globalization
- Leadership and University Administration
- Digital Divide and access to the Internet
- ICT Skills
- Evaluation of impact of high - speed networks and new generation Internet access on users
- Experiences with building and operation of emerging broadband communication structures, in particular of high - speed internet for academic sphere
- Presentations and verification of publicly oriented network applications and systems (e.g. multimedia applications, videoconferencing, IP streamings with elements of Quality of Services)
- Architectures and design of distributed learning environments
- Methodologies for www - based courses
- Multimedia/hypermedia systems
- Presentation and sharing of knowledge in the implementation and operation of eStrategy
- Social Networking: Blogs, Wikis, …
- Educational/Serious Games and Software
- IT Services Management and Development
- Security and Data Protection
- Videos for Learning and Educational Multimedia
- Animation and 3D Applications
- Virtual and Augmented Reality
- Learning and Teaching Innovations
- Advanced classroom applications and technologies
- m-Learning: mobile applications and technologies
- Blended Learning and Flipped Classroom
- e-Tutoring and e-Mentoring
- Learning Management Systems (LMS)
- Building Virtual Communities
- Agents and agent’s systems
- Author environment and authoring tools
- Interactive learning environments
- Group-ware tools
- Virtual reality and virtual eLearning infrastructures
- Quality and efficiency of eLearning
- Complex eLearning environments and solutions
- Concepts and modeling of virtual infrastructures: eLearning, e-business, e-medicine, virtual laboratory, virtual university
- mLearning: blending the web - based training and wireless eLearning
- Management and engineering of eLearning systems
- Standardization of eLearning objects
- Intelligent tutoring
- Perspectives in security and research
- Digital Libraries and Repositories
- User-Generated Content
- Open Content
- Learning Analytics
- Learning Management Systems (LMS)
- Building Virtual Communities
- Plagiarism and Intellectual Property Rights
- Digital Rights Management
- Knowledge Management
- Training the e-Trainer
- Online Assessment
- Specific courses and designing solution in the countries and institutions
- Institution - specific cases
- Virtual universities and university portals
- Trends in development of new communication technologies and services
- eLearning and legislation
- The sustainability of open access in news media and higher education, and the impact of massive open online courses (MOOCs)
- New Experiences for Curriculum
- Integration of cross-cultural studies
- Generic skills and their development
- Courses, Tutorials and Labs
- Course management
- Skill needs of Labour
- Vocational training
- Employability issues and trends
- Language Learning Innovations
- STEM Education Experiences
- Pedagogical Methods and Innovations
- Collaborative and Problem-based Learning
- Game-based learning and Gamification
- Academic Advising and Tutoring
- Assessment of student learning
- Examination Policies and Grading methods
- Learning space design: Next generation classroom
- New challenges for the Higher Education Area
REGISTRATION FEES and OPTIONS
KEYNOTES
Andrej Bederka
Pavol Bisták
Lukaš Bordák
Patrick Bours
Beata Brestenská
Nayden Chivarov
Martin Dzbor
Milan Ftáčnik
Gabriel Galgóci
Anna Grabowska
Mikuláš Huba
Jozef Hvorecky
Renata Janošcová
Alena Kanabová
Marián Kireš
Martin Klimo
Karol Kniewald
Ivan Kotuliak
Mário Lelovsky
Goran Licanin
Michal Mlynka
Elisaveta Nojkovska
Peter Rusiňák
Marieta Štefanovičová
Dušan Šveda
Andrej Bederka
Andrej Bederka graduated from the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Informatics of the Technical University in Bratislava in 1989 and the Faculty of National Economics of the University of Economics in Bratislava in 1999. He was a software consultant and a project manager in ICT sector and acted in business consulting.
Since 2010, he has worked 10 years for the Ministry of Education of the Slovak Republic, partly on ICT projects and also on projects focused on education (“Universities as engines of knowledge society development” - internship of university students, “Improving the Quality of the Education at primary and secondary Schools using electronic Testing”, “IT Academy - Education for the 21st Century”, “Sector-driven innovations towards an effective labour market in the Slovak Republic”) a informatisation of schools.
Andrej Bederka is as secretary of the Committee for Education, Research and Innovation of IT Association of Slovakia (ITAS), a specialist in vocational education and training of the National Union of Employers (RUZ), a member of the Sectoral Council for Information Technology and Telecommunications of the Alliance of Sectoral Councils and a Secretary General of the Digital Coalition - the National Coalition for Digital Skills and Occupations of the Slovak Republic.
He is taking active role in the support of a development of informatics education, digital skills and
Competences for the digital future in schools and the development of vocational education and training in the field of ICT in secondary vocational schools.
Abstract of presentation: Digital transformation of Slovak education 2030 – can we do a miracle?
Industry 4.0 is a challenge that can improve our lives and the lives of our children. But only if we are ready for it – if we succeed in the digital transformation. One of the areas in which we still do not reach the level of developed countries (EU, OECD) is education and the educational system.
In the area of vocational training, employers have already sounded the alarm. We are just beginning to feel how difficult is to rebuild something we have thrown away. And that is not very different with the unsuccessful curricular reform of 2008, unsupported education in mathematics and computer science in secondary schools, etc. In fact, there is no educational area that should make us optimistic.
To correct our educational failures from the past and still to be successful in the digital transformation - all in one decade - seems almost like a miracle. And we must do our best to achieve that miracle.
I will present a possible view on the process of the digital transformation of education, especially in the focus on regional schools in the next 10 years from the point of view of Digital Coalition - Slovak National Coalition for Digital Skills and Jobs.
Pavol Bisták
Pavol Bisták has been a university teacher and researcher at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology of the Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava since 1992. He received MSc. degree in Technical Cybernetics and PhD. degree in Automation and Control in 1988 and 2013, respectively. His main research activities focus on nonlinear control systems and new technologies in education. In recent years, his field of interest includes the design of PID controllers, design of mechatronic systems and IoT. He is the author or co-author of more than 130 articles in journals, conference proceedings, textbooks or book chapters.
Abstract of presentation: PocketLab: Next step to Learning, Experimenting and Discovering in Covid Time
The article responds to the new PocketLab initiative, which under the motto "Join educators worldwide in bringing hands on science to the classroom" promotes vocational education, in which the student is not only an experimenter, but also the creator of the analysed technical device. It shows that the basic idea of this approach, in which the active participation of the student in the construction of the device is also a guarantee of his deeper relationship to the solved problems, is far from new. In recent decades, however, the overall framework of its application has changed significantly, which has made it possible to use its positives even in the current pandemic period, which severely limits the possibilities of cooperation between the student and his mentor (mentors) in university labs.
