Conclusion

I enjoyed this unit very much. I thought it was very useful and it taught me a variety of different things that I will need to know during my time at university. The main points that stood out would have to be subjects such as ENDNOTE, validity and authentication, how to give good powerpoint presentations and how to protect myself on the internet. These are all good tips that I will remember as an undergraduate.

Week 12: Social & Ethical Issues

LECTURE:

This lecture discussed the risk of web identity theft. People who put their personal details on social internet sites could be at serious risk of fraud.

Problems on the net:
*Intellectual Property
*Copyright
*Plagiarism
*Security
*Privacy
*Freedom of Speech

How to protect yourself?

*Install a Firewall
*Install Antivirus software
*Beware of Attachments
*Be aware of Spyware
*DO NOT give personal information about yourself
*Do not reply to SPAM mail
*Set online programs like ICQ, MSN Messenger & Internet Browsers to maximum security settings
*Use Peer 2 Peer (P2P) software with caution
*Update your Antivirus software at least weekly
*Always scan documents (with Antivirus software) before you open them for the first time.

TUTORIAL:

5 Information sheets from http://www.copyright.org.au

1. Artworks
2. Artworks: Getting permission
3. Assigning & licensing rights
4. Computer software
5. Fair dealing

All of the above information sheets discuss the law of copyright, reproducing work, using someone else's work and referencing. These information sheets are very useful when you need to find out a certain law or rules about the copyright of a particular subject. I will most certainly search for these information sheets if I need to know something about the copyright or reproducing of someone else's work.

ONLINE MUSIC, DOWNLOADING and MUSIC COPYRIGHT
APRA from http://www.apra.com.au/music-users/online_mobile/online_mobile.asp

Often people are under the impression that downloading music is free, although, the artists do not actually get payed and it is concidered theft. The APRA has licensed the use of music online and are able to ensure that composers, songwriters and music publishers are properly reimbursed for the exercise of their rights. There are a number of rights which can be exploited. These include:

*the reproduction of a musical work
*the communication to the public of a musical work

PLAN TO PROTECT MYSELF FROM ATTACKS ON MY PRIVACY AND SECURITY:
from http://netsecurity.about.com, http://computer.howstuffworks.com/virus6.htm and http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,2100282,00.asp

How to protect yourself?

*Install a Firewall
*Install Antivirus software
*Beware of Attachments
*Be aware of Spyware
*DO NOT give personal information about yourself
*Do not reply to SPAM mail
*Set online programs like ICQ, MSN Messenger & Internet Browsers to maximum security settings
*Use Peer 2 Peer (P2P) software with caution
*Update your Antivirus software at least weekly
*Always scan documents (with Antivirus software) before you open them for the first time.
*run a more secure operating system like UNIX.
*buy a virus protection software
*avoid programs from unknown sources
*Enable Macro Virus Protection in all Microsoft applications
*NEVER run macros in a document unless you know what they do
*never double-click on an e-mail attachment that contains an executable.

It is thought that Windows Vista is actually weaker, or more prone to malware infection and compromise than Windows 2000

READING 1: "EFF's Top 12 Ways to Protect Your Online Privacy"

This reading gave us 12 easy ways to protect yourself.
1. Do not reveal personal information inadvertently.
2. Turn on cookie notices in your Web browser, and/or use cookie management software or infomediaries.
3. Keep a "clean" e-mail address.
4. Don't reveal personal details to strangers or just-met "friends".
5. Realize you may be monitored at work, avoid sending highly personal e-mail to mailing lists, and keep sensitive files on your home computer.
6. Beware sites that offer some sort of reward or prize in exchange for your contact information or other personal details.
7. Do not reply to spammers, for any reason.
8. Be conscious of Web security.
9. Be conscious of home computer security.
10. Examine privacy policies and seals.
11.Remember that YOU decide what information about yourself to reveal, when, why, and to whom.
12.Use encryption!

READING 2: "Ethics in Computing - Social Justice Issues: Electronic Monitoring"

This reading is very similar to all the readings I have read so far. It talks about ways to protect yourself and the DO's and DON'Ts of giving out information.

