http://www.elearnspace.org/blog/2007/06/15/how-has-information-changed/ learning, networks, knowledge, technology, community Wed, 8 Sep 2010 18:34:24 -0400 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.elearnspace.org/blog/2007/06/15/how-has-information-changed/comment-page-1/#comment-679 Mrs Durff Sat, 16 Jun 2007 05:51:05 +0000 http://dnorman.tlc.ucalgary.ca/elearnspace/?p=2945#comment-679 I would have to agree with Mr. Downes that the essential characteristics of knowledge have not changed. How we perceive that knowledge has changed. Along with our changing, evolving perception, is the manner in which we consume, collect, & catalogue that knowledge. We do, as Mr. Warlick implies, consume that knowledge more quickly, we collect it much more quickly (as in RSS aggregators), & we catalogue (as in del.icio.us accounts) more quickly. All of these are marks of the shifting paradigm. The essence of the underlying knowledge base has not itself changed. I would have to agree with Mr. Downes that the essential characteristics of knowledge have not changed. How we perceive that knowledge has changed. Along with our changing, evolving perception, is the manner in which we consume, collect, & catalogue that knowledge.
We do, as Mr. Warlick implies, consume that knowledge more quickly, we collect it much more quickly (as in RSS aggregators), & we catalogue (as in del.icio.us accounts) more quickly. All of these are marks of the shifting paradigm. The essence of the underlying knowledge base has not itself changed.

]]> http://www.elearnspace.org/blog/2007/06/15/how-has-information-changed/comment-page-1/#comment-678 Virginia Yonkers Fri, 15 Jun 2007 19:28:41 +0000 http://dnorman.tlc.ucalgary.ca/elearnspace/?p=2945#comment-678 But how do you define information? Like the tree in the forest question, is it information if it is not useful or I can't use it? I think there has always been information. Coke had a lot of "information" about its brand when it decided to change its formula in the 1980's. However, "intuitive" information was ignored. It was not considered "information". Is intuition information or a form of "knowledge" which ignores some information in place of others? But how do you define information? Like the tree in the forest question, is it information if it is not useful or I can’t use it? I think there has always been information. Coke had a lot of “information” about its brand when it decided to change its formula in the 1980′s. However, “intuitive” information was ignored. It was not considered “information”. Is intuition information or a form of “knowledge” which ignores some information in place of others?

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