Papers by Martin Malčík
2019 17th International Conference on Emerging eLearning Technologies and Applications (ICETA), 2019
Many topics are being discussed in connection with university students these days, one of which i... more Many topics are being discussed in connection with university students these days, one of which is the level of competence of presenting and self-presentation in front of one’s classmates and the teacher. For many students, this is a challenging task for multiple reasons. 1) They do not have an established method of searching for and verifying information. Many are convinced that they can understand a topic simply by entering a search term into a search engine on the Internet, whilst not being able to assert the truthfulness and importance of information. 2) The use of modern technologies in teaching has a number of positive consequences for the effectiveness of learning – greater attractiveness, clarity, comprehensibility and “pre-processing” of knowledge. However, it also has negative effects, e.g. it does not develop the ability of students to work only with a text and quickly navigate through it, communicate fluently on the given topic and express themselves accurately, and manage to perform in front of the study group without stress and fear. Stage fright and fear of public appearances are strong enough for some students that they choose not to attend the class when they are supposed to hold a presentation. The fact that students are shy to appear in front of a study group is not only because of the use of modern technologies in the classroom but above all because of their excessive use in their free time. 3) Students frequently do not understand their feelings. Indirect network or mobile communication does not give them the ability to check the faces and expressions of those they communicate with. Therefore, they have not formed the habit of deriving information from the non-verbal manifestations of the face and the body of their communication partners. They do not hone empathy because technology does not require them to do it. They do not learn to perceive, name, control and use their feelings. Direct communication can thus become a demanding, unreadable and unpleasant activity, which is better avoided. To what extent university students are aware of this, how difficult it is for them to present themselves in front of the group and how much they are aware of their experiences is what we have investigated in our research.
Edukacja-Technika-Informatyka, 2017
2016 International Conference on Emerging eLearning Technologies and Applications (ICETA), 2016
In recent decades, experts have presented a range of teaching methods and techniques which should... more In recent decades, experts have presented a range of teaching methods and techniques which should increase the learning effectiveness. Naturally, no learning process is universal and reliable at the same time, and suitable for everyone and in every situation. Concept mapping is a method based on findings in cognitive psychology. We investigated how the learning process and effectiveness can be influenced by the use of a concept map. Eye tracking was used for data collection, which were then analysed and evaluated. The findings are presented in this paper.
INTED2021 Proceedings, 2021
and background The growing demand for wireless communications has impacted the dynamics of spectr... more and background The growing demand for wireless communications has impacted the dynamics of spectrum management and the challenge of accommodating more users into a finite number of frequency bands is being investigated since the publication of [1]. Cognitive Radio (CR) emerged as a new paradigm for the intelligent use of the spectrum. A native user of a particular frequency band is known as primary user (PU), while the device that utilize CR is known as secondary user (SU). Under the interweave paradigm, the SU device senses different frequency bands and when verifying the absence of the PU in any of them, it occupies it in an opportunistic way. 1.1 State of the art The most simple and effective mechanism for spectrum sensing is the energy detector (ED), presented for the first time in [2]. This technique is based on the level of signal energy sensed and their performance is measured in terms of detection and false alarm probabilities. The correct specification of these parameters provides robust protection to PU's transmission. The PU has the priority in the use of the frequency band; therefore, the SU senses the spectrum periodically and after that it can execute two actions in the Abstract Closed-form expressions for the detection probability, the false alarm probability and the energy detector constant threshold are derived using approximations of the central chi-square and non-central chi-square distributions. The approximations used show closer proximity to the original functions when compared to the expressions used in the literature. The novel expressions allow gains up to 6% and 16% in terms of measured false alarm and miss-detection probability, respectively, if compared to the Central Limit Theorem approach. The throughput of cognitive network is also enhanced when these novel expressions are implemented, providing gains up to 9%. New equations are also presented that minimize the total error rate to obtain the detection threshold and the optimal number of samples. The analytical results match the results of the simulation for a wide range of SNR values.
IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, 2020
Fortunately, the role of emotions in relation to motivation and the learning process has been inc... more Fortunately, the role of emotions in relation to motivation and the learning process has been increasingly taken into account lately, not only for younger pupils but for all generations of students, including university students. In the past already, the educational goals were divided into cognitive, affective and psychomotor but at universities, the emphasis has always been more on cognitive goals. University student’s motivation to learn is a complex psychic process, which is influenced, among other things, by the student’s volitional (I must) qualities and their emotions (I am interested, I enjoy). An important part of studies is also the acquisition and strengthening of social personality competences (soft skills), which are closely related to emotions and which, together with expertise, are an important part of every profession. In the research, we first found out how the emotions and motivation of university students are utilised in the teaching of the course Water Management ...
International Journal of Information and Communication Technologies in Education, 2017
At present, there are many methods how to evaluate the structure quality of concept maps; however... more At present, there are many methods how to evaluate the structure quality of concept maps; however, there is no tool which would evaluate the cognitive effectiveness of graphic notations in concept maps. One of the possibilities how to evaluate concept maps is to use the principles of graphic notation design. These principles, which were developed by Daniel Moody, are based on experience from various fields of study, such as cognitive psychology, human-computer interaction, semiotics, communication etc. This article presents the use of Moody’s principles for the evaluation of the effectiveness of graphic notation in concept maps.
2015 IEEE 10th Jubilee International Symposium on Applied Computational Intelligence and Informatics, 2015
Various forms of graphical notations are often used to depict different areas/domains of human kn... more Various forms of graphical notations are often used to depict different areas/domains of human knowledge. One of the forms to record the steps of data processing in information engineering is workflow diagrams; to record organization and representation of knowledge in the form of concepts and their interrelations, concept maps are used. Perception and cognition of graphic information depend on personality characteristics of the diagram's reader. Different approaches to perception and cognition of graphic notations can be measured and evaluated with the use of eye-tracking device. For the purposes of this research the cognition was examined in two areas: workflow diagrams of geographic information systems and physics related concept maps.
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Acquiring Physiological Data for Automated Educational Feedback in Virtual Learning Environments ... more Acquiring Physiological Data for Automated Educational Feedback in Virtual Learning Environments Abstract The authors present, on the basis of their own experiments and a large variety of recent studies, dealing with neurology, psychiatry, psychology, cognitive brain activi-ties, etc., ...
2015 13th International Conference on Emerging eLearning Technologies and Applications (ICETA), 2015
Eye-tracking devices produce a huge amount of data. One of them is the diameter of pupils. The pr... more Eye-tracking devices produce a huge amount of data. One of them is the diameter of pupils. The presented test explore the change of diameter pupils while reading the workflow diagrams from QGIS Processing Modeler. The evaluation describes the change of diameter as a consequence of increasing mental labour while fulfilling the task on workflow diagram. The presented measuring compares the same workflow diagram without task (free-viewing mode) and the same diagram with the task. The result of comparison verifies the hypothesis that diagram with task bring some mental effort and this phase is distinguishable in the graph of pupil diameter from the eye-tracking measurement.
2017 IEEE 14th International Scientific Conference on Informatics
Natural language is frequently not the ideal tool to describe a procedure. Its interpretation is ... more Natural language is frequently not the ideal tool to describe a procedure. Its interpretation is difficult and the language itself frequently allows for imprecise expressions; therefore if a procedure complies with basic conditions, we use an algorithm to describe it. An algorithm is a precise procedure which solves a specific task and leads to a given solution. Flowcharts are frequently used to graphically represent algorithms. A flowchart is in fact a graphical notation which plainly and unequivocally describes the flow of operations and activities, their sequence and basic relations between them. An algorithm in the form which is understood and executable by a machine is called a programme. In this article, we measure the understanding of flowcharts through the method of tracking eye movement together with galvanic skin conductance (GSC). The aim of this work is to discover the differences in reading a simple flowchart by people educated in technical fields and humanities and find out if this difference affects the emotional response during exercise-solving. This difference will then be decisive for learning the ability to transform a problem/procedure into an algorithm and programme it into a working application. On the basis of the research we carried out, we can say that understanding flowcharts is different for people with different learning styles, but the emotional experiences of both groups are identical and only differ in the intensity of experienced emotions.
