week 11

Lecture
In this weeks lecture we learnt about conceptualising the gap between cognitive-space & cyber-space. we also learnt the difference between Data, Information & Knowledge the definitions, Characteristics, Importance, relationships between them and examples of each.


Data's main characteristics are that it is factual, non-judgmental, non-inferential and transient. The data should be a collection of valid, unbiased data. It must also be quantitative to classified as data. An example of Sampled data is price, shares, exchange rates and Measured Data is weather, census data

Information main characteristics are that it is formative, relational, dimensional, permanent and the information has meaning. The information must inform, be relational and the data must relate. An example of Historical Information is almanacs, tables of census data and Records are Budgets, minutes of meetings.



Tutorial
In this weeks tutorial we were asked to Brows the webpag http://www.success.co.il/is/dik.html and then use the Internet to find some dictionaries to look up the terms data, information, knowledge and wisdom. I chose to use the site http://dictionary.reference.com/

The definitions of these are :


Data = a body of facts


Information = knowledge communicated or received concerning a particular fact or circumstance


knowledge= acquaintance with facts, truths, or principles, as from study or investigation; general erudition


wisdom= knowledge of what is true or right coupled with just judgment as to action; sagacity, discernment, or insight.

This is a screen shot of a graphical representation of data, information, knowledge and wisdom.

The relationship between data, information and knowledge can assist in my university studys because it allows you to understand the topic at a higher level. Just looking at facts and information won’t help you. The reason you are at university is to gain knowledge on your subjects. It’s not just enough to have facts as anyone can get them but it’s important to really know what you’re talking about for future reference.

The next thing we were asked to list 5 organisations that collect information from their clients or the public.

1. Government organisations; they collect your information so they can keep updated on your situation whether her you have left school started school etc
2. Financial organisations collect information so they can asses whether you are financially stable.
3. Educational organisations collect information so they can appropriately monitor your educational levels est.
4. Communication organisations collect information so that thay can appropriately be able to communicate with you.
5. Taxation departments collect data to be informed on your financial and personal situation to be able to collect tax you.

Readings

Reading 1 Summary: http://www.systems-thinking.org/dikw/dikw.htm

The first reading is about Ackoff, R. L. theory of "From Data to Wisdom" how
Data, Information, Knowledge, indicates relate to the past; they deal with what has been or what is known and that wisdom, "deals with the future because it incorporates vision and design. With wisdom, people can create the future rather than just grasp the present and past. But achieving wisdom isn't easy; people must move successively through the other categories". It then goes on tell tell you about each term.

Reading 2 Summary: http://camellia.shc.edu/literacy/index.html

This web page offered tutorials and quizzes on how to complete assignments. It also offered tips on how to research topics and what do then do with the data. I found this website really interesting as it helped you understand how data can be turned into information and then knowledge.