Re: [Fis] The State of the Art - Discussion of Information Science Education
Good to see that fis perspectives are used in teaching. I use information ideas fundamentally in our second year Cognitive Science course, and also in some postgrad courses I teach. John At 03:03 PM 2011/12/07, Pedro C. Marijuan wrote: Thanks a lot, Gordana. It is a very good idea. Unfortunately I could not participate in the opening of the session, well, at least I can say now that I had the experience of teaching for Engineering graduate students two neatly informational (FIS) disciplines. One of them, Bioinformation: informational analysis of living systems; and the other Science, Technology and Society: an introduction to the informational history of societies. Both of them in Spanish. They were very successful, particularly the latter. The FIS perspective is ideal not only for breaking down on impossible topics (our familiar demons) but also for promoting a new, highly original way of analysis --of knolweldge recombination processes-- on topics of our time and of the most contentious past. missing a lot the direct involvement in the discussions! yours, ---Pedro Gordana Dodig-Crnkovic escribió: Hi All, One way of looking at the question of curriculum would be from the point of view of what already exists of education in the Foundations of Information. Are there any courses which might be a part of such a curriculum? To start with I can tell about the course I have, which does not cover much of Science of information, but there are several connections. As I work at the computer science department, my perspective is computational. For me computing is information processing and information is that which is processed, and that which is a result of processing. Processing may be done by a machine or by an organism or anything else the whole of nature computes (processes information) in different ways. As info-computationalist, I believe that information is unthinkable without computation. So the course is on Computing and Philosophy but addresses Philosophy of Information and Science of Information as well and topics on evolution of life, intelligence (natural and artificial), consciousness, etc. http://www.idt.mdh.se/kurser/comphil I believe it would be good to have a course on the foundations of information science for people in the computing. Information and computation are completely entangled! And this gives also an opportunity to introduce other fields into computing, to contribute to building bridges and facilitating inter-disciplinary/ cross-disciplinary/ trans-disciplinary learning. This is not as ambitious as the original question, but can help understanding where we are now and where we want to be. Best wishes, Gordana http://www.mrtc.mdh.se/~gdc/ From: fis-boun...@listas.unizar.es [ mailto:fis-boun...@listas.unizar.es] On Behalf Of Stanley N Salthe Sent: den 5 december 2011 20:53 To: fis Subject: Re: [Fis] Discussion of Information Science Education And it could feature in 'Science for Non-Majors' courses as well. STAN On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 12:44 PM, Guy A Hoelzer hoel...@unr.edu wrote: Hi All, I agree with those who are suggesting that Information Science makes sense as a widely useful way to think about different scientific disciplines even if we don't have a strong consensus on how to define 'information'. I think there is enough coherence among views of 'information' to underpin the unity and universality of the approach. Perhaps Information Science is less a discipline of its own and more of a common approach to understanding that can be applied across disciplines. While I can imagine good courses focusing on Information Science, it might be most productive to include a common framework for information-based models/viewpoints across the curriculum. Guy Hoelzer ___ fis mailing list fis@listas.unizar.es https://webmail.unizar.es/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fis ___ fis mailing list fis@listas.unizar.es https://webmail.unizar.es/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fis -- - Pedro C. Marijuán Grupo de Bioinformación / Bioinformation Group Instituto Aragonés de Ciencias de la Salud Avda. Gómez Laguna, 25, Pl. 11ª 50009 Zaragoza, Spain Telf: 34 976 71 3526 ( 6818) Fax: 34 976 71 5554 pcmarijuan.i...@aragon.es http://sites.google.com/site/pedrocmarijuan/ - ___ fis mailing list fis@listas.unizar.es https://webmail.unizar.es/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fis Professor John Collier colli...@ukzn.ac.za Philosophy and Ethics, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban 4041 South Africa T: +27 (31) 260 3248 / 260 2292 F: +27 (31) 260 3031 ___ fis mailing list fis@listas.unizar.es https://webmail.unizar.es/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fis
Re: [Fis] The State of the Art - Discussion of Information Science Education