This paper reports on the results of research whose aim was to find out whether and how the respo... more This paper reports on the results of research whose aim was to find out whether and how the respondents’ skin conductance change due to emotions experienced while watching emotional videos and whether there is a relation between a type of personality and a type of “emotional” curves we measured (the respondents were the teachers of vocational subjects). Emotions arise as an immediate response to a current situation with regard to the individual’s experience, interests and goals, comprising both subjective experiences and physiological changes, changes in attention and readiness, and changes in motoric expressions. The paper aims to show how secondary school teachers experience emotions and whether there is a relation between the measured values of skin conductance and types of personality. We found out that the skin conductance method reliably measures the intensity of experiencing emotions. It became apparent that the intensity of experiencing emotions is connected with a personali...
2018 16th International Conference on Emerging eLearning Technologies and Applications (ICETA), 2018
The subject of this paper are the results of a research survey in which we were examining how tea... more The subject of this paper are the results of a research survey in which we were examining how teachers' skin conductivity changes based on feelings they experience during a pedagogical micro-performance. Through a follow-up questionnaire and interview, we were verifying how they are aware of this experience, how they interpret it, how they cognitively work with it and how they use it as a basis for other pedagogical activities. Feelings are created as an immediate response (reaction) to a current situation. As for our case, it depends on how teachers feel during the micro-performance, whether they suffer from stage fright in front of their colleagues, experience anxiety or fear, or whether they keep relatively calm. The resulting experience is also influenced by past experience, temperament, interests, goals, thought processes and current mental state. Our research survey is based on the fact that emotions involve measurable physiological changes, for example, a change in skin c...
2017 15th International Conference on Emerging eLearning Technologies and Applications (ICETA), 2017
The topic of this article is to present the findings of a research into university teachers' ... more The topic of this article is to present the findings of a research into university teachers' skin conductivity changes due to emotions they experience while watching an emotional video. Using a questionnaire we evaluated how much they realize their emotional involvement, how much they process it in their thoughts and whether their feelings (skin conductivity) are affected by previous experiences or memories. Feelings are the results of emotions that arise as an immediate response to the actual situation in connection with experiences, interests and goals of the individual. They include subjective experiences, physiological changes, changes in focus and reactions, and changes in motoric manifestations. Emotions quickly inform people on how they currently feel and simultaneously affect the quality of received information or situation. According to experts in this field, emotions permeate through the complete sphere of the mind, affect cognitive processes of people, their motivatio...
Page 1. INTEGRATION OF LMS AND DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM INTO EXISTING ENTERPRISE PORTAL INFRAST... more Page 1. INTEGRATION OF LMS AND DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM INTO EXISTING ENTERPRISE PORTAL INFRASTRUCTURE Ivo Martiník, Martin Malcík ABSTRACT: This article presents one of the possible ways ...
International Journal of Emerging Technologies in Learning (iJET)
An optimal motivation for learning is one of the fundamental prerequisites for study success, it ... more An optimal motivation for learning is one of the fundamental prerequisites for study success, it is therefore understandable that experts are still looking for additional ways to positively influence university students in this field. One option is the coherent and deliberate use of the close interdependence of motivational and emotional processes. In our reflections, we assume that the low motivation level of university students to learn can be caused by their dissatisfaction with certain areas of their lives. The emotions that they experience may prevent them from experiencing the enjoyment of learning, negatively influence attention, concentration, and will, which reflects in their lack of interest and even indifference to learning activities and consequently in deterioration of their learning outcomes. To find out how the students of the VSB – Technical University of Ostrava are satisfied with selected areas of their lives, we presented them with a series of ten consecutive stim...
Edukacja – Technika – Informatyka
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