Week 11- Building Knowledge

Lecture Summary:
There was a pop quiz on how to Build Knowledge. The quiz included;

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?


Definitions and differences of Datum meaning a fact of proposition was explained. This includes factual, non-judgmental, non-inferential, transient and has no "meaning" or "value."

Information, a collection of facts or data that together create information as they relate to each other, rational, dimensional, permanent, has meaning and uncertain value.

Finally, knowledge, meaning the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered or learned. Knowledge includes experimental, judgemental, subjective, inferential and very valuable data.

Workshop Tasks:
Browse the website http://www.success.co.il/is/dik.html to look up the terms, data, information, knowledge and wisdom on online dictionaries.
Search for alternative ways online to represent these words using a drawing toolbar in Microsoft Word to create graphical representations. Add this into the blog as a screen capture.
Type up a brief explanation as to why these terms assist in university study.
List 5 organisations that use and collect information from either clients or the public and explain why they need this information.

Readings:
The term data means, information proved to be factual by statistics or measurements. Data is used as the basis for reasoning, discussion, or calculation.
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/data

Information is the outcome of processing, manipulating and organising data and arranging it so that data becomes fact.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information

Knowledge is an understanding of information.
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/knowledge

Wisdom means being wise; it means being able to make sense of knowledge.
http://www.webster-dictionary.net/definition/Wisdom

These terms will assist university students as they firstly gather data and turn it into information. They do this by having knowledge on the topic. Wisdom with make the student understand whether the information gathered is correct.

Five organisations that collect information from both the public and clients are:

Education Organisation:

This organisation uses client information such as name, age, nationality, address, phone number etc so that students can get the best education from their school. Their age needs to be recorded so that they are placed in the correct year of study, their nationality often has something to do with the level of study, for example Indigenous Australians, Torres Straight Islanders, and people with English as a second language often do different levels of English. Addresses and phone numbers need to be kept record of so that if there are problems with either education or personal issues parents can be contacted.

Recreation Organisation:

Recreational Organisations need to keep track or name, age, gender, address, phone number etc so that if any injuries or any problems occur with a player, parents or guardians can be contacted immediately. Also, there are selected age groups in sport teams, players mush be placed in their correct age group. Records of players stats are also kept. This is only for the reason of presentations at the end of season, its like a reward for players.

Hygiene Organisation:

This includes doctor surgeries, dentist, orthodontist, hospitals etc. Record of age, name, address, medical history etc in case of emergencies or problems that family's will have to be contacted. Age and medical history is important as it can greatly relate or help determine the illness of problem an individual may be suffering from. Also details are kept of complaints or good feedback patients have about the doctors and dentists. Records of the amount of patients the workers have had are useful for stats on that individual as a worker.

Library:

Library cards are given out, these include D.O.B., name, age, suburb and the basic details. This is to keep record of who has their property and what time they hired it and need to return it. This makes it easy for librarians to draw up tables and pages of information as to when the property will come back so it is available for hire again. Records of what books have been taken out are kept to that librarians can see what genre and type of book or source is popular and what isn't so much. This could help them when they need to order more sources so that the customers are satisfied.

Volunteer Groups:

These groups keep record of who is in them, like the other organisations, they keep record of name, age, gender, nationality, address and phone number along with any other contact details. They use this information so that shifts can be filled out and they can be contacted if someone is sick or can not make it into work, they will be replaced.