Week Eleven Summary

The lecture for week eleven was about data, information and knowledge, and conceptualising the gap between cognitive-space and cyber-space.

According to the lecture data or datum is a raw fact or proposition and is not bias, is temporary and has no essential meaning or value. An example of data is exchange rates.

Information is a collection of facts or data that relate to each other. Information is permanent, has meaning, and its value is uncertain. An example of information is minutes of meetings.

Knowledge is the range or sum of what has been learned. Knowledge is very valuable, constantly changes and is bias. An example of knowledge is marketing strategies.

The lecture then looked at the relationships between these three components and strategies to successfully use this information for assignments.

Tutorial activity one: Create your own definition for data, information, knowledge and wisdom.

Data: Data is raw material such as facts that has not been processed into information, therefore has no significance.

Information: Information is when data or a collection of data is communicated to an individual or individuals and develops importance.

Knowledge: When an individual understands information it becomes knowledge.

Wisdom: When an individual is able to use knowledge to asses situations and make good decisions.

Tutorial Activity Two:

Tutorial Activity Three: Understanding the relationships between data, information, knowledge and wisdom can assist a student in their university studies. If a student understands these relationships it makes applying what they learn easier because they know the only way to create knowledge of a topic is to understand the material and apply it to their work.

Tutorial Activity Four: Five organisations that collect information for their clients or the public and why they might collect this information.

1. Property managers collect client and tenant information and personal details so when renting a property discrepancies are minimal.
2. Dating agencies collect client information such as hobbies and interests and personal information to match them with the "perfect" date.
3. Banks collect client information and create account details to manage money efficiently.
4. Day care services collect client personal information and children's immunisation status so payment and caring discrepancies are minimal.
5. Specialty stores collect customer information when a customer has a layby so the item on layby is not lost and payments can be kept up to date.

Reading Summary One: Data, information, knowledge and wisdom.
The first summary was an extension of the definitions for the terms; data, information, knowledge and wisdom. This was interesting because the definitions were in layman's terms so I found it easier to read. However i was already aware of the information given.

Reading Summary Two: Information Literacy Tutorial.
I found this reading tedious and some of the information i did not know because it was American based. The lessons had too much unnecessary information about information, e.g. government information.