Lukaš Bordák
Education:
• 2015 – present: Fachhochschule des bfi Wien, Austria, Master degree – Banking and Finance
• 2013 – 2014: Strathfield College, Sydney, Australia, Diploma of Travel and Tourism
• 2009 – 2012: University of Applied Sciences Wiener Neustadt, Austria
Bachelor degree – International Accounting & Finance
Work Experience:
• 2016 – present: Business Development Manager at Alef Distribution SK, s.r.o., Main responsibilities – Cooperation with vendors, partners and end customer, focus on EU projects
• 2015 - 2016: Sales consultant at Cisco Systems, Bratislava, Slovakia. Main responsibilities – Cooperation with public sector; universities and local governments as a lead point of contact
• 2014: Staff Manager at Paul Strange Presents, Sydney, Australia Main responsibilities – Outdoors promotion for major Sydney’s festivals and events
• 2013: Freelancer at Raiffeisen Bank International, Vienna, Austria. Main responsibilities - upporting the department's relationship managers in coordinating the bank's governance and steering of its subsidiaries in the CEE; supporting the RBI Board of Management in coordination of Supervisory Board meetings and support of various network projects.
• 2012: Internship at Bank Austria, Vienna, Austria Main responsibilities - Cooperation with risk managers at the Underwriting department, data handling and checking, preparation of risk assessments and attending risk committees
Abstract of presentation: Hybrid learning is the new normal – are you ready to roll?
Why build hybrid learning spaces? To facilitate blended and virtual learning, Increase student and faculty engagement and collaboration. Education securely anywhere, anytime for connected classrooms. Cisco Webex and its use cases in hybrid learning environment
Patrick Bours
Patrick Bours is Professor at the Department of Information Security and Communication Technology at NTNU. He has an MSc and a PhD in Discrete Mathematics from the Eindhoven University of Technology in the Netherlands and has worked for 10 years as a senior policy member at the NLNCSA in the area of cryptology. Since 2005 he works at NTNU (formerly Gjøvik University College) in the area of behavioural biometrics where he has specialized in keystroke dynamics and textual analysis. From 2009 to 2012 he has been the head of the Norwegian Information Security Laboratory and since 2016 he is a Scientific Board Member of the Center for Cyber- and Information Security, representing the Norwegian Biometric Laboratory (NBL). He is Associate Editor for the IET Biometrics Journal and the Security and Privacy (SPY) journal and has served as a reviewer for many journals and conferences. He was the supervisor of 75 students (BSc/MSc/PhD) and published over well over 100 journal- and conference papers and book chapters, and has an h-index of 28. He is the main inventor and technology lead of the “Author input Behavioural Analysis (AiBA)” project that has a main focus on detection of sexual predators in private conversations on online social networks.
Abstract of presentation: Contract cheat detection using behavioral analysis
As the education sector is transitioning into new, digitized forms of teaching and conducting classes, so comes new forms of evaluating students. The evolution of technology opens up for examining students remotely, either by conducting traditional three hour exams or longer written assessments as online home exams. With these new, digitized evaluation methods, traditional measures to counter cheating on exams cannot always be applied, such as exam proctoring or exam aid controls. This transition also opens up for new ways to conduct academic dishonesty, such as contract cheating on remote exams or assessments. Contract cheating refers to when a student gets an mandatory exam, essay, or other assessment work completed by a third party on their behalf, which will then be submitted as if they have completed the work themselves.
In this presentation I will show that analysis of the behaviour of the exam writer can be extracted and compared to the profile of the student under evaluation. When using a fusion of typing style and typing rhythm, we were able to detect 97.4% of all contract cheating cases while at the same time never accuse an honest student of contract cheating.
Beata Brestenská
Position: Director of Incubator of Inovatíve Teachers at The Faculty of Natural Sciences, Comenius University
2010 – 2019 President od The Governing Board SAAIC
2007 – 2011 Vice-dean at University Comenius of Faculty of Natural Sciences
2002 –2009 Head of The Research and Education IT Center Comenius University
2002- 2006 Member of National Council of the Slovak Republi– Committee for Education, Science, Sport and Youth, Culture and Media
2003_2005 The Head of Slovak Delegation of The Council of Europe
1998-2001 Head of The Department of Didactic of Sciences
Scientific work – Implementation of IT in Education
Co-ordinator of international Project: I*EARN, Comenius I, II, ECDL
National Project Leader and Co-ordinator: InfoAge Slovakia, ESF Projects, State Research Project, National Project – The Proces of Modernazation Education at Schools, Education for the Information Society – Development project
Research stay: Belgium , Israel, Canada, USA, Poland, UK, India
https://fns.uniba.sk/iium/
http://www.didaktika.eu/
Abstract of presentation: The Teacher’s Creative Digital Competence
The transformation of education into information society education requires the transformation of the training of future teachers and the develope the lifelong career education system of the teacher. The transformation of digital literacy of teachers into creative digital competences of the ones with added value of technology it is a process that is starting to take place with the arrival of digital education also in Slovakia. The article highlights the importance of creative digital competences of the teacher and digital technologies for developing, managing and evaluating the cognitive processes of the student. We also present the results of pilot research aimed at developing creative digital competencies of future teachers and examples of good practice.
Nayden Chivarov
Assoc. Prof. Nayden Chivarov received his PhD degree from the Institute of Handling Device and Robotics, TU Vienna, Austria. Currently he is head of Department “Cyber-Physical Systems” at the Institute of Information and Communication Technologies – Bulgarian Academy of Sciences. His research interests are: service robots - especially educational robotics, mechatronics, human-robot interaction, Industry 4.0, IoT.
Abstract of presentation: Network of IcT Robo Clubs “NITRO Clubs EU”
The most wanted professions today did not exist ten years ago. In another ten years, robots will do 65% of the work we do today. The EU Industrial Policy Strategy defines robotics as an integral part of the Key Enabling Technologies (KETs) with the most important share in the growth of the European industries. Therefore, greater attention must be focused on how robots can be better integrated into the lives of young people and their education.
Robots have great potential in being utilized as an educational technology. They can be used as a powerful edutainment platform - combining the traditional and innovative didactic methods and the educational content in mathematics, physics, computers, electronics, mechanical engineering, and even artificial intelligence, with the experience of gamified learning.
The project NITRO Clubs EU builds a Network of IcT Robo Clubs, but more importantly, the project will provide the infrastructure, the know-how and the tools for its sustainable development and further expansion beyond the project limits. The main objective of the project team is to contribute to the enhancement of the open, innovative education on KETs in the partnering countries and the region. Additionally, it aims to foster social inclusion and to provide learning opportunities to VET students from schools with insufficient availability of equipment, thus providing equal access to the educational content for all students.
Martin Dzbor
Martin Dzbor is a director of strategy and product development in DT IT Solutions Slovakia. In this role he has steered projects to develop and introduce new portfolio elements, incl. cloud-based infrastructures, knowledge-based support for service management or next-generation communication platforms (telepresence, VoIP). He is accountable for driving the portfolio, innovation and skill development in the largest consolidated T-Systems International’s nearshore location – in Slovakia. He is the author of unique post-secondary dual education programme that has produced close to 100 graduate experts for the DT IT Solutions in Slovakia, as well as the driver behind the T-UNI programme for the collaboration with universities.
Prior to this position he was a Lead Researcher in the United Kingdom, contributing to research and development in the area of semantic and knowledge-based systems and managed several integrated projects within European and national frameworks. Dr. Dzbor is also active in various consultancy roles at the regional and national levels in Slovakia, is a member of advisory council of the government of Slovakia for vocational education, and contributing to sectoral working groups focusing on the ICT trends and strategies, and their implication on education and workforce skill development.
