This document contains snippets and quotes on the topic of information architecture. It discusses how information architecture is like the architecture of physical spaces in how it organizes categories, connections, time and actions. It also discusses how information architecture is related to culture and is shaped by cultural values. The document explores the limits of information and how too much information can sometimes cause trouble rather than help. It emphasizes that information architecture aims to create environments to aid understanding.
Guest lecture for the Hyperlinked Library MOOC, a free online course offered by Michael Stephens, Kyle Jones, and the School of Library and Information Science at San José State University.
Guest lecture for the Hyperlinked Library MOOC, a free online course offered by Michael Stephens, Kyle Jones, and the School of Library and Information Science at San José State University.
Xenophilia: how a love of difference is essential in making connectionsDrew Whitworth
Keynote at the 2016 libraries@cambridge conference. I discuss the importance of making connections for learning, and why we should embed 'xenophilia' -- the love of difference -- into our information and education systems in order to optimise the environment for learning.
Presentation given at the SRHE (Society for Research into Higher Education) conference, December 2015, Newport, South Wales. How has digital literacy been defined in different ways in the last 40 years? Is it a way of confirming authority, or redistributing it?
The People System and Tool System are the two arms of federated augmented capacity to deal with complex problems - the former needs to be made explicit, with social technologies, such as Theory U, for leadership and systemic innovation, lest the noetic exoskeleton be led blindly.
Social Network Analysis and collaborative learningFabio Nascimbeni
The presentation explore how network thinking and social network analysis can be useful to improve learners motivation and performance in collaborative learning settings.
Critical Pedagogy, Organic Writing, and the Changing Nature of ScholarshipJesse Stommel
Using critical pedagogy as the foundation for their work in hybrid and fully-digital environments, Jesse Stommel (Assistant Professor of Digital Humanities at University of Wisconsin-Madison; @Jessifer) and Pete Rorabaugh (Assistant Professor of English in the English, Technical Communication, and Media Arts Department at Southern Polytechnic State University; @allistelling) explore how academic writing and scholarship are changing from within and without. Pete discusses the practice of Organic Writing and how the affordances of digital environments allow us to explore how to teach writing as a creative and critical thinking process. Jesse focuses on the ways that new-form multimodal scholarship upsets the distinction between academic writing and public outreach.
Xenophilia: how a love of difference is essential in making connectionsDrew Whitworth
Keynote at the 2016 libraries@cambridge conference. I discuss the importance of making connections for learning, and why we should embed 'xenophilia' -- the love of difference -- into our information and education systems in order to optimise the environment for learning.
Presentation given at the SRHE (Society for Research into Higher Education) conference, December 2015, Newport, South Wales. How has digital literacy been defined in different ways in the last 40 years? Is it a way of confirming authority, or redistributing it?
The People System and Tool System are the two arms of federated augmented capacity to deal with complex problems - the former needs to be made explicit, with social technologies, such as Theory U, for leadership and systemic innovation, lest the noetic exoskeleton be led blindly.
Social Network Analysis and collaborative learningFabio Nascimbeni
The presentation explore how network thinking and social network analysis can be useful to improve learners motivation and performance in collaborative learning settings.
Critical Pedagogy, Organic Writing, and the Changing Nature of ScholarshipJesse Stommel
Using critical pedagogy as the foundation for their work in hybrid and fully-digital environments, Jesse Stommel (Assistant Professor of Digital Humanities at University of Wisconsin-Madison; @Jessifer) and Pete Rorabaugh (Assistant Professor of English in the English, Technical Communication, and Media Arts Department at Southern Polytechnic State University; @allistelling) explore how academic writing and scholarship are changing from within and without. Pete discusses the practice of Organic Writing and how the affordances of digital environments allow us to explore how to teach writing as a creative and critical thinking process. Jesse focuses on the ways that new-form multimodal scholarship upsets the distinction between academic writing and public outreach.
Investing in library users and potential users: The Many Faces of Digital Vis...Lynn Connaway
Connaway, L. S. (2018). Investing in library users and potential users: The Many Faces of Digital Visitors and Residents. Presented at SLA-AGLA, March 6, 2018, Muscat, Oman.
Investing in library users and potential users: The Many Faces of Digital Vi...OCLC
Connaway, L. S. (2018). Investing in library users and potential users: The Many Faces of Digital Visitors and Residents. Presented at SLA-AGLA, March 6, 2018, Muscat, Oman.
The Relationship Of AI With Human Thinking.pptxssusere5168c
Do you believe you make all your decisions on your own? Not, even as I am writing this blog. Artificial Intelligence (AI) may shape our judgments. We make several decisions daily, such as where to go, what to eat, where to shop, what to read, and so on. This helps humans in all aspects of their daily lives. You might listen to someone or browse for reviews to help you decide. To make a choice. But what if the information is biased?
The Relationship Of AI With Human Thinking.pdfVijayRout1
Can Artificial Intelligence Replace Our Friends And Teachers?
