week11 - Conceptulising the gap between cognative space and cyber space

1. Lecture Summary
Today in the lecture we were asked to complete a pop quiz before we started talking about conceptulising the gap between cognative space and cyber space. The questions were as follows:

1.What is a Boolean search?
2.What strategies can you use to give a great presentation?
3.What criteria can be used for evaluation of websites?
4.What are the advantages of atom based information?
5.What was the original purpose of the web?
6.What are the 5 top things you have learnt about the use of technology at University?

After answering the questions we were given some definitions of datum which is the singular word for data. A datum is known as a fact or propersition. Information is a collection of facts or data that relate to each other and knowledge is the sum or range of what has been percieved, discovered or learned.

The rest of the lecture was based around these three words, Data, Knowledge and Information and how we use it in everyday lives and how it is the basis of businesses and assignments.

In a business setting Data is the foundation of all research and presentations and makes up a large proportion of the research and presentations next is information followed by knowledge. It could be said that the reason behind businesses wanting to use more data and information in research and presentations could be because they would prefer to have all the facts and know its right rather than go off of personal knowing and not be sure if they were right.








2. Tutorial Summary
a. Based on your research, define data, information, knowledge and wisdom.
b. How can the understanding of the relationship between data, information and knowledge assist your university study?
c. List 5 organizations that collect information from their clients or the public. Why do they collect this information?
3. Screen Shots
a. Graphical representation of data, information, knowledge and wisdom (Using MS Word)
4. Reading 1 Summary: http://www.systems-thinking.org/dikw/dikw.htm
5. Reading 2 Summary: http://camellia.shc.edu/literacy/index.html