doc. RNDr. Ľubomír Šnajder, PhD.

	Email:	lubomir.snajder@upjs.sk
	Homepage:	www.upjs.sk/PF/zamestnanec/lubomir.snajder/
	Faculty:	PF UPJŠ - Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice, Faculty of Science
	Department:	ÚINF - Institute of Computer Science
	Office:	SJ1O21
	Phone:	+421 55 234 2448
	Faculty:	PF UPJŠ - Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice, Faculty of Science
	Department:	ÚINF - Institute of Computer Science
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	ORCID ID:	https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8854-1009

He is an associate professor at the Institute of Informatics, Faculty of Science, UPJŠ in Košice. He defended his dissertation in the field 11–17–9 Theory of teaching mathematics (topic: Use of multimedia technologies in education) and habilitated in the field 9.2.3 Theory of teaching informatics (topic: Inquiry-based education of informatics) at the Faculty of Mathematics, Physics, and Informatics of Comenius University in Bratislava. He specializes in diagnosing students' computer thinking and its development through programming, diagnosing students' programming misconceptions, developing inquiry-based and project-based methodologies for teaching informatics. He teaches subjects focused on initial programming (Scratch, App Inventor, MakeCode), didactics of informatics and didactics of programming, educational software, creation, and processing of multimedia, pedagogical practice at training schools. He is a member of the program committee of the Czech-Slovak Student Scientific Conference in Didactics of Informatics and a member of the program committee of the international conference DidInfo. He is the co-author of 3 monographs focused on informatics and science education, 5 informatics textbooks for secondary schools, and dozens of methodologies for teaching informatics at secondary school. He transfers the results of his research and pedagogical work to in-service and pre-service informatics teachers through presentations at didactic conferences and seminars, his own Informatics Teachers' Club, and also Erasmus+ lecture mobilities. He is also co-organizer, author, and corrector of competition tasks of the PALMA junior programming competition in Python for secondary and primary school students.

Higher education and further qualification growth

Second degree of higher education:

Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice, Faculty of Science, 1988, teaching general education subjects mathematics and physics

Third degree of higher education:

Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics, 2001, 11-17-9 Theory of teaching mathematics

Associate professor:

Comenius University in Bratislava, Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics, 2016, 9.2.3.Theory of teaching informatics

Research /art/ teacher profile

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Overview of the responsibility for the delivery, development and quality assurance of the study programme or its part at the university in the current academic year
Study programme: ADUIb - Data Analysis and Artificial Intelligence (OZPP, RŠP), study field: Mathematics - Informatics, first degree degree
Study programme: ADUIm - Data Analysis and Artificial Intelligence (OZPP, RŠP), study field: Mathematics - Informatics, second degree degree
Study programme: Ib - Computer Science (OZPP, RŠP), study field: Computer Science, first degree degree
Study programme: Im - Computer Science (OZPP, RŠP), study field: Computer Science, second degree degree
Study programme: I-Xb - Informatics - X (OZPP, RŠP), study field: Informatics in combination (interdisciplinary study), first degree degree
Study programme: I-Xm - Informatics - X (OZPP, RŠP), study field: Informatics (specialization), second degree degree
Study programme: Id - Computer Science (OZPP, RŠP), study field: Computer Science, third degree degree
Profile courses
ÚINF/PAZ1b/15 - Programming, algorithms, complexity - Ib - Computer Science (OZPP, RŠP), first degree degree
ÚINF/PPPy/24 - Advanced Python Programming - ADUIb - Data Analysis and Artificial Intelligence (OZPP, RŠP), first degree degree
ÚINF/SPP1b/22 - School Programming Environments II. - I-Xb - Informatics - X (OZPP, RŠP), first degree degree
ÚINF/ZNA1/21 - Foundations of knowledge-based systems - Im - Computer Science (OZPP, RŠP), ADUIm - Data Analysis and Artificial Intelligence (OZPP, RŠP), second degree degree
ÚINF/XDIN/25 - Computer Science Education: didactic approaches and methods - Id - Computer Science (OZPP, RŠP), third degree degree
Selected publications
Antoni, Ľ., Eliaš, P., ... ,Šnajder, Ľ. (2024). Bimorphisms and attribute implications in heterogeneous formal contexts. International Journal of Approximate Reasoning, 172, 109245.
Guniš, J., Šnajder, Ľ. Antoni, Eliaš, P., Krídlo, O., Krajči, S. (2024). Formal Concept Analysis of Students’ Solutions on Computational Thinking Game. IEEE Transactions on Education. DOI: 10.1109/TE.2024.3442612
Jeskova, Z., Lukac, S., Hancova, M., Snajder, L., Gunis, J., Balogova, B., & Kires, M. (2016). EFFICACY OF INQUIRY-BASED LEARNING IN MATHEMATICS, PHYSICS AND INFORMATICS IN RELATION TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF STUDENTS'INQUIRY SKILLS. Journal of Baltic Science Education, 15(5), 559-574.
Tkáčová, Z., Šnajder, Ľ., & Guniš, J. (2019, November). Inquiry-Based Learning in Computer Science Classroom. In International Conference on Informatics in Schools: Situation, Evolution, and Perspectives (pp. 68-79). Cham: Springer International Publishing.
Guniš, J., Šnajder, L., Tkáčová, Z., & Gunišová, V. (2020, September). Inquiry-Based Python Programming at Secondary Schools. In 2020 43rd International Convention on Information, Communication and Electronic Technology (MIPRO) (pp. 750-754). IEEE.
Selected projects
KEGA 012UPJŠ-4/2021 Development of a digital library of interdisciplinary STEAM projects and its implementation in computer science, mathematics and science education at secondary schools (2021-2023) - responsible researcher
NFP312010AFP1 Innovation of pedagogical practices at UPJŠ focused on targeted development of professional competencies of future teachers (2020-2023) - researcher
KEGA 004UPJŠ-4/2020 Creation, implementation and verification of digital library efficiency with formative assessment tools for science, mathematics and computer science at primary school (2020-2022) - researcher
VEGA 1/0265/17 Formative assessment in teaching science, mathematics and informatics (2017 - 2020) - researcher
KEGA 029UKF-4/2018 Innovative methods in teaching programming in the training of teachers and IT professionals (2018 - 2020) - deputy responsible researcher
Erasmus+ KA220-HED-EF63108C Adaptive Learning Management Platform for STEM (2021 – 2024) - researcher
KEGA 010UPJŠ-4/2024 The use of artificial intelligence in the teaching of school informatics in secondary schools (2024-2026) - - deputy responsible researcher
International mobilities and visits
University of Debrecen, Faculty of informatics, Kassai ut 26, 4028 Debrecen, Hungary, 20. - 27. 5. 2019, Erasmus+ teacher lecture mobility
Kazimierz Pulaski University of Technology and Humanities in Radom, Faculty of Philology and Pedagogy, Malczewskiego 29, 26-600 Radom, Poland, 17. – 23. 5. 2009, 16. – 21. 5. 2010 and 22. – 28. 5. 2011, Erasmus teacher lecture mobilities
Charles University, Faculty of Education, Magdalény Rettigové 4, 116 39 Praha 1, Czech Republic, 14. – 19. 4. 2013 and 2. – 5. 5. 2016, Erasmus teacher lecture mobilities
University of Ostrava, Faculty of Education, Fráni Šrámka 3, 709 00 Ostrava, Czech Republic, 22. – 27. 3. 2015, Erasmus teacher lecture mobility
University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice, Faculty of Education, Jeronýmova 10, 371 15 České Budějovice, Czech Republic, 27. – 30. 3. 2017, Erasmus teacher lecture mobility
Organisational activities
On-line programming competition PALMA junior (Programming, ALgorithms, MAThematics) for pupils of primary and secondary schools registered at the Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Sport of the Slovak Republic under the number 2020/8805:19-A2220 - co-organizer, creator of competition assignments and corrector - Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice, since 2005
Computer Science Teachers Club (informal education of secondary and primary school computer science teachers) - sponsor, co-organiser and lecturer - Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice, since 2001
Central Subject Committee of Computer Science - member of the committee - State Pedagogical Institute in Bratislava, 1996 - 2004, 2008 - 2010, 2013 - 2015, 2016 - 2020
Programme Committee of the International Conference on Teaching Computer Science DidInfo - member - UMB in Banská Bystrica, Slovak Republic and TUL in Liberec, Czech Republic, since 2011
Programme Committee of the Czech-Slovak Student Scientific Conference on Didactics of Informatics - member - Comenius University in Bratislava, Ostrava University in Ostrava, Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra, Prešov University in Prešov, Catholic University in Ružomberok, Palacký University in Olomouc, since 2015

