Peter Kuna

In this paper, the authors focus on the using of web applications in informatics education. Applications are part of a new model of learning in Discrete Mathematics course in the study program in Applied Informatics. The knowledge that students acquire in the subject are key. Learning and acquiring new knowledge is one of the priority skills for personal development of every person and thereby directly affecting the other direction. In teaching, we should lay stress on that students not only memorized knowledge but understand them and then they would easily be able to use in practice.

The article deals with the problems of heat transfer through solids. The calculation of the thermal resistance of the system consisting of several layers of solid materials having different thermal resistances on the intensive calculations and the time. In the first part we law of calorimetry equation. On this basis, we can build a theory of one-dimensional and multi-dimensional differential equation of thermal diffusion. The derived equations are then used to simulate the heat transfer in building applications. We had to adjust the thermal diffusion equation in such a shape that it can be addressed by using PDE toolbox.

One of the most important areas of optimizing the learning environment in distance education is to analyze the behavior of students in eLearning courses. The aim of the paper is to summarize the field of Educational data mining, analyze the behavior of students in e-course Computer data analysis and to present a few cases of a similar analysis of the behavior of students. The results of the analysis may have potential for future use in optimizing the e-course. Analysis results were obtained using extracted association rules from the e-course. This electronic course is designed to use linear and branched teaching programs. Target group research were students of Computer Science, which was reflected in the results. It is not necessary to have special knowledge of IT to work in e-course. The course was created using LMS Moodle, which records the behaviour of users to the database. We used specific types of data, which indicate user traffic on every single page of the course. We used the log file containing records with the behavior of 69 students in e-course. Session identification is for the distribution of accesses of all users of e-course to separated sessions. Students are identified by their login ID. Therefore, we can separate the users who share a computer. Students who have used e-course Computer data analysis, were successful in the final test. By analyzing we can improve e-course. After implementation of necessary changes we can evaluate impact of these changes in the efficacy of the course.

In this paper, the authors focus on the problems of processing and using web applications in education. Applications are part of a new model of learning in Discrete Mathematics course in the study program in Applied Informatics. The knowledge that students acquire in the subject is key. Learning and acquiring new knowledge is one of the priority skills for personal development of every person and thereby directly affecting their other direction. In teaching, we should put stress on that students not only memorize knowledge but understand it so that they would be easily able to use it in practice.

The use of multimedia in the educational process is currently considered almost for granted. Most universities and also many secondary schools have created to study e-learning courses, in which are incorporated multimedia elements. Not always and not for each school subject are important elements of multimedia. In this article we will discuss the use of multimedia elements in teaching Discrete Mathematics in the Department of Computer Science Faculty of Natural Sciences in Nitra. During the two years we have carried out an experiment in which students completed a pretest and two post-test aimed at measure their knowledge of the issue. Embodiments and details of the course experiment as well as on the results obtained we write later in this article.

The analysis of students behaviour in web learning environment within distance learning is one of the most significant areas for learning optimization. The aim of this article is to analyse students behaviour and the use of e-learning course in subject Discrete Mathematics. Data and results of this analysis are important for further adjustment and improvement of the e-course. Results of the course traffic analysis were estimated using association rules Discrete mathematics is compulsory for both bachelor and master study program Applied Informatics in full-time and distance form of study as well as bachelor and master study program Teaching of academic subjects in full-time and distance form of study. This electronic course is designed to use linear and branched teaching programs. In compiling the course we tried to take into consideration target audience - students of Computer Science. The course is designed to not require any special knowledge in IT field. Discrete Mathematics Course 1 consists of 10 thematic units (areas) replicating the length of the semester in weeks. Authors describe detail analysis of students behaviour which is made of data taken from LMS MOODLE database. We used specific types of data, which are indicating user traffic on every single page of the course. We used a log file that contains records of e-learning course with 107 students. To identify sessions, we used the STT (Session Timeout Threshold). Purpose of session identification is to divide access of all users into separate sessions (relations). Session side-effect may exclude users who are behind a NAT or proxy device. So we can identify users who are sharing a single computer, for example in a library. Students who used the e-course of Discrete Mathematics 1 were more successful in the final examination. The fact that the course is effective does not mean that all activities have been fully utilized. Based on the results of our analysis, we can optimize and improve the e-course and bring it closer to the student's needs. After implementation of necessary changes we can evaluate impact of these changes in the efficacy of the course.

Authors in their paper deal with the definition of individual thematic units of subjects Discrete Math 1 and Discrete Math 2 and creation of the methods of creation of e-courses for the support of teaching these subjects. When designing the structure of e-courses authors made use of modelling methods using Petri nets. The article is focusing on exploration and designing of new methods for the teaching of subjects Discrete Math 1 and Discrete Math 2 as part of university education in the study field Applied Informatics with the support of e-learning.

Between 2010-2012 the authors of Article actively involved in Innovative education center project (ESF 2010-2012), which the main objective was to upgrade the teaching of the Faculty of Natural Sciences, adaptation to the needs of academic quality improvement and human resource skills development. The project was implemented at the Faculty of Natural Sciences (FPV), Constantine the Philosopher University (UKF) in Nitra and financially supported by the European Social Fund (ESF). Under the project was created considerable amount of study materials that have been implemented in dozens of e-learning courses completed in the LMS system to support education and also for the needs of distance learning. Each of the Co-project was tasked to develop materials for courses that teach. Created courses are deployed for the second year in teaching and so we had a possibility of undertaking an experiment, we tested students' knowledge. Descriptions of individual courses and also characteristics and results of the experiment are described in the following chapters contribution.

The article is devote to describe the structure of selected courses and the author's work in the project named Center for innovative education (ESF 2010-2012), which is supported by European Social Fond (ESF). The project is implemented at the Faculty of Natural Sciences (FPV), Constantine the Philosopher University (UKF) in Nitra. The first and the main objective of this project is to upgrade the education at the FPV UKF in Nitra, adaptation to the needs of academia by improving quality and human resources skills development. The second is the strategic objective of the project that is related to the global objective of operational program through their specific objectives and activities that specifically contribute to increase the quality of the key responsibilities of project participants. The authors of this article participate on by solving and have a several positions in this project. One of the author's tasks is to develop educational materials and their subsequent implementation into the LMS Moodle system. To the attractiveness of materials contributes not only the support of multimedia such as videos, support programs, applications that students can run during a study, but also the LMS Moodle that supports course personalization for student. We expect that such adapted materials should have a direct impact on students' knowledge, thanks to which thus acquired knowledge should be longer-lasting. This step should cause an increase of student proficiency.