About the course and lecturers

Course overview

Course overview

The teaching and learning process in the course is going to take 10 weeks (+ Introduction). The set up of the course is on 22^th March 2021. After week 10 students will still have time to come back to the learning materials and to complete the activities required for passing the course till 30^st June 2021.

Enrollment in the course, 8 – 30 March

1.       New students are being enrolled in the course

2.       Getting familiar with course environment

3.       Reading general information about the course and its authors

4.       Meeting your tutor

5.       Introducing yourselves and describe your motivation in the forum Your motivation

There are going to be one topic opened each week.

Unit 1 –  Set up of the course, 22 – 28 March

What preceded the war

Political situation before the war

Unit 2 – 29 March – 4 April

Reasons why Italy entered the war

Unit 3 –  5 - 11 April

Austro-Hungarian army

Unit 4 - 12 – 18 April

Italian Army

Unit 5 - 19 – 25 April

Isonzo Front General Backgound

Unit 6 – 26 April - 2 May

Isonzo Front in Year 1915 

Unit 7 – 3 - 9 May

Isonzo Front in Year 1916

Unit 8 - 10 - 16 May

Isonzo Front in Year 1917 and Caporetto

Unit 9 - 17 - 23 May

The Story of a (Czech) Soldier

Unit 10 - 24 - 30 May

Conclusion (Test, Feedback, Attestation)

 30^st June 2021 is the deadline to complete activities required for recieving the attestation. 

How to study in the course?

How to study in the course?

The main information about the course are on top of the main page of the course. Please read them thoroughly and then introduce yourself in the forum Your motivation.

Each Monday one new unit is going to be revealed. You are supposed to study them within a week. In each unit are study materials and some of the activities such as quizzes, forums, assignments etc. In introduction unit there is the main glossary, in whose entries the most important information can be found. If you do not reach the deadline of an activity required for receiving the certificate, do not panic. The deadline for activity completion to get the certificate is 30^th June. Please fill in the feedback questionnaires to help us improve the course.

Enjoy studying in the course, and if you like it, please recommend it to your friend (students), who might be interested.

Authors of the course

The content of the course was created by Tomáš Blűmel (and Miriam Kolar Tůmová). 

The course was reviewed by prof. PhDr. Jan Županič, Ph.D., a Czech historian, who teaches at the Institute of World History of Faculty of Art of Charles University. Professor is specialising in The modern european history, in particular The history of the nobility and elites in the 19th and 20th century.

For more information, follow the link below:

https://usd.ff.cuni.cz/cs/ustav/lide/prof-phdr-jan-zupanic-ph-d/

Tomáš Blűmel

I was born in Kolin, located about 60 km from Prague, on 30 October 1991. After finishing eight classes of primary school, I studied at Gymnazium in Kolin and I successfully finished the school by passing the maturita exam in 2011.

Generally, I deal with the World history in the 20th Century. From 2011 to 2016 I studied at the Faculty of Arts of Charles University in Prague, focusing on Gneral History. I passed the Bachelor Final Exam in 2011. My Bachelor thesis was called: „Czechoslovak antifascist resistence in Culture of Memory in 1945-1948 in regional context. The Case of Kolín Region.“ In 2018, I achieved the degree of Master (Mgr.). My Master thesis was called: „Contribution to the Study of Military Non-organized Resistance Movement against Nazi/Fascist Tyranny (Occupied Power) during the WWII in the Big screen.“ Since 2018 I have been creating Rigorous thesis named „Modern Film Reflection of Military Non-organized Resistance Movement against Nazi/Fascist Occupied Power during the WWII of the Visegrad Group“.

In January 2019 I started working at E-learning support Centre of Central Library of Charles University.

I do many sports, especially road cycling, where I am a semi-professional cyclist by Rafkarna IDEA cycling Team. My hobbies are the Czech tramping union, travelling, films and movie making.

tomas.blumel@ruk.cuni.cz

Conditions for passing the course

To pass the course successfully and recieve the certificate of passing the course is required to:

Pass five unit quizes

Submit two assigments

Participate in forums (minimum 1 post in each forum)

Pass final quiz with minimum 70 points

Fill in final feedback