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Awards

Dean of PF UPJŠ Award for Faculty Development (Košice, March 28, 2018)

Dean of PF UPJŠ Award for pedagogical activities (Košice, March 20, 2013)

Award for outstanding pedagogical work in the Union of Slovak Mathematicians and Physicists (Nitra, June 22, 2002)

Honorable Mention for Initiative Work in the Union of Slovak Mathematicians and Physicists (Nitra, July 3, 1999)

Projects

Erasmus + KA220-HED-EF63108C Adaptive Learning Management Platform for STEM (2021 - 2024)

KEGA 012UPJŠ-4/2021 Development of a digital library of interdisciplinary STEAM projects and its implementation in computer science, mathematics and science education at secondary schools (2021 - 2023) - responsible researcher Doc. RNDr. Ľubomír Šnajder, PhD.

National IT Academy Project - Education for the 21st Century (2016 - 2022)

NFP312010AFP1 Innovation of pedagogical practices at UPJŠ focused on targeted development of professional competencies of future teachers (IPPU, 2020 - 2023)

KEGA 004UPJŠ-4/2020 Creation, implementation and verification of the effectiveness of a digital library with formative assessment tools for science, mathematics and informatics at primary schools (2020-2022)

KEGA 029UKF-4/2018 Innovative methods in teaching programming in the training of teachers and IT professionals (01/2018 - 03/2021) - deputy for UPJŠ Doc. RNDr. Ľubomír Šnajder, PhD.

VEGA 1/0265/17 Formative assessment in science, mathematics and computer science teaching (01/2017 - 03/2021)

APVV 0715–12 Research into the effectiveness of methods of innovation in teaching mathematics, physics and informatics (2013 - 2016)

Erasmus + SciVis - Making Science Visible (2014-2016)

VEGA 1/0073/15 Scalable computational methods for the analysis of structured and unstructured data with elements of uncertainty (2015 - 2017)

International collaboration

Charles University, Faculty of Education in Prague, Faculty of Education, Czech Republic

University of West Bohemia in Pilsen, Faculty of Education, Czech Republic

Palacký University Olomouc in Olomouc, Faculty of Education, Czech Republic

University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice, Faculty of Education, Czech Republic

Technical University of Liberec, Faculty of Science, Humanities and Education, Czech Republic

University of Ostrava, Faculty of Education, Czech Republic

University of Debrecen, Faculty of informatics, Hungary

Kazimierz Pulaski University of Technology and Humanities in Radom, Faculty of Philology and Pedagogy, Poland

University of Palermo, Department of Physics and Chemistry, Italy

University of Patras, Department of Education and Early Childhood Education, Greece

Hobbies

choir singing, scientific humour, recreational cycling

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