READING 3: "Brown & Michaels - Overview of Intellectual Property"

The reading tells you what software to install in order to protect yourelf. I thought this was very useful as a resource.

Week 11: Building Knowledge.

LECTURE:

Data information and knowledge.

Datum is a fact or propostition.
Characteristics of data:
* factual
* non-judgmental
* non-inferential
* transient
* has no intrinsic "meaning"
* has no intrinsic "value"
eg. sampled data: price, shares, exchange rates.
measured data: weather, census data.

Charactersitics of information:
* summative
* relational
* dimensional
* permanent
* has meaning
* uncertain value
eg. almanacs, tables of census data, budgets.

Charactersitics of knowledge:
* inferential
* experiential
* judgmental
* subjective
* very valuable
eg. white pages, press releases, marketing strategies.

TUTORIAL:

DEFINITIONS:

DATA: individual facts, statistics, or items of information.
INFORMATION: knowledge communicated or received concerning a particular fact or circumstance.
KNOWLEDGE: acquaintance with facts, truths, or principles, as from study or investigation; general erudition.
WISDOM: the quality or state of being wise; knowledge of what is true or right coupled with just judgment as to action.

How can the understanding of the relationship between data, information and knowledge assist my university study?

Data refers to the research phase of my assignment. Here I can establish what I'm looking for.
Information refers to the building phase of my assignment. This will allow me to draw conclusions at the end.
Knowledge relates to the composition phase of your assignment. I am able to interpret the data and information and begin to develop my own understanding or knowledge of the topic.

List organizations that collect information from their clients or the public. Why do they collect this information?

Information, often in the form of facts or figures obtained from experiments or surveys, can be used as a basis for making calculations or drawing conclusions
information. Examples would include census.

READING 1: "Data, Information, Knowledge, and Wisdom" from
http://www.systems-thinking.org/dikw/dikw.htm

This reading repeats everything that has been discussed during the lecture about data, information and knowledge. It shows the relationships between all three of them in a diagram.

READING 2: "Data, Information, Knowledge, and Wisdom" from http://otec.uoregon.edu/data-wisdom.htm

The reading had a very interesting graph that shows the relationship between learning/experience and the yield (intellectual dividends per measure of effort)

Week 10: Information Management

LECTURE:

Today's lecture was about Information Management.
We read a BBC News article on "Internet Overload".

Information overload refers to the the idea that there are too much information on the internet which makes it hard to decide what information to use.

The internet does not have any limitations.

You can store and manage information in folders, or on hard drives.

Atom based (information format)include books, papers and reports.
Bit based (information format) includes digital reproductions and electronic content.

TUTORIAL:

My screenshot of the 3 favourites I have added to my list:



Negroponte's "Being Digital: The DNA of Information"

I do believe some of Negroponte's ideas are relevant. "Books can go out of print, digital books never go out of print." "Media will become digitally driven by the combined forces of convenience, economic imperative, and deregulation."

READING 1: "Grazing the Net"

This article discussed the idea of "free range students" — young people capable of navigating through a complex, often disorganized information landscape while making up their own minds about the important issues of their lives and their times. I thought this article was quite entertaining to read.

Week 9: Communications.

TUTORIAL:

Today's lecture was about ICT: Information and Communication Technology
We learnt about the role of ICT, and how communication takes place. There are 4 types of communication:
place dependent: all parties have to be in the same place.
place independent: parties can be anywhere.
synchronous: all parties must be engaged at the same time.
asynchronous: parties take their turn in their won time.

ICT examples: computers, mobile phones, radio, TV, Ipods, MSN, discussion boards/ forums, internet realy chat (IRC), Podcasts, bloggs, wiki webs, e-mail.

TUTORIAL:

I entered "Nutrition" as my term of interest and it came up with many groups including: sci.med.nutrition. I found that people had many different questions posted and a variety of responses.

I found that there were a variety of responses and messages posted on the message board.

I searched http://podcasts.yahoo.com/ for podcasts on NUTRITION and found a massive list.



