Re: [Fis] The State of the Art - Discussion of Information Science Education

2011-12-12 Thread Dr. Plamen L. Simeonov
Thank you, Bruno, John, Walter, Pedro, Gordana & FIS, I could not agree more with the said above. My only addendum to John’s argument to think about computation as "only one mode of information i.e. information AS cognitive process” is that computation should not be limited only to cognitive proce

Re: [Fis] The State of the Art - Discussion of Information Science Education

2011-12-12 Thread Igor Gurevich
2011/12/9 : > 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 globali

Re: [Fis] The State of the Art - Discussion of Information Science Education

2011-12-12 Thread Karl Javorszky
Hi All, the talk here going about a possible curriculum, I have assembled one. This is of course only an outline but should give a realistic idea about the half-steps needed to grasp what we understand under "information". I'd look forward working on this project. Asking for your kind tolerance, I