ACMA01H3 Lecture Notes - Institute For Operations Research And The Management Sciences, Shared Experience, Critical Thinking
23 Feb 2014
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Slide: we obtain info by consulting google bit this is not necessarily a balanced source, data but not a neutral source, information is ranked. Top dollar = top billing: search engine optimization, sponsored ad/ results, use university library search engine. Slide: knowledge is info processed through a thinking human mind. Slide: role of university, a social space in which knowledge is created, stored, transmitted, examined and critiqued, teachers, scholars and students. A dynamic relationship: each forms and informs the other, not mutually exclusive categories, ex. Teachers are also learners (students), and vice versa: we are continually processing information, symbiotic relationship. Slide: wikipedia is not a good source, no structure in place to ensure rigorous peer review. Encyclopedia (of all kinds) can work as a starting point: don"t use as a sole resources. Slide: engaging knowledge n the university, constructing and deconstructing knowledge.