Abstract of presentation: Digital Skills” – how a joint initiative of companies can contribute to raise digitally skilled generation through educators’ upskilling
Inspired by global initiative of non-profit organization Code.org ‘Hour of Code’, in 2016 volunteers from Accenture Slovakia launched the series of trainings for teachers across the country, with ambition to improve quality of computer science education. Their aim was to equip especially unqualified teachers of computer science (informatics) with knowledge of tools, thanks to which the pupils would obtain important knowledge of fundamental computer science concepts and basics of programming. An important milestone for this initiative was VIA BONA Slovakia award in 2018 that project received as the country Social Innovation of the Year. This boosted the interest of other socially responsible companies to join the initiative and co-volunteer for bigger impact. Thanks to the unique cooperation launched in 2019 within newly created Digital Skills platform of Business Leaders Forum (an informal association of companies, which are leaders in Corporate Social Responsibility in Slovakia) the initiative scaled-up significantly, under the slogan ‘Let’s teach the computer science differently’ and #DigitalSkills title. The extended ecosystem of involved partners from private and non-profit sectors, as well as support from the side of local schools providing their premises for training delivery, enabled for significant multiplication of trained teachers. In a single year, training sessions were delivered in 75 out of 79 Slovak districts, with more than 1000 teachers trained (and reaching almost 1500 trained teachers in total since the program was launched). Thus, the initiative reached more than 20% of Slovak primary schools, having positive impact on thousands of pupils.
In 2020, original members of Digital Skills of Business Leaders Forum participating in or supporting #DigitalSkills initiative (Accenture, Eset, Orange, Telekom, TNT), were joined by other Slovakia leading IT companies Microsoft and Deutsche Telekom IT Solutions Slovakia (formerly T-Systems Slovakia) and together they initiated discussion on moving the original #DigitalSkills initiative to the next level. They came up with an idea of comprehensive educational program for teachers, which could not only further improve the quality of computer science education, but also contribute to more efficient use of digital technologies within the education process and schools operation in general. As a result, the ‘Digital Competencies Coordinators Program’ has been launched, with pilot phase covering school year 2020/21. Pilot scope includes building the training curriculum covering the skill development portfolio and testing it with group of 10 teachers, who will become Digital Competencies Coordinator at their home schools. Coordinators are not only expected to provide methodical support and guidance with respect to informatics at their school; they are also expected to support other fellow teachers in their digital skills development and use of digital technologies. The project also explores how different up-and-coming technologies and modern methodologies may be introduced to the existing environment of Slovak schools and their curricula. Ultimately, once ambition of scaling up the project to critical mass of Slovak schools is fulfilled, it is expected to improve the level of schools’ digital maturity. Pilot phase will enable program content fine-tuning based on the participants feedback and shall serve as a preparatory phase for further program scale-up in upcoming years. The delivery model of the program in pilot phase is based mainly on pro bono contribution of involved companies to training content and delivery (using company volunteers), with organizational coverage covered by educational non-profit organization Junior Achievement Slovakia, with their involvement funded from financial grant provided by SK-NIC grant scheme.
Partnering companies’ initiative works towards boosting the digitally oriented skills. According to numerous studies, this digital skillset is a vital asset for our future generations. Being digital and coping with digital environment are essential skills, highly valued at the labour market. According to some sources, 90% of future jobs will require at least basic level of digital skills and Tech Know-How (know how to use, manipulate and create technologies and data) represent one of key so called ‘skills families’, inevitable to thrive in digital economy.
In our contribution to ICETA we are proud to share with the community the experience of the realization team with introducing the Digital Competencies Coordinators to modern agile methodologies. We will touch on our approach how we are presenting, discussing and practicing with the teachers the methods, techniques and day-to-day tricks of trade that are appealing to be applied and used also in the real-world educational environment. More information about this initiative, its scope, actual experiences and their relationship to our specific activities with teachers will be presented on the ICETA 2020 conference. We are looking forward to your participation and active input to further enhancing, improving and growing the #DigitalSkills initiative in our country.
Milan Ftáčnik
Milan Ftáčnik is an Associate Professor at the Department of Applied Informatics, Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics, Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovakia where he also graduated and received his PhD. After a long time he spent full-time in national and local politics, he is back teaching and supervising master and PhD. students. His research interests include computer vision and image processing, smart city applications and education policy.
Abstract of presentation: Digital transformation of education in Slovakia within the context of European documents
Previous efforts to digital transformation of education have not yielded impact analysis and sustainability. Promoting systematic and sustainable change should be based on teachers and their interaction with students. Pupils' digital literacy should be part of the graduate's profile. The transformation should include high-quality digital infrastructure, its systematic development and constant state support. The bearers of the transformation will be, above all, universities preparing future teachers. The context for the proposal of digital transformation of education in Slovakia are European documents as is Digital Education Action Plan, European skills agenda, European Framework of Digital Competences for Citizens (DigComp), European Framework of Digital Competences of Teachers (DigCompEdu), European Framework for Personal, Social and Self-Education Competences (LifeComp) and other program and conceptual materials. Digital transformation of education should vigorously built a path to the School of digital excellence, which develops the digital skills and competencies of the main actors in education and supports the professional development of teachers enabling them to use wisely the digital technologies for increasing the quality of education.
Gabriel Galgóci
Director Client Network Operations Management & Slovakia Country General Manager. Gabriel currently manages team of 250+ associates located in multiple centers in Slovakia, Czech Republic, Western Europe, Argentina and India supporting service delivery and life cycle management activities for largest business clients globally. Gabriel started his career with AT&T in 1999 as a project manager coordinating service delivery activities for local retail and government clients in Slovakia. During his professional carrier with AT&T, he held multiple supervisory positions in Global Managed Services organization.
As the American Chamber of Commerce President of the Board of Directors, chairman of Business Service Center Forum which units 32 companies operating Shared Service Centers or Business Process Organization in Slovakia which represent more than 34.000 employees as well as member of Sectoral Council for IT and Telecommunication actively contribute to business and IT industry development in Slovak republic.
Abstract of presentation: The importance of business academic cooperation to develop critical skills
Dynamic technological and social changes today introduce to our country challenges in the form of a high degree of digitization, the necessary skills as well as automation processes with broad social impacts. We are therefore convinced that the Slovak education system and the labor market need direct connection to the needs of modern society based on talent exploitation, innovation and industry 4.0.The American Chamber of Commerce in the Slovak Republic (AmCham) has been consistently trying to actively deepen the cooperation between business and academic environment and help so to the cooperation between the educational sector and the demand of the market.
Anna Grabowska
Dr. Eng. Anna Grabowska has over 25 years of experience in distance education. In 1994 she received a master's degree at the University De Montfort in Leicester in the UK. In 2001 she defended her doctoral thesis with the title of a doctor of technical sciences at Gdansk University of Technology. Since 1995 she has been the manager of Autodesk Authorised Training Centre at Gdansk University of Technology (Autodesk Academic Partner). In 1998-2004, she served as head of the Distance Education Centre at Gdansk University of Technology. She is a founding member of the Association of Academic E-learning, an advisor at U3A online.
