Class discussion
I have little doubt that you frequently hear the problem of information overload and the sub-par quality of information on the Web. Regardless of these 'talks', #3 and #4 show clearly that the major innovations for the next generation of the Web are driven by features, such as 'post-filtering' and search algorithms (that make search of shared contents and capturing contextual relevance and quality better). After the class, as a comment, post the exact URL or location of the sources below that you liked the best and briefly share your thoughts on information overload.
I have little doubt that you frequently hear the problem of information overload and the sub-par quality of information on the Web. Regardless of these 'talks', #3 and #4 show clearly that the major innovations for the next generation of the Web are driven by features, such as 'post-filtering' and search algorithms (that make search of shared contents and capturing contextual relevance and quality better). After the class, as a comment, post the exact URL or location of the sources below that you liked the best and briefly share your thoughts on information overload.
- We’re on information overload by Thomas Washington.
- “It’s Not Information Overload. It’s Filter Failure” by Clay Shirky. A little under 24 minutes.
- Tips for Handling Information Overload: Too Much Content by Dawn Foster
- The Chronicle of Higher Ed: The New Metrics of Scholarly Authority by Michael Jensen for subscribers only. For an earlier and freely available version, see Authority 2.0 and 3.0: The Collision of Authority and Participation in Scholarly Communications by Michael Jensen.
- The iPad and Information’s Third Age by William Rankin
Web tools/services:
Items 1~3 are information organization tools that allow browser customization. Zotero compares to a 3rd party citation tool called Endnote. Anytime you do online search, you can create a summary note. Rubistar is a great tool to create an evaluation/grading rubric. If you ever need to create a rubric to evaluate products or processes, it is a great and easy to use free tool.
Items 1~3 are information organization tools that allow browser customization. Zotero compares to a 3rd party citation tool called Endnote. Anytime you do online search, you can create a summary note. Rubistar is a great tool to create an evaluation/grading rubric. If you ever need to create a rubric to evaluate products or processes, it is a great and easy to use free tool.
- Netvibes - personalized dashboard publishing platform for the Web
- Page Flakes - social personalized homepage
- Protopage and iGoogle also allow personalized homepage
- Zotero - A tool that helps gather, organize, and analyze sources and then share the results of your research
- Rubistar - A free evaluation rubric builder with a search feature
http://www.openculture.com/2010/01/the_ipad_and_informations_third_age.html
ReplyDeleteThis post I enjoyed the best out of the five, it spoke about the history overtime and how even though their was information to be found, sometimes it could not be found because of information overload. As we moved on in the world of technology and moved to web, we have found a new problem. That problem is credibility, information may be out there but how do we know what we are reading is true? and is it of quality and relevance? We are seeing advances in solving these questions with Google, Amazon and other sites that provide accurate information. To control the information one receives, Apple's iPad is doing this by bringing it back to the days where you would "turn a page" not push a button to go on to the next page. With other personal customizations you can make on the iPad it allows information overload not to exist to the user.
http://gigaom.com/2010/08/13/tips-for-handling-information-overload-too-much-content/
ReplyDeleteTips for Handling Information Overload: Too Much Content is a great article because it is an effective way to managing your content with a few simple tips. The RSS reader is very convenient because the user can prioritizing feeds by importance. Filtering works by searching the RSS feeds for keywords, saving a lot of time and only spending time reading what is truly important.
There will always be information overload, but with proper organization and a little bit more effort, all of the worry of credibility and relevance will be lessened.
http://www.openculture.com/2010/01/the_ipad_and_informations_third_age.html
ReplyDeleteWhile I did not like William Rankin's article, The iPad and Information's Third Age, the best, I did think that he was making a valid point. This article was written around the time of the first Ipad launch around early 2010. Rankin tried to forecast what exactly the Ipad meant to education and learning and how it would affect future learning.
He hit the nail on the head forecasting that the easy user interface would allow novice users to pick it up quickly. He argued that the dynamic nature of the Ipad would allow inter-connectivity in learning that we've never seen in this format before. I am a little surprised that he did not talk about the physical advantage of having an iPad. An example would be being able to replace 20 lbs of text books in an 8th graders book back with the 2 lb Ipad.
All in all this was a good article about the future use of the Ipad and where it could fit into learning.
http://www.openculture.com/2010/01/the_ipad_and_informations_third_age.html
ReplyDeleteOut of the five articles that I have read, I have seemed to enjoy this one the most. Even though it is a few years old now, i still think its a pretty great article. It talks about quite a few things and I enjoyed reading about how we can use an iPad in the future to benefit education. As it talks about in the article that overload is a big problem. You can type something in google search and over a million things pop up but the hard part for most people is wondering which article is true and which pictures and texts are stolen and then finding out where it came from originally.
Pretty much what I got out of the article is that iPads, if you have the customization on their, can change and benefit education if students can get an iPad to learn from rather than sitting in a classroom and reading out of an actual textbook or staring at the chalkboard.
http://www.openculture.com/2010/01/the_ipad_and_informations_third_age.html
ReplyDeleteI think this was one of the best article to read. It was full of a lot of information. This article also help prove my theory that technology is a great idea in school. He talked about how iPads and iPods will be very helpful and beneficial in education. By using these technology in the classroom it will help keeps the student's attention and also help the teachers keep up with technology. Using technology in the classroom is for all ages. It will benefit young kids and college students. I do agree that we do not know if the technology will change the world, but we can say and have a great improvement in education. Education is very important and to keep everyone learning at all ages may help change the world.
http://www.openculture.com/2010/01/the_ipad_and_informations_third_age.html
ReplyDeleteThis was the most interesting article to read in my opinion. I can say it wasnt the best to read but the facts pointed out interest me.I liked the fact that the article was written when the first IPad came about. I think that this article touched on the spots of what people will be looking for when they read the article. Even though it has a lot of information provided, it gives interesting points that will keep the reader engaged in it. It talked about how the IPad can be used for good educational use such as getting more information about something within seconds just by searching for it. I think there is a such thing as information overload. I feel when a site gives too much information it makes it boring for a lot of readers and they will find a more simple site that talks about the same things. Although the Tips article interested me also and gave a good insight on what to do to conquer the overload of too much information, i still feel that this article hit so many points that caught my attention the most.
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ReplyDeleteAfter reading this article I found it interesting because no matter how much we progress we always run into new problems. We moved forward a great deal in the technology yet as we improve we still run into problems. I don’t think the iPad is living up to the apple name. I feel more money is being spent in the advertising than the development of the product. I think that even though the ipad is such a big improvement from 20 years ago but I still feel they could improve the operating system rather than adding new flashy features for advertisement purposes.
http://www.openculture.com/2010/01/the_ipad_and_informations_third_age.html
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed this article the most out of all of them because it breaks down the evolution of learning and shows how we are getting more and more advanced. As I have said in previous posts, I am a huge fan of E-learning and the advancement of education using technology and I feel like this article supported some of the same beliefs and touched on some of the same points that I have spoken on. I am also a really big fan of Apple and all of their products, so using the IPad for things like EBooks really sound like a good plan to me and I feel like it would be a lot easier and efficient for students and professors.