Dear all, It is possible find some useful ideas to build multi-inter-trans disciplinary approaches in last “closing statement” of Ubiquity Symposium: What is Computation? What Have We Said About Computation? [1] If you are interested in all papers of this ACM Ubiquity Symposium: http://ubiquity.acm.org/symposia.cfm [2] Sincerely, Walter Riofrio Walter Riofrio Researcher; Complex Thought Institute Edgar Morin – University Ricardo Palma, Lima-Peru Chercheur Associé; Institut des Systèmes Complexes – Paris Île-de-France (ISC-PIF) Theoretical and Evolutionary Biology Email: walter.riof...@iscpif.fr --- On jue 08/12/11 06:25 , John Collier colli...@ukzn.ac.za sent: Good to see that fis perspectives are used in teaching. I use information ideas fundamentally in our second year Cognitive Science course, and also in some postgrad courses I teach. John At 03:03 PM 2011/12/07, Pedro C. Marijuan wrote: Thanks a lot, Gordana. It is a very good idea. Unfortunately I could not participate in the opening of the session, well, at least I can say now that I had the experience of teaching for Engineering graduate students two neatly informational (FIS) disciplines. One of them, Bioinformation: informational analysis of living systems; and the other Science, Technology and Society: an introduction to the informational history of societies. Both of them in Spanish. They were very successful, particularly the latter. The FIS perspective is ideal not only for breaking down on impossible topics (our familiar demons) but also for promoting a new, highly original way of analysis --of knolweldge recombination processes-- on topics of our time and of the most contentious past. missing a lot the direct involvement in the discussions! yours, ---Pedro Gordana Dodig-Crnkovic escribió: Hi All, One way of looking at the question of curriculum would be from the point of view of what already exists of education in the Foundations of Information. Are there any courses which might be a part of such a curriculum? To start with I can tell about the course I have, which does not cover much of Science of information, but there are several connections. As I work at the computer science department, my perspective is computational. For me computing is information processing and information is that which is processed, and that which is a result of processing. Processing may be done by a machine or by an organism or anything else the whole of nature computes (processes information) in different ways. As info-computationalist, I believe that information is unthinkable without computation. So the course is on Computing and Philosophy but addresses Philosophy of Information and Science of Information as well and topics on evolution of life, intelligence (natural and artificial), consciousness, etc. http://www.idt.mdh.se/kurser/comphil [3] I believe it would be good to have a course on the foundations of information science for people in the computing. Information and computation are completely entangled! And this gives also an opportunity to introduce other fields into computing, to contribute to building bridges and facilitating inter-disciplinary/ cross-disciplinary/ trans-disciplinary learning. This is not as ambitious as the original question, but can help understanding where we are now and where we want to be. Best wishes, Gordana http://www.mrtc.mdh.se/~gdc/ [4] From: fis-boun...@listas.unizar.es [ mailto:fis-boun...@listas.unizar.es] On Behalf Of Stanley N Salthe Sent: den 5 december 2011 20:53 To: fis Subject: Re: [Fis] Discussion of Information Science Education And it could feature in 'Science for Non-Majors' courses as well. STAN On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 12:44 PM, Guy A Hoelzer wrote: Hi All, I agree with those who are suggesting that Information Science makes sense as a widely useful way to think about different scientific disciplines even if we don't have a strong consensus on how to define 'information'. I think there is enough coherence among views of 'information' to underpin the unity and universality of the approach. Perhaps Information Science is less a discipline of its own and more of a common approach to understanding that can be applied across disciplines. While I can imagine good courses focusing on Information Science, it might be most productive to include a common framework for information-based models/viewpoints across the curriculum. Guy Hoelzer ___ fis mailing list fis@listas.unizar.es https://webmail.unizar.es/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fis [5] ___ fis mailing list fis@listas.unizar.es https://webmail.unizar.es/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fis [6]
Re: [Fis] The State of the Art - Discussion of Information Science Education
Dear all, I teach every year (this fall fourth time) a general education course Information Science for freshmen and sophomores which has as its main objective to present not an existing discipline, but a potential unified approach to study complex issues related to globalization. Globalization is a leitmotif of the curriculum at our university. I am trying to show that the concept of information, although not very clearly defined yet, can be useful in dealing with several fundamental problems for the future of humanity. I am giving short and very general expositions of topics such as, language and other forms of communication, telecommunication, cryptography, genetics, life and organism, computation. Then we are trying to identify what makes the mechanisms involved similar, and the expected answer is information. I am referring to the five great metaphors in the history of Western Thought, which were used to model reality: Human organism (as microcosm to explain functioning of macrocosm in medieval interpretations of neoplatonism), mechanical clock, steam machine, telecommunication, computer. In each case, I am showing the presence of the intuitive concept of information. Finally, I am presenting analysis of global warming, pandemics, and other threats to humanity from the unified perspective of information. The biggest problem for me is to find materials for students which are not exceedingly detailed and difficult, but also not trivial. Do you have any suggestions? Regards, Marcin ___ fis mailing list fis@listas.unizar.es https://webmail.unizar.es/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/fis