Abstract of presentation: Sustainability of the Erasmus+ projects
Sustainability of a project implies the continuation of project activities and sustenance of project outcomes after the initial grant expires. In the presentation the author will share the possible methods how to achieve the Erasmus+ CoLED project benefits for an extended period of time with special attention to circumstances in a pandemic time.
Mikuláš Huba
Mikuláš Huba received MSc. and PhD. Degrees in Technical Cybernetics in 1974 and 1982, since 2008 he is a Full Professor at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, STU in Bratislava. Other activities include: 1996-2008 Head of the University Distance Education Centre, 2008-2011 researcher and Mercator visiting professor at the FernUniversität Hagen, Germany, 2015-2019 director of the Institute of Automotive Mechatronics, head of the Department of E-mobility, Drives and Automation since 2013. Author and co-author of about 400 papers in journals and proceedings of international conferences, 20 monographs on Constrained, Nonlinear and Remote Control and about e-Learning, organizer of 11international conferences Virtual University and other IFAC and IEEE events.
Abstract of presentation: PocketLab: Next step to Learning, Experimenting and Discovering in Covid Time
The article responds to the new PocketLab initiative, which under the motto "Join educators worldwide in bringing hands on science to the classroom" promotes vocational education, in which the student is not only an experimenter, but also the creator of the analysed technical device. It shows that the basic idea of this approach, in which the active participation of the student in the construction of the device is also a guarantee of his deeper relationship to the solved problems, is far from new. In recent decades, however, the overall framework of its application has changed significantly, which has made it possible to use its positives even in the current pandemic period, which severely limits the possibilities of cooperation between the student and his mentor (mentors) in university labs.
Jozef Hvorecky
During fifty year of his career, Jozef Hvorecky taught at 17 universities in 12 countries of all continents. Now, he is a researcher at Vysoká škola technická a ekonomická in České Budějovice, Czech Republic.
As the author and coauthor, he has published 26 books and textbooks and more than 150 papers in journals and conference proceedings. He is keen of new educational technologies. He has taught online courses since 2002, mostly for the University of Liverpool, UK, Recently, he offers a series of webinars for teachers and educators at various educational topics: Critical Thinking, Knowledge Management, Humor in Education and similar. His is the author of books on popular science. The newest one will be published in early months of 2021.
He is a member of Za živé univerzity – a initiative group trying to revitalize Slovak academic life, to enhance its academic honesty and to facilitate its critical view on itself.
Abstract of presentation: Massification of Online Education: A Holistic Strategy
Before 2020, online learning has not been very popular in Slovakia. Online courses were quite exceptional at most universities and factually non-existing at lower levels of schools. When the pandemic locked them down, they faced a shock because they have virtually no experience and had to improvise. This learned them about the importance of online education as a replacement for classroom education. During the short period (March-June 2020), they gained some positive results and experience. Nevertheless, many of their educational practices have not been coordinated and standardized; they still suffer from being far from an optimum.
For years, the authors were educators at the sole Slovak university with a long-term strategy of online education. Every course has got its online partner and all students can select between its online and on-site format. Such education has been very demanding due to its necessity to perform and develop both "soft" and "hard" teaching methodology and practices. At the same time, in times like the pandemic they proved their value.
Below we outline a strategy which can be used for reaching a similar goal. We point to a variety of factors: the organization of the work, design and development of courses, staff development, teachers’ personality, their knowledge, specific skills and expected experience. Our main aim is to demonstrate that such a holistic approach can lead to a global change in the Slovak educational system – to Open Education.
Renata Janošcová
Renata Janošcová, is a graduate of the Lviv State Technical University (Ukraine). She is a lecturer of the Department of Informatics and Mathematics of the University of Finance and Administration in Prague, Czech Republic. During her career, she also acted as an IT administrator and the Coordinator of Online Courses. Her research interests include Quantitative methods for managers, Tools and techniques of quality management and Data mining. She collaborates with ORACLE, ASSECO, PALSTAT, LEONI Slovakia and other IT-oriented companies.
Abstract of presentation: Massification of Online Education: A Holistic Strategy
Before 2020, online learning has not been very popular in Slovakia. Online courses were quite exceptional at most universities and factually non-existing at lower levels of schools. When the pandemic locked them down, they faced a shock because they have virtually no experience and had to improvise. This learned them about the importance of online education as a replacement for classroom education. During the short period (March-June 2020), they gained some positive results and experience. Nevertheless, many of their educational practices have not been coordinated and standardized; they still suffer from being far from an optimum.
For years, the authors were educators at the sole Slovak university with a long-term strategy of online education. Every course has got its online partner and all students can select between its online and on-site format. Such education has been very demanding due to its necessity to perform and develop both "soft" and "hard" teaching methodology and practices. At the same time, in times like the pandemic they proved their value.
Below we outline a strategy which can be used for reaching a similar goal. We point to a variety of factors: the organization of the work, design and development of courses, staff development, teachers’ personality, their knowledge, specific skills and expected experience. Our main aim is to demonstrate that such a holistic approach can lead to a global change in the Slovak educational system – to Open Education.
Alena Kanabová
Alena Kanabová is Senior Manager in Technology division of global consultancy and technology company Accenture, where she has been working for more than 20 years. During her professional career she has participated in delivery of multiple projects for telecommunications, banking and utilities clients, mainly in IT systems integration area, including complex business transformations. Since 2017, she has been leading local Accenture corporate citizenship initiatives and programs with community impact. In relation to this role, as well as outside work, she is actively engaged in initiatives and programs to improve Slovakia’s educational system. She’s also involved in a promotion of inclusion & diversity in workplace, especially aiming at improvement of gender diversity in IT sector. Within Digital Skills platform of Business Leaders Forum (an informal association of companies, which are leaders in Corporate Social Responsibility in Slovakia), she oversees and coordinates joint activities of multiple companies, which have ambition to improve Slovakia’s computer science education, digital literacy and digital skills across Slovak society.
Abstract of presentation: Digital Skills” – how a joint initiative of companies can contribute to raise digitally skilled generation through educators’ upskilling
Inspired by global initiative of non-profit organization Code.org ‘Hour of Code’, in 2016 volunteers from Accenture Slovakia launched the series of trainings for teachers across the country, with ambition to improve quality of computer science education. Their aim was to equip especially unqualified teachers of computer science (informatics) with knowledge of tools, thanks to which the pupils would obtain important knowledge of fundamental computer science concepts and basics of programming. An important milestone for this initiative was VIA BONA Slovakia award in 2018 that project received as the country Social Innovation of the Year. This boosted the interest of other socially responsible companies to join the initiative and co-volunteer for bigger impact. Thanks to the unique cooperation launched in 2019 within newly created Digital Skills platform of Business Leaders Forum (an informal association of companies, which are leaders in Corporate Social Responsibility in Slovakia) the initiative scaled-up significantly, under the slogan ‘Let’s teach the computer science differently’ and #DigitalSkills title. The extended ecosystem of involved partners from private and non-profit sectors, as well as support from the side of local schools providing their premises for training delivery, enabled for significant multiplication of trained teachers. In a single year, training sessions were delivered in 75 out of 79 Slovak districts, with more than 1000 teachers trained (and reaching almost 1500 trained teachers in total since the program was launched). Thus, the initiative reached more than 20% of Slovak primary schools, having positive impact on thousands of pupils.