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is being used to help people make decisions. It collects and analyses huge amounts of data and provides us with conclusions. AI not only allows us to direct, purchase, and so on. But it also allows us to make more critical decisions about our current societal benefits, such as medical treatment, verdicts, health insurance, and so on.
The Homunculus Problem: Why You Will Lose the Battle of BYODMichele Chubirka
BYOD, it's the new enterprise Boogie Man, striking fear into the heart of security professionals everywhere. We think this is a simple issue of policy, but if a recent study is correct and 20-somethings will risk their jobs to use their own devices, it's clear there's more going on. One explanation for the attachment to our smartphones and tablets can be found in neuroscience.
Studies show that texting, Twitter and Facebook usage activate the same addictive patterns in the brain as heroin and cigarettes. With advances in neuroengineering and brain computer interfaces, it sounds as if we're arguing with the inevitable, ultimate BYOD. Science continues to make advancements toward using technology to overcome the limitations of paralysis or to repair the damaged areas of the brain. Many of these devices will be wireless and in our enterprises. Parag Khanna and Ayesha Khanna in a recent TED book said we've entered a Hybrid Age, "...a new sociotechnical era that is unfolding as technologies merge with each other and humans merge with technology..." The BYOD cat is out of the bag, the barbarians are at the gates. Therefore, the answer to BYOD cannot be, “No,” but a qualified “Yes, and....”
Talk given at the Neurons London Meetup in April 2018. I discuss where AI is now, what we know from biology and whether it is possible that abstract algorithms could lead to intelligence.
Opening Keynote for the 2019 STC Technical Communication Summit in Denver, Colorado by Peter Morville. Transcript is available at https://semanticstudios.com/tomorrows-architects/
Book Formatting: Quality Control Checks for DesignersConfidence Ago
This presentation was made to help designers who work in publishing houses or format books for printing ensure quality.
Quality control is vital to every industry. This is why every department in a company need create a method they use in ensuring quality. This, perhaps, will not only improve the quality of products and bring errors to the barest minimum, but take it to a near perfect finish.
It is beyond a moot point that a good book will somewhat be judged by its cover, but the content of the book remains king. No matter how beautiful the cover, if the quality of writing or presentation is off, that will be a reason for readers not to come back to the book or recommend it.
So, this presentation points designers to some important things that may be missed by an editor that they could eventually discover and call the attention of the editor.
White wonder, Work developed by Eva TschoppMansi Shah
White Wonder by Eva Tschopp
A tale about our culture around the use of fertilizers and pesticides visiting small farms around Ahmedabad in Matar and Shilaj.
You could be a professional graphic designer and still make mistakes. There is always the possibility of human error. On the other hand if you’re not a designer, the chances of making some common graphic design mistakes are even higher. Because you don’t know what you don’t know. That’s where this blog comes in. To make your job easier and help you create better designs, we have put together a list of common graphic design mistakes that you need to avoid.
Can AI do good? at 'offtheCanvas' India HCI preludeAlan Dix
Invited talk at 'offtheCanvas' IndiaHCI prelude, 29th June 2024.
https://www.alandix.com/academic/talks/offtheCanvas-IndiaHCI2024/
The world is being changed fundamentally by AI and we are constantly faced with newspaper headlines about its harmful effects. However, there is also the potential to both ameliorate theses harms and use the new abilities of AI to transform society for the good. Can you make the difference?
7 Alternatives to Bullet Points in PowerPointAlvis Oh
So you tried all the ways to beautify your bullet points on your pitch deck but it just got way uglier. These points are supposed to be memorable and leave a lasting impression on your audience. With these tips, you'll no longer have to spend so much time thinking how you should present your pointers.
19. “There is a problem in discussing
systems only with words. Words and
sentences must, by necessity, come only
one at a time in linear, logical order.
Systems happen all at once. They are
connected not just in one direction, but
in many directions simultaneously.”
20.
21. The design and management
of information systems.
Understanding the nature
of information in systems.
38. “There’s a secret about MRIs and
back pain: the most common
problems physicians see on MRI and
attribute to back pain – herniated,
ruptured, and bulging discs – are
seen almost as commonly on MRIs of
healthy people without back pain.”
39. “If you want to accelerate
someone’s death, give him a
personal doctor. I don’t mean
provide him with a bad doctor.
Just pay for him to choose his
own. Any doctor will do.”
43. “It is now my suggestion that many
people may not want information, and
that they will avoid using a system
precisely because it gives them
information…If you have information,
you must first read it. You must then try
to understand it. Understanding the
information may show that your work
was wrong, or may show that your work
was needless. Thus not having and not
using information can lead to less trouble
and pain than having and using it.”
Calvin Mooers (1959)
The limits of information
52. “Where architects use forms and spaces to design
environments for inhabitation, information architects use
nodes and links to create environments for understanding.”
Jorge Arango, Architectures (2011)
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55. “When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it
hitched to everything else in the universe.”
John Muir