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The rapid growth and use of information and communication technology tools affect both private and business activities. In order to maintain their position, companies invest in their employees, especially in their lifelong training in the field of ICT skills development. This paper examines how companies from the Visegrad Four countries are prepared for employee training using ICT. The aim of the paper is to examine the extent to which companies in these countries provide training to develop or improve ICT skills, what is the level of digital skills in each country and what proportion of companies employ ICT specialists. At the end of the paper, a linear regression is performed to confirm or reject the positive relationship between the three variables – Human Capital, Use of Internet Services and data about enterprises that provide training in order to develop or upgrade the ICT skills of their employees. Data from Community survey on ICT usage in enterprises were collected from Eurostat. Data on the Digital Economy and Society Index (DESI) were collected for comparative analysis. The results suggest that there is no positive relationship between ICT employee training and indicator Human Capital from the DESI index but there is positive relationship between ICT employee training and indicator Use of Internet Services.

The bachelor thesis deals with the concept of digital literacy in relation to public service media. The theoretical part first clarifies the conceptualisation of digital literacy, then analyses the development of the term from its first occurrences to its current understanding. It then discusses the relevance of digital literacy in European legislation, especially in the context of long-term strategies, analyses the current situation with digital skills in Europe and describes the educational role of public service media. In the methodological part, it defines the research methods, the theoretical background and the explanation of their application in the follow-up research part, operationalises the concept of digital literacy and defines the research sample. The research part comparatively examines the activities of the public service media BBC and Czech Television, first in the programme offer, then in the web-based educational portals. The research part concludes with an analysis of content on web-based educational portals focused on the development of digital competences, applying the DigComp framework.

The theoretical part of the diploma thesis Digital competences of teachers and their specifics in the period of distance education, based on the analysis of relevant literature, deals with the specifics of distance learning and conducts a survey of existing national and international frameworks dealing with the level and development of digital competencies of teachers. It also works with the European Framework for the Digital Competence of Educators (DigCompEdu), which was created especially for educators and educational institutions as a certain standard for setting the level of digital technology skills. The aim of this work is to propose the addition of the European Framework for the Digital Competence of Educators with specific skills needed to lead distance learning. As part of a qualitative research survey, carried out in the empirical part of the work, nine teachers from different types of schools underwent observations in classes and then post-observation interviews. They focused not only on the course of teaching during distance learning but also tried to identify the necessary teaching equipment in the field of digital competencies. The research was conducted in an unexpected situation because of the sudden closure of schools due to a pandemic situation caused by Covid-19. Based on the...

Industry 4.0 is a new generation of manufacturing based on robotics, automation and new trends in ICT. It was for the first time introduced at the Hannover Fair in 2011 and has been part of the European, German and Czech discourse since then. This Master thesis deals with the topic of Industry 4.0 in the Czech Republic and assesses to what extent the concept is coming to the Czech Republic as a result of a top-down (EU) or horizontal (Germany) Europeanization. The thesis came to the conclusion that there are two perceptions of Industry 4.0. One is narrow and deals with the industrial policy and the other is broad and deals with society wide implications of the fourth industrial revolution. The debate about Industry 4.0 in the Czech Republic is mainly a result of a horizontal Europeanization based on bilateral agreements and close cooperation between Germany and the Czech Republic in the area of R&D, innovations and business. However, the top-down Europeanization cannot be neglected as the EU provides much broader context where Industry 4.0 is taking place. Moreover, Industry 4.0 gave a new impetus to the digital economy and society in the Czech Republic. It turned into agenda 4.0 and moved forward the debate about digital skills.