In 2020, original members of Digital Skills of Business Leaders Forum participating in or supporting #DigitalSkills initiative (Accenture, Eset, Orange, Telekom, TNT), were joined by other Slovakia leading IT companies Microsoft and Deutsche Telekom IT Solutions Slovakia (formerly T-Systems Slovakia) and together they initiated discussion on moving the original #DigitalSkills initiative to the next level. They came up with an idea of comprehensive educational program for teachers, which could not only further improve the quality of computer science education, but also contribute to more efficient use of digital technologies within the education process and schools operation in general. As a result, the ‘Digital Competencies Coordinators Program’ has been launched, with pilot phase covering school year 2020/21. Pilot scope includes building the training curriculum covering the skill development portfolio and testing it with group of 10 teachers, who will become Digital Competencies Coordinator at their home schools. Coordinators are not only expected to provide methodical support and guidance with respect to informatics at their school; they are also expected to support other fellow teachers in their digital skills development and use of digital technologies. The project also explores how different up-and-coming technologies and modern methodologies may be introduced to the existing environment of Slovak schools and their curricula. Ultimately, once ambition of scaling up the project to critical mass of Slovak schools is fulfilled, it is expected to improve the level of schools’ digital maturity. Pilot phase will enable program content fine-tuning based on the participants feedback and shall serve as a preparatory phase for further program scale-up in upcoming years. The delivery model of the program in pilot phase is based mainly on pro bono contribution of involved companies to training content and delivery (using company volunteers), with organizational coverage covered by educational non-profit organization Junior Achievement Slovakia, with their involvement funded from financial grant provided by SK-NIC grant scheme.
Partnering companies’ initiative works towards boosting the digitally oriented skills. According to numerous studies, this digital skillset is a vital asset for our future generations. Being digital and coping with digital environment are essential skills, highly valued at the labour market. According to some sources, 90% of future jobs will require at least basic level of digital skills and Tech Know-How (know how to use, manipulate and create technologies and data) represent one of key so called ‘skills families’, inevitable to thrive in digital economy.
In our contribution to ICETA we are proud to share with the community the experience of the realization team with introducing the Digital Competencies Coordinators to modern agile methodologies. We will touch on our approach how we are presenting, discussing and practicing with the teachers the methods, techniques and day-to-day tricks of trade that are appealing to be applied and used also in the real-world educational environment. More information about this initiative, its scope, actual experiences and their relationship to our specific activities with teachers will be presented on the ICETA 2020 conference. We are looking forward to your participation and active input to further enhancing, improving and growing the #DigitalSkills initiative in our country.
Marián Kireš
Marián Kireš has a PhD in Physics education and works as an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Science P. J. Šafárik University in Košice, Slovakia. His research interest includes inquiry-based education with an emphasis on conceptual understanding and development of selected pupils' skills, action research on gifted youth education and science teacher professional development. He was a national coordinator of two fp7 projects and team leader of many national projects. He teaches Didactics of physics, Selected topics of General Physics, Physics for Geographers, Physics demonstrations experiments and Methods for solving physical problems. He is a co-author of four upper secondary textbooks, two monographs and university scripts.
Abstract of presentation: Digital transformation of education in Slovakia within the context of European documents
Previous efforts to digital transformation of education have not yielded impact analysis and sustainability. Promoting systematic and sustainable change should be based on teachers and their interaction with students. Pupils' digital literacy should be part of the graduate's profile. The transformation should include high-quality digital infrastructure, its systematic development and constant state support. The bearers of the transformation will be, above all, universities preparing future teachers. The context for the proposal of digital transformation of education in Slovakia are European documents as is Digital Education Action Plan, European skills agenda, European Framework of Digital Competences for Citizens (DigComp), European Framework of Digital Competences of Teachers (DigCompEdu), European Framework for Personal, Social and Self-Education Competences (LifeComp) and other program and conceptual materials. Digital transformation of education should vigorously built a path to the School of digital excellence, which develops the digital skills and competencies of the main actors in education and supports the professional development of teachers enabling them to use wisely the digital technologies for increasing the quality of education.
Martin Klimo
Martin Klimo received his diploma in telecommunication engineering from the University of Transport and Communication Žilina in 1973. Since 1990 he worked as an Associate Professor, and in 2003 he was appointed a full professor of Applied Informatics. His research interests include communication theory, queuing theory, machine learning and fuzzy logic implementation by nanotechnology. He focuses on packet networks performance and security, pattern recognition, memristor-based fuzzy computing and explainable artificial intelligence.
Ref. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Martin_Klimo
Abstract of presentation: Can computers be surprised? (novelty detection)
Intelligent being can be surprised by unexpected events. Psychology studies this phenomenon since Aristotle and the most recent views gives the cognitive-evolutionary models. Surprise causes an interruption of ongoing activity and shifts attention to the novelty source. Afterwards, it should be followed by the intuitive immediate event analysis. The result may be panic if the event appears dangerous, or a laugh or more in-depth examination, if the event interpretation is pleasant or exciting. Many research ideas are inspired by such as unexpected observations. Following the proverb “Chance favours the prepared minds”, we have to teach pupils to know nature laws, but under keeping the mind open to novelties. But is it enough? Can we teach them to find wonders? The dimensionality curse effect that appeared in machine learning show this as mission impossible. Just as an example, there are more 28x28-pixel 8-bit possible pictures than the number of protons in the universe. The only way is to teach students to be sensible to anomaly events, not to ignore them, but subject them to further investigation.
And what about computers? Machine learning creates decision rules based on data mining. The system explores existing data and applies the old rules also to the novel data. For example, let us train the pattern recogniser on the MNIST database (hand-written digits). If we afterwards apply the sample from the Fashion-MNIST (e.g. shirt) for recognition, we obtain number nine at the output. The reason for misusing is missing information for the customer, what is a typical and abnormal sample for the recogniser. The recogniser also does not indicate anomaly of the pattern under investigation. Therefore, in our opinion, any decision system based on machine learning must be preceded by an anomaly detection filter. In any case, the unusual sample may not proceed to the decision generator, but it has to be forwarded to the operator for further investigation. There is a rich literature on how to uncover an anomaly (novelty, surprise, curiosity, outlier, and others). However, the topic is still open. Today we have powerful tools for nonlinear transformation of the training set (standard) data. But due to the dimensionality curse, most of the possible data (including anomalies) are out of control. At least a manifold condition have to be fulfilled to extend the training data properties outside the training set. Therefore, we also continue to look for properties that distinguish an anomalous pattern from a pattern in a training set.
This publication has been published with the support of the Operational Program Integrated Infrastructure within the project: Research in the SANET network and possibilities of its further use and development, ITMS code: NFP313010W988, co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund.
