Week 11
Lecture Summary
As usual from the beginning the lecture started with a quiz and e had to answer a few questions.
During this week lecture we got more familiar with the term data, information and knowledge we acknowledged the importance of these terms in relation to University studies. This lecture allowed students to learn more about each tem and the aspects of their relativity to university. We also got told how studies come in different stages and to progress it is necessary to study.
Tutorial Summary
In this week tutorial we had to complete some exercises which gave us a better understanding of Data, information, knowledge and wisdom.
Dictionary definition
Data: is a fact or proposition which has no intrinsic meaning or value
Information: information is a collection of facts or data that are informative
Knowledge: is provable through what have been learned, discovered, or perceived.
Wisdom: the quality or stage of being wise
My own definition
Data: piece of recorded information
Information: understanding of a topic or a subject through research and study of information which is informative.
Knowledge: is gained through going experiences and or learning a topic or discovering something new.
Wisdom: is developed through knowledge and experience and having a strong common sense, to be wise about something you need to know a lot of information about it.
Summary of readings
In this reading we read an article which talked about data, information, knowledge and wisdom. The first article talks about and gives us definitions of the terms data, information, knowledge and wisdom. According to Russell Ackoff the first four terms relates to the past where’s the fifth, wisdom relates to the future examples are given by the way of a compounded sentence involving rain and another descriptive listing of a refrigerator.
The second Article discussed the relationship to the following term which are data, information, knowledge and wisdom to an IT/ICT context. The article explains how computers have gone from data processors to information managers and knowledge managers. It also talks about relationship from a business point of view which help understanding more about the terms and how they are relatively connect through each other.
Lecture Summary
As usual from the beginning the lecture started with a quiz and e had to answer a few questions.
During this week lecture we got more familiar with the term data, information and knowledge we acknowledged the importance of these terms in relation to University studies. This lecture allowed students to learn more about each tem and the aspects of their relativity to university. We also got told how studies come in different stages and to progress it is necessary to study.
Tutorial Summary
In this week tutorial we had to complete some exercises which gave us a better understanding of Data, information, knowledge and wisdom.
Dictionary definition
Data: is a fact or proposition which has no intrinsic meaning or value
Information: information is a collection of facts or data that are informative
Knowledge: is provable through what have been learned, discovered, or perceived.
Wisdom: the quality or stage of being wise
My own definition
Data: piece of recorded information
Information: understanding of a topic or a subject through research and study of information which is informative.
Knowledge: is gained through going experiences and or learning a topic or discovering something new.
Wisdom: is developed through knowledge and experience and having a strong common sense, to be wise about something you need to know a lot of information about it.
Summary of readings
In this reading we read an article which talked about data, information, knowledge and wisdom. The first article talks about and gives us definitions of the terms data, information, knowledge and wisdom. According to Russell Ackoff the first four terms relates to the past where’s the fifth, wisdom relates to the future examples are given by the way of a compounded sentence involving rain and another descriptive listing of a refrigerator.
The second Article discussed the relationship to the following term which are data, information, knowledge and wisdom to an IT/ICT context. The article explains how computers have gone from data processors to information managers and knowledge managers. It also talks about relationship from a business point of view which help understanding more about the terms and how they are relatively connect through each other.
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