Data, Information and Knowledge
Lecture NotesThis weeks lecture was all about Data, Information and Knowledge: Conceptualising the gap between cognitive-space and cyber-space. We discussed teh definitions of Datum, Information and Knowledge, and came to the conclusion that the lecture was information: a collection of facts and data that are all connected and related to each other.
Datum is the single word for Data.
We discussed some examples for each of the three, data, information and knowledge, and the realtionships between tehm all.
We looked at strategies for assignments and how to the three to our work.
Tutorial Tasks
Task One
1. a pl. of datum.
2. (used with a plural verb) individual facts, statistics, or items of information: These data represent the results of our analyses. Data are entered by terminal for immediate processing by the computer.
3. (used with a singular verb) a body of facts; information:
—Usage note Data is a plural of datum, which is originally a Latin noun meaning “something given.” Today, data is used in English both as a plural noun meaning “facts or pieces of information”
Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1)Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2006.
Definition: Data
1. factual information: information, often in the form of facts or figures obtained from experiments or surveys, used as a basis for making calculations or drawing conclusions
2. information for computer processing: information, e.g. numbers, text, images, and sounds, in a form that is suitable for storage in or processing by a computer.
Defintion: Knowledge
1. information in mind: general awareness or possession of information, facts, ideas, truths, or principlesHer knowledge and interests are extensive.
2. specific information: clear awareness or explicit information, e.g. of a situation or factI believe they have knowledge of the circumstances.
3. all that can be known: all the information, facts, truths, and principles learned throughout timeWith all our knowledge, we still haven't found a cure for the common cold.
4. learning through experience or study: familiarity or understanding gained through experience or studyknowledge of nuclear physics
5. communication transmission of information: information services and the storage and transmission of information, especially within a large organization
Definition: Information
Knowledge communicated or received concerning a particular fact or circumstance; news: information concerning a crime.
2.knowledge gained through study, communication, research, instruction, etc.; factual data: His wealth of general information is amazing.
3.the act or fact of informing.
4.an office, station, service, or employee whose function is to provide information to the public:
Computers.
a.important or useful facts obtained as output from a computer by means of processing input data with a program: Using the input data, we have come up with some significant new information.
b.data at any stage of processing (input, output, storage, transmission, etc.)
The above three definitions are all from dictionary.com Retrieved on 28th May 2007.
Task Two
Graphical Representation, drawn by me, of the terms Data, Information and Knowledge.
Task Three
I know that by understanding the relationship between data, information and knowledge can help me in my future studies at University. They can do this by helping me to understand the relationship betweent he three and how they can then relate to assignments and projects I may have in my future studies.
Task Four
Five organisations that collect information from their clients/customers, and from the public.
1. Mobile Phone companys, eg. Virgin or Vodaphone
2. Internet Connection Companies, eg, Telstra, iinet
3. Centrelink, for up-to-date customer circumstances
4. Research groups, could be collecting information on family circumstances or how many people in particular households work
5. Government agencies.
All these different organisations/companies would collect information to keep up-to-date on their client information and so that everyone can be contacted without any hassles.
Week Eleven Readings
1. Data, Information, Knowledge and Wisdom
http://www.systems-thinking.org/dikw/dikw.htm
The useful information posted on this web page gives definitions for the words that we are talking about; Data, Information KNowledge and Wisdom. It then offers an extended definition of each word and explains how they relate to each other in more detail. It shows the relationship between them all wiht a diagram, like the one I did above, offers some examples, to help the reader understand more clearly what is being told. I found this site top be very useful and put it into my favourites folder on my laptop, so I have it for future references.
2. Information Literacy Tutorial http://camellia.shc.edu/literacy/index.html
Aswell as the site above, I found this one to be very helpful and useful too. It offered a lot of new information and ways to help remember and study the information with the quiz's it provided. I did one of the quiz's and read through one of the handouts and learnt something new about journals.
3. Data Information and Knowledge Dr Jim Mullaney
This PDF file I found to be an overview of everything we had learnt in the lecture. It offered dictionary definitions for the words at hand and talked about the relationship between all three. It discussed questions to consider when talking about Data, Information and Knowledge. The site says that it isn't always easy to answer questions and that it should be thought about with depth. I found this site to be a good revision point for me.