Karol Kniewald
Karol Kniewald has over 20 years of experience in the education sector and government partnerships, program and strategic projects management, corporate social responsibility, community building, learning technology innovations and IT workforce development.
Karol has received his master degree in computer networking at the Technical University of Kosice, Slovakia. He is co-founder of the Computer Network Laboratory established in 1997 and Regional Cisco Networking academy at Technical University in Kosice started in 1999. From 2001 he was teaching computer networking courses, acted as the Cisco Networking Academy instructor and the Regional Academy manager, later worked in telecommunication industry at technical and sales positions.
Since 2004, Karol has been with Cisco in various roles of Corporate Affairs and Corporate Social Responsibility management. His Cisco career started with focus on the Cisco Networking Academy program development in the Czech Republic. In 2008, Karol has extended his responsibility to the program leadership in Central Eastern Europe & CIS, in 2014 enlarged to the Europe region evolved in 2017 to the global partner management and development role with impact in over 140 countries worldwide.
At present time, Karol is with CEELABS Academy Support and Instructor Training Center in charge of Cisco Networking Academy business development and partner support. CEELABS ASC&ITC supporting over 80 Cisco Academies in Slovakia and abroad.
Abstract of presentation: Cisco Networking Academy – new courses and remote teaching
Cisco Networking Academy is one of the most successful IT education program globally. Since the program began in 1997, over 9 million students have enrolled in Networking Academy courses. This public-private partnership is Cisco’s largest corporate social responsibility program to help students get IT and digital skills needed for their future career. The presentation will focus on new Cisco Networking Academy courses covering computer networking, networking programmability and infrastructure automation, cybersecurity and programming. Recent changes in the program content will be presented along with the program readiness for remote teaching and remote course delivery using tools like Webex and netacad.com platform. Networking Academy students and instructors can especially in actual pandemic situations benefit out of 2 decade developments of blended learning program, global cloud learning materials accessibility and real equipment simulation tools to support hands on experience. The presentation will also unhide some best practices how the common activities like instructor training, student competition or instructor conference could be successfully delivered in fully remote or hybrid mode.
Ivan Kotuliak
Ivan Kotuliak is dean of the Faculty of Informatics and Information Technologies. He is a full professor in Applied Informatics at Slovak University of Technology. He is also Slovak representative for Information for All programme Slovak commision of UNESCO and Slovak expert within European Blockchain Forum (EC).
His research activities lastly focus on Blockchain and its application into public and also private activities to enhance governance. Previous orientation and successful research projects included network performance, including NGN architecture, wireless and mobile networking, VoIP systems and Future Internet. He has been author and co-author of more than sixty scientific papers and leads and participates on several international and national research projects.
Abstract of presentation: Multilayer blockchain
Blockchain technology proves its maturity and starts to be widely deployed. It provides proof of existence and also of non existence. Even more, the embedded executable code makes from this technology powerful tool as a database replacement. The replacement should be done carefully, because of the distributed nature of the blockchain. The drawback, which consts in bad interoperability of the possible projects. This can be overcomed by the hierarchical blockchain. Colorful blockchain is one of possible implementations of the hierarchical blockchain.
Mário Lelovsky
Mário Lelovský is a leading professional in area of Digital skills and Digital transformation in Slovakia. As of 2014 holds the position of 1st Vice President of National Union of Employers of Slovakia and leads the Digital economy comittee. From 2014 was acting as a president and actually as a 1st Vicepresident of IT Association of Slovakia. He co-founded Slovak National Digital Coalition for Digital Skills and Jobs and acts as a Chairman of the Executive board of Coalition.
Together with the Slovak Technical University he founded “Slovak-AI”, national platform for artificial intelligence research and development in April 2019.
He graduated (Master of science) at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Informatics, Department of cybernetics at the Slovak Technical University in Bratislava in 1988 (1983-1988).
Abstract of presentation: Pandemia - final impulse for education system improvement in Slovakia?
From the point of view of employers, how did the pandemic affect the educational process and what are the related emerging challenges and opportunities for the Digital Coalition? How well was the education system in Slovakia prepared for distance learning and do we understand what it really means? What was the lesson learned, what have we prepared, and did we use the summer months to prepare for the next waves of pandemics or analogous situations? How can the Reform Plan, which will be an action plan from the National Integrated Reform Plan, help?
Goran Licanin
Goran Licanin is working for more than 20 years in the ICT domain, from engineer to consultant for Fortune 500 in the area of IT strategy, IT infrastructure, digitization, software development and data science. Last 4 years he has been working in HUAWEI CEE&Nordic regional office helping companies in digital transformation and adoption of 5G, AI, IoT solutions and new business models. He has a master degree in Computer science, and he got his specialization in Strategy and innovations at MIT in the USA. Today he is on the position of Chief Digital Officer and Industry and Ecosystem Development Director for AI & Cloud in CEE&Nordic
Abstract of presentation: Huawei AI computing in the service of industry and education
AI becomes our an everyday supporter. From YouTube content to fault and maintenance prediction for aeroplane engines. And today, market needs and technology limits are putting a lot of challenges in front of the AI Vendors having society challenging the new technologies adoption calling in help ethics.
Huawei is one of the vendors providing E2E AI solution. Something that we are calling All-Scenario Full Stack AI Computing Portfolio. From chipset and AI enablement in the device to EDGE and DC AI Clusters. From CANN libraries giving you access to chipsets to MindSpore and ModelArt, providing the platform for full AI development life cycle. In this presentation, you will understand the Huawei AI strategy and how Huawei is working with industries and education all around the world.
Michal Mlynka
Education:
2010-2012 Ing., University of Žilina, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Department of multimedia and information-communication technologies, Master Degree in telecommunication and radio communication engineering
2007-2010 Bc. University of Žilina, Baccalaureate Degree in telecommunication
Work Experience:
• 2013 – present: System Engineer,
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• Responsible for developing, designing and delivering the opportunities and projects in Cisco collaboration technology areas
• Network/Collaboration solution design, project management, implementation of solutions, administration, monitoring and troubleshooting of solutions
• Providing consulting and guidance, full pre-sales technical support and handling on-demand post-sales technical support escalations
• Covering new products, solutions and innovations introductions to the market, including new market development, creating market awareness, product/solution positioning, demand creation, technology evangelization, customer/partner education and enablement and ongoing technical support
• Preparing of trainings, training of certificated and non-certificated trainings
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Abstract of presentation: Hybrid learning is the new normal – are you ready to roll?
Why build hybrid learning spaces? To facilitate blended and virtual learning, Increase student and faculty engagement and collaboration. Education securely anywhere, anytime for connected classrooms. Cisco Webex and its use cases in hybrid learning environment
Elisaveta Nojkovska
In her role leading the CEE execution of Microsoft’s vision for education, Eli’s goal is to help empower educators and inspire students to achieve more and be ready for the world of tomorrow. She aims to transform the way we learn with the support of the best technology. One of her main goals is to expand partnerships between HED and Government/ Commercial entities to drive research, student experiences, curriculum development and innovation. The Higher Education institutions around the world are facing a wide array of impacts from the pandemic ranging from rapid adoption of distance learning models to financial viability given changing student dynamics. Equally, higher education institutions are playing a central role in the research needed to develop vaccines and other innovations which will help lead the global recovery in 2020 and beyond.
