New Models of Information Lecture

Being a student: New models of information

Penelope [email protected], 2010

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Questions

What information (r)evolution?

What are some (r)evolutionary examples?

What does this all mean for me as a student today?

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Shift happens?

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Information

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The information (r)evolution

David Weinberger, 2007

Information is not a “thing” that has to be in a “place”. It can be in many places, all at the same time.

Ontology is overrated.

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The information (r)evolution

Sing along:“The .com is connected to the .net. The .net is connected to the .gov…”

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Assumptions about information

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The information (r)evolution

Think about what they mean for the preservation of language, for preservation of text, for the ability of people to tell their stories. It's going to be phenomenal.

The information (r)evolution?

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The “message” of this environment is that to learn is to acquire information, that information is scarce and hard to find (that’s why you have to come to this room to get it), that you should trust authority for good information, and that good information is beyond discussion (that’s why the chairs don’t move or turn toward one another). In short, it tells students to trust authority and follow along.

Michael Wesch, 2009.

The information (r)evolution?

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Web 1.0

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Back to your PLE and PLN

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Web 2.0

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Some (r)evolutionary examples

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Open source ethos: Haiti

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Open source ethos: Haiti

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Open source ethos: Haiti

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Information of the crowd

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Information of the crowd

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Information in the cloud

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Information can find us

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Who is the architect?

Back to your PLE and PLN

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The “message” of this environment is that to learn is to acquire information, that information is scarce and hard to find (that’s why you have to come to this room to get it), that you should trust authority for good information, and that good information is beyond discussion (that’s why the chairs don’t move or turn toward one another). In short, it tells students to trust authority and follow along.

Michael Wesch, 2009.

Kathryn’s slides about produsersNew models

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I’m getting IT!

…enable us to not only acquire information, but also to…

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Share information

Kathryn’s slides about produsersDiscuss information

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Critique information

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http://xkcd.com

Kathryn’s slides about produsersCreate information

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Social media became a powerful tool during the 2009 elections in Iran

It’s a cultural r/evolution as well as a technical one.

….in ways that have not been as easy, accessible, timely, or as potentially wide-spread before.

Acquire, share, discuss, critique, create

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The information r/evolution

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This is also the problem.

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Evaluate information

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Evaluate information

Hungry beast video clip

Kathryn’s slides about produsersBeing a student today

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L(IT)eracy?

Pre-search• Ask around

Search• “Acquire” information from a range of sources• Pimp your PLN!

Re-search• Get better filters• Check your sources• Get feedback

Process• Discuss• Critique your information• Evaluate your information

(Re)present• Create• Share

Reflect

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Being a student today

Kathryn’s slides about produsersBeing a student today

Move from being simply knowledgeable to being knowledge-able.

Michael Wesch, 2009

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Where credits are not given the images are my own.

Slide 1: Shift Happens http://breakfastwithspanky.site50.net/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/evolution.jpgSlide 4: http://etc.usf.edu/clipart/11300/11358/gutenberg_11358.htm ; http://blog.usa.gov/roller/govgab/tags/librarySlide 5: http://www.everythingismiscellaneous.com ; http://www.ted.comSlide 6: 3D Map of the Web:  www.vlib.us/web/worldwideweb3d.htmlSlide 7: Google logo http://www.wired.comSlide 8: The World is Flat book cover: http://www.amazon.com ; Thomas Friedman:

http://www.luciaguimaraes.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/thomas-friedman.jpgSlide 9 + 24: Michael Wesch http://mediatedcultures.net/Slide 10: LMS http://www.learningspaces.org/n/papers/objections.html Slide 11: Einstein http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7318759/Slide 12: PLN: Joyce SeitzingerSlide 13: TIME Magazine http://www.timemagazine.comSlide 15: [edit] Wikipedia’. Uploaded quartermande to Flickr.

http://wåww.flickr.com/photos/mikeeperez/sets/72157604803121347/Slide 16 + 17: Haiti maps, Uploaded by mikel_maron to Flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikel_maron/4274264767Slide 19: Excerpt from Blaise Aguera y Arcas Demos PhotoSynth http://www.ted.comSlide 21: Cloud computing http://infreemation.net/cloud-computing-linear-utility-or-complex-ecosystem/Slide 23: Information architecture, Uploaded by murdocke23 to Flickr,

http://www.flickr.com/photos/murdocke/4299568381/sizes/l/Slide 25: Computer Engineer Barbie http://www.matel.comSlide 27: Paris Café Discussion http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/ParisCafeDiscussion.pngSlide 28: Someone is wrong: http://www.xkcd.comSlide 29: Iran election blogger http://www.shannaquinn.com/tag/twitterSlide 30: Technology timeline, by Brandy Agerbeck http://www.loosetooth.com/Slide 33: http://www.blaugh.comSlide 34: Excerpt from The Hungry Beast, http://hungrybeast.abc.net.au/stories/levitt-institute-gullible-cities-reportSlide 35 + 26: 21 C Literacy, by Brandy Agerbeck http://www.loosetooth.com/

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