The benefits of podcasts for uni students are as follows:
* If you cannot attend a lecture or class you can listen and watch it in your own time.
* You can listen and watch the lecture again to make sure you havn't missed out any important information that you could not take in during the lecture.
* Review all lectures before exams.

READING 1: "Guide to using e-mail"

This reading was very useful and talked about the DO's and DON'Ts of emailing. It came up with a list of 14 DO's and DON'Ts which are very valid.
The second part to this reading talks about email etiquette. This is very important because I will be using email as one of the main forms of communication as an undergraduate to communicate with tutors, lecturers and group members.

READING 2: "The problem with SPAM"

Spamming is the scourge of electronic-mail and newsgroups on the Internet. It can seriously interfere with the operation of public services. Spammers are, in effect, taking resources away from users and service suppliers without compensation and without authorisation. This reading discussed solutions that don't work and solutions that do work, which I thought was very smart. I now know not to waste my time with solutions that won't work.

Week 8: Presentation Strategies.

LECTURE:

Today's lecture discussed how to present oral assessments.
Features:
* should contain compelling data that will survive scrutiny after the presentation.
* the presenter should make an impression congruent with data.
* should provide an emotional connection that's crucial to the message.

- Remember to make eye contact and be passionate about what you are talking about.
- Generate energy and sell your image.
- Give the audience certainty that what your saying is real.
- Visual messages is not enough on it's own.
- Start with controversy to get people to think and generate ideas.

TUTORIAL:

In tutorials we are asked to make a 6 page powerpoint presentation and come up with 5 strategies to help you deliver a good presentation.

TOP 5 STRATEGIES TO HELP YOU DELIVER A TOP-NOTCH PRESENTATION
1. Keep your audience trust: say "hi" say "bey"
2. Make what you want the audience to know obvious from the start of the talk.
3. KISS - keep it simple stupid
4. Tell them what you are going to tell them , tell them, then tell them what you have told them!
5. The fewer powerwpoint slides the better, simple slides help the audience.



READING 1: "Powerpoint in the classroom"

I enjoyed this resource because I wasn't very good at powerpoint presentations, but it actually helped me to make my presentation for our unit in UPC0001. I found this very handy. It helped me figure out how to ass images and to make the font big so everyone can read it.

Week 7: EndNote Libraries.

LECTURE:

Today's Lecture we learnt about END NOTE

What is END NOTE?
* END NOTE is a referencing guide or reference manager and database.

How does END NOTE work?
* It interacts with word and is an online database of references.

Why use END NOTE?
* It keeps track of a growing number of references.
* It displays a variety of recognised styles of referencing.
* Can be integrated with Microsoft Word.

TUTORIAL:

In tutorials today we had to include examples of referencing five different types of electronic format material:

1. Webpage: Technical specifications (iPhone). [n.d.] Retrieved November, 2007, from Apple: http://www.apple.com/iphone/specs.html

2. Wikipedia: Bindeez. (n.d.) Retrieved November 24, 2007, from Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bindeez

3. Article online in an Internet journal: Fredrickson, B. L. (2000, March 7). Cultivating positive emotions to optimise health and well-being. Prevention & Treatment, 3, Article 0001a. Retrieved November 20, 2000, from http://journals.apa.org/prevention/volume3/pre0030001a.html

4. Lecture nots available online: Smith, J. (2002). PFF 1198 Lecture notes. Retrieved March 14, 2002, from Edith Cowan University, School of Nursing and Public Health website: http://www.ecu.edu.au/fchs/sonph/units/pff1198.html

5. Aggregated database eg. ProQuest: Borman, W. C., Hanson, M. A., Oppler, S. H., Pulakos, E. D., & White, L. A. (1993). Role of early supervisory experience in supervisor performance. Journal of Applied Psychology, 78, 443-449. Retrieved October 23, 2000, from PsycARTICLES database.

Example of my END NOTE tutorial activity:



"Cite while you write" screenshot:



READING 1: "Endnote"

This resource tells you all about Endnote. It tells you what it is, how it works and how to use it. This is very useful and I will definitely be using endnote in my assignments and reports.

READING 2: "Some additional endnote help"

This resource helps with technical support and services. Theres an online users guide which I think is very smart and effective.