Prior to joining CEE Education Team in 2019, Elisaveta was covering different roles in the wider region of 24 countries in europe and she was part of Marketing, PR, Finance and Business segment. You can reach Elisaveta Nojkovska via her LinkedIn account.
Abstract of presentation: MS Learn for competitiveness of your students
MS Learn is a new set of opportunities and resources for Students to learn Microsoft technical skills in areas spanning topics like responsible AI, Internet of Things (IoT), and building cloud-native apps, among so much more.
Great news for higher education students looking to upgrade their tech skills: Microsoft has just announced a bunch of new learning paths through its Learn platform for students. Use the filters to browse the catalog based on your goals and level of experience. Microsoft Learn has a new platform specifically designed for University students. It grants users on-demand access to various learning paths for building highly sought-after tech skills. Students who want to stand out in a competitive job market should definitely check it out. Follow the link: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/roles/student
Peter Rusiňák
During his academic tenure, Peter co-founded the Center for North American Studies at the University of Economics in Bratislava and until 2016 served as the Center´s manager. He has been a passionate supporter of the business-academic cooperation as has been building bridges between universities/high schools and private corporations/NGOs since the beginning of his career. Currently, Peter serves as the senior policy manager in the American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham Slovakia) and leads trainings on communication, soft skills, business etiquette and career counseling.
Abstract of presentation: The importance of business academic cooperation to develop critical skills
Dynamic technological and social changes today introduce to our country challenges in the form of a high degree of digitization, the necessary skills as well as automation processes with broad social impacts. We are therefore convinced that the Slovak education system and the labor market need direct connection to the needs of modern society based on talent exploitation, innovation and industry 4.0.The American Chamber of Commerce in the Slovak Republic (AmCham) has been consistently trying to actively deepen the cooperation between business and academic environment and help so to the cooperation between the educational sector and the demand of the market.
Marieta Štefanovičová
Marieta Štefanovičová successfully completed University studies in Kosice at the University of Pavol Jozef Safarik, Faculty of Public Administration. She has been working for the International IT company Deutsche Telekom IT Solutions Slovakia (previously T Systems Slovakia s.r.o.) since 09.2015. As a Strategy Development Specialist has been actively involved in various projects led by agile approach in the topics as Diversity, Agile Transformation and other strategic topics. As a Project Manager in 2018 initiated and currently still runs T KIDS project focused on supporting education and motivation students of elementary schools in new IT technologies and modern agile methodologies such as Agile and Design Thinking. Since 2020 she has become also a member of Digital skills platform that belongs under the Business Leaders Forum companies association and a coordinator of activities within Scrum in practice part in its Program Coordinator of Digital skills.
Abstract of presentation: Digital Skills” – how a joint initiative of companies can contribute to raise digitally skilled generation through educators’ upskilling
Inspired by global initiative of non-profit organization Code.org ‘Hour of Code’, in 2016 volunteers from Accenture Slovakia launched the series of trainings for teachers across the country, with ambition to improve quality of computer science education. Their aim was to equip especially unqualified teachers of computer science (informatics) with knowledge of tools, thanks to which the pupils would obtain important knowledge of fundamental computer science concepts and basics of programming. An important milestone for this initiative was VIA BONA Slovakia award in 2018 that project received as the country Social Innovation of the Year. This boosted the interest of other socially responsible companies to join the initiative and co-volunteer for bigger impact. Thanks to the unique cooperation launched in 2019 within newly created Digital Skills platform of Business Leaders Forum (an informal association of companies, which are leaders in Corporate Social Responsibility in Slovakia) the initiative scaled-up significantly, under the slogan ‘Let’s teach the computer science differently’ and #DigitalSkills title. The extended ecosystem of involved partners from private and non-profit sectors, as well as support from the side of local schools providing their premises for training delivery, enabled for significant multiplication of trained teachers. In a single year, training sessions were delivered in 75 out of 79 Slovak districts, with more than 1000 teachers trained (and reaching almost 1500 trained teachers in total since the program was launched). Thus, the initiative reached more than 20% of Slovak primary schools, having positive impact on thousands of pupils.
In 2020, original members of Digital Skills of Business Leaders Forum participating in or supporting #DigitalSkills initiative (Accenture, Eset, Orange, Telekom, TNT), were joined by other Slovakia leading IT companies Microsoft and Deutsche Telekom IT Solutions Slovakia (formerly T-Systems Slovakia) and together they initiated discussion on moving the original #DigitalSkills initiative to the next level. They came up with an idea of comprehensive educational program for teachers, which could not only further improve the quality of computer science education, but also contribute to more efficient use of digital technologies within the education process and schools operation in general. As a result, the ‘Digital Competencies Coordinators Program’ has been launched, with pilot phase covering school year 2020/21. Pilot scope includes building the training curriculum covering the skill development portfolio and testing it with group of 10 teachers, who will become Digital Competencies Coordinator at their home schools. Coordinators are not only expected to provide methodical support and guidance with respect to informatics at their school; they are also expected to support other fellow teachers in their digital skills development and use of digital technologies. The project also explores how different up-and-coming technologies and modern methodologies may be introduced to the existing environment of Slovak schools and their curricula. Ultimately, once ambition of scaling up the project to critical mass of Slovak schools is fulfilled, it is expected to improve the level of schools’ digital maturity. Pilot phase will enable program content fine-tuning based on the participants feedback and shall serve as a preparatory phase for further program scale-up in upcoming years. The delivery model of the program in pilot phase is based mainly on pro bono contribution of involved companies to training content and delivery (using company volunteers), with organizational coverage covered by educational non-profit organization Junior Achievement Slovakia, with their involvement funded from financial grant provided by SK-NIC grant scheme.
Partnering companies’ initiative works towards boosting the digitally oriented skills. According to numerous studies, this digital skillset is a vital asset for our future generations. Being digital and coping with digital environment are essential skills, highly valued at the labour market. According to some sources, 90% of future jobs will require at least basic level of digital skills and Tech Know-How (know how to use, manipulate and create technologies and data) represent one of key so called ‘skills families’, inevitable to thrive in digital economy.
In our contribution to ICETA we are proud to share with the community the experience of the realization team with introducing the Digital Competencies Coordinators to modern agile methodologies. We will touch on our approach how we are presenting, discussing and practicing with the teachers the methods, techniques and day-to-day tricks of trade that are appealing to be applied and used also in the real-world educational environment. More information about this initiative, its scope, actual experiences and their relationship to our specific activities with teachers will be presented on the ICETA 2020 conference. We are looking forward to your participation and active input to further enhancing, improving and growing the #DigitalSkills initiative in our country.
Dušan Šveda
Dušan Šveda works at the P.J. Šafárik University in Košice, Faculty of Science, Institute of Mathematics, where he teaches didactical subjects, Mathemathical Analysis and Geometry. He has obtained his PhD degree at the Comenius University in Bratislava in program Theory of mathematics education. Later he was habilitated at the Constantine the philosopher University in Nitra. His research is especially devoted to modern methods in teaching mathematics using ICT. Currently he works at the UPJŠ in Košice as a director of Lifelong Learning Centre and Projects Support.
