In this week’s lecture we went through previous week’s and summarised. We were also introduced to the subject of Data, Information and Knowledge, their definitions, importance and how they are related.
Data or also known as datum is a fact of proposition (price, shares, weather, census, etc). Information is a collection of facts or data that relate to each other (budgets, tables, etc) and Knowledge is the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered or learned (white papers, press releases, etc).
There are many characteristic relating to these terms. Data is; factual, non judgemental, transient, non inferential and has no intrinsic value. Information is summative, relational dimensional, permanent, it has meaning and is uncertain value. Knowledge is inferential, experimental, judgemental, and subjective and is very valuable.
These terms are very important. Data is a collection of valid, unbiased data, which is essential. It must be quantitative rather than qualitative. It must also be representative. Information, must inform, it must be rational, and it must relate and be meaningful. Knowledge, although subjective, its origins should be clear, it should be a logical conclusion and it should be justified from the data and information.
Their relationships; Data are individual facts or propositions. On their own of limited value, but and be built into. Information is a collection of facts that establishes trends and precedents in order to generate. Knowledge is how human experience and wisdom is applied to information in order to make sense of it and form the bases of a prediction.
From all these terms, data, information and knowledge, an understanding is made.
This lecture was very informative and gave me an insight of all these words, which gave me an understanding of how all these terms can relate to people who are wise and know a lot about a particular subject.
Tutorial (Work Shop Eleven)
In this week’s tutorial, our task was to browse the website ‘Knowledge Map of Information Science’ (http://www.success.co.il/is/dik.html), and also other internet sites to collect different definitions of the words; data, information, knowledge and wisdom, then come up with our own definitions that make sense to us. This is what I came up with.
Data- From the different definitions I found on the word data, on the internet. I came to the conclusion, that, data(or singular verb, datum) are individual facts, statistics or items of information. Data are collection of facts that results or conclusions can be drawn. Data is also valuable to increase the human knowledge and in addition to enlarge our field of scientific, theoretical or practical knowledge(Biagetti 2008)
Information- There are many definitions on information, one of which was “Information is gained through study, communication, research, instruction etc” found on dictionary.com. I came to the conclusion to increase your information; you have to go through other sources of information. Information is what you receive when you are informed of a particular subject.
Knowledge- Knowledge is the understanding of information. It is information accumulated in the human mind. It is from past experiences that knowledge builds up and is easier to retrieve information without the need to consult external information sources.
Relationship Wisdom- From going through that past experience of data collecting, receiving information and gaining the knowledge. It is safe to say, some may be quite wise at a particular subject matter. Wisdom is the accumulation of knowledge of information learnt in the past.
Understanding the relationship between data, information and knowledge can assist me through university studies, because knowing that during university, I will be single handily be collecting data, which will be used as information of some sort, I know some day I will gain the knowledge to know more about the course I will be doing which, will give me more understanding and will help me through my university studies.
The last activity we had to do was search and list down five organisations that collect information from clients ans the public and why they would do this. This is what I came up with;
- CentreLink- To record your pay and benefits, etc so they know if they are sending out money to people who are worthy for it or not.
- Educational places- To keep record of all students, who still attends or who has dropped out etc, also to keep track of who has paid their fees or not.
- Doctors- To keep track of your health records and know when you should have a check up next if needed
- Census- Keep record of the public and how many people are in each household. This is usually done to make an approximate count of the population.
- Banks- To keep record on who is a member of a particular bank and also keep track of people savings and/or loans.
Screenshots
my print screenshot the relationship between data, information, knowledge and wisdom
Readings
Reading One: Data, Information, Knowledge, and Wisdom
The first reading gives a little insight into what exactly data, information, knowledge and wisdom is and how they are related.
Reading Two: Information Literacy Tutorial
The second reading a website that helps with literacy. It covers some things we have learnt in previous weeks, and include online quizes. This could help student build knowledge on particular subjects.
No comments:
Post a Comment