Abstract of presentation: Digital transformation of education in Slovakia within the context of European documents
Previous efforts to digital transformation of education have not yielded impact analysis and sustainability. Promoting systematic and sustainable change should be based on teachers and their interaction with students. Pupils' digital literacy should be part of the graduate's profile. The transformation should include high-quality digital infrastructure, its systematic development and constant state support. The bearers of the transformation will be, above all, universities preparing future teachers. The context for the proposal of digital transformation of education in Slovakia are European documents as is Digital Education Action Plan, European skills agenda, European Framework of Digital Competences for Citizens (DigComp), European Framework of Digital Competences of Teachers (DigCompEdu), European Framework for Personal, Social and Self-Education Competences (LifeComp) and other program and conceptual materials. Digital transformation of education should vigorously built a path to the School of digital excellence, which develops the digital skills and competencies of the main actors in education and supports the professional development of teachers enabling them to use wisely the digital technologies for increasing the quality of education.
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Chairman
| Kmeť Stanislav | Technical University of Košice |  |
Members
| Molnár Ľudovít | Slovak University of Technology, Bratislava | |
| Newman B. Harvey | California Institute of Technology, Pasadena |  |
| Rudas Imre | Óbuda University, Budapest |  |
Chairman
| Jakab František | Technical University of Košice | |
Members
| Babič František | Technical University of Košice | |
| Bauer Pavol | Delft University of Technology |  |
| Bauerová Danuše | Technical University, Ostrava |  |
| Behun Marcel | Technical University of Kosice | |
| Berke József | John von Neumann Computer Society | |
| Bieliková Mária | Slovak University of Technology, Bratislava | |
| Billings Jeff | Paradise Valley Unified School District, Phoenix, Arizona | |
| Brestenská Beáta | Comenius University Bratislava | |
| Cehlar Michal | Technical University of Košice | |
| Chovanec Martin | Technical University of Kosice | |
| Čičák Pavol | Slovak University of Technology, Bratislava | |
| Čižmár Anton | Technical University of Kosice | |
| Dado Milan | University of Žilina | |
| Doboš Ľubomír | Technical University of Košice | |
| Dolnák Ivan | University of Žilina | |
| Doroshenko Anatoliy | Institute of Software Systems of NASU, Kiev |  |
| Drozdová Matilda | University of Žilina | |
| Dzupka Peter | Technical University of Košice | |
| Feciľak Peter | Technical University of Kosice | |
| Galgoci Gabriel | AT&T Bratislava | |
| Gavurova Beata | Technical University of Košice | |
| Genči Ján | Technical University of Košice | |
| Gramatová Elena | Slovak University of Technology, Bratislava | |
| Haľama Marek | Technical University of Košice | |
| Hämäläinen Timo | University of Jyväskylä |  |
| Hautamaki Jari | University of Appl. Science | |
| Hluchý Ladislav | Slovak Academy of Sciences, Institute of Informatics | |
| Horváth Pavol | SANET - Slovak Academic Network, Bratislava | |
| Huba Mikuláš | Slovak University of Technology, Bratislava | |
| Hudak Radoslav | Technical University of Košice | |
| Hvorecký Jozef | City University of Seattle, Bratislava | |
| Jelemenská Katarína | Slovak University of Technology, Bratislava | |
| Juhár Jozef | Technical University of Košice | |
| Juhas Gabriel | Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava | |
| Kess Pekka | University of Oulu | |
| Kireš Marian | University of Pavol Jozef Šafárik | |
| Klačková Ivana | University of Žilina | |
| Klimo Martin | University of Žilina | |
| Kocúr Dušan | Technical university of Kosice | |
| Korshunov Alexander | Kalashnikov Izhevsk State Technical University of the name M.T. Kalashnikov |  |
| Kotuliak Ivan | Slovak University of Technology | |
| Kováčiková Tatiana | COST Office, Brusel | |
| Kovács Levente | Óbuda University, Budapest | |
| Lavrin Anton | Technical University of Kosice | |
| Lelovsky Mario | Slovak IT Association Bratislava | |
| Levický Dušan | Technical University of Košice | |
| Lumnitzer Ervin | Technical University of Kosice | |
| Mechlová Erika | University of Ostrava | |
| Mesaroš Peter | Technical University of Košice | |
| Meško Dušan | Jessenius Faculty of Medicine, Martin | |
| Michalko Miroslav | Technical University of Kosice | |
| Modrak Vladimir | Technical University of Kosice | |
| Murín Vladimír | The Research Institute of Posts and Telecommunications | |
| Mytnyk Mykola | Ternopil National Ivan Pul`uj Technical University | |
| Nakano Hiroshi | Kumamoto University |  |
| Nikitin Yury | Kalashnikov Izhevsk State Technical University of the name M.T. Kalashnikov | |
| Pavlik Tomaš | Technical University of Košice | |
| Philippovich Andrey | Bauman Moscow State Technical University | |
| Pietrikova Alena | Technical University of Kosice | |
| Pisutova Katarina | Comenius University | |
| Piteľ Jan | Technical University of Košice | |
| Poruban Jaroslav | Technical University of Košice | |
| Poulová Petra | University of Hradec Králové | |
| Radács László | University of Miskolc | |
| Restivo Maria Teresa | University of Porto |  |
| Ristvej Jozef | University of Zilina | |
| Salem Abdel-Badeeh M. | Ain Shams University of Cairo |  |
| Semanišin Gabriel | University of Pavol Jozef Šafárik | |
| Simonics István | Obuda University, Budapest | |
| Šimšík Dušan | Technical University of Košice | |
| Sinčák Peter | Technical University of Košice | |
| Sobota Branislav | Technical University of Košice | |
| Šorm Milan | Mendel University of Agriculture and Forestry in Brno | |
| Sovak Pavol | University of Pavol Jozef Šafárik | |
| Stopjakova Viera | Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava | |
| Strémy Maximilián | Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava - Advanced Technologies Research Institute – University Science Park CAMBO, Trnava | |
| Stuchlikova Lubica | Slovak University of Technology | |
| Šveda Dušan | UPJŠ Košice | |
| Szabo Stanislav | Technical University of Košice | |
| Szentirmai László | University of Miskolc | |
| Tapus Nicolae | University Politehnica of Bucharest |  |
| Turna Jan | Slovak Centre of Scientific and Technical Information, Bratislava | |
| Usawaga Tsuyoshi | Kumamoto University | |
| Vagan Terziyan | University of Jyvaskyla | |
| Vasková Iveta | Technical University of Košice | |
| Vokorokos Liberios | Technical University of Košice | |
| White Bebo | SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Stanford University | |
| Zivcak Jozef | Technical University of Košice | |
| Zolotová Iveta | Technical University of Košice | |
Chairman
| Jakab František | Technical University of Košice | |
Members
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| Rakoci František | elfa, s.r.o., Košice | Webmaster |
| Zámečníková Iveta | elfa, s.r.o., Košice | Finance Chair |
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