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M/SET 99,San Antonio, March 1999
Combining Art andScience through IT
Johan Groth <[email protected]>The Interactive Instituteand Groth & Groth Ltd.
Division of knowledge I
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Historically no clear distinction between subjects Mathematics and music Philosophy and physics Politics and theology
“How” and “why”
Division of knowledge II
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Today a clear distinction between subjects Natural science Technology Social sciences Humanities Art
Division of knowledge and school
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Different subjects and coursersDifferent teaching methodsDifferent forms of evaluationDifferent “values”
Effects of the division
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“Narrow-mindedness”Limitation in methodsProblems in seeing consequencesProblems in seeing all aspects of a question
The Advent of Internet
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A network of computer networksA set of communication protocolsThe one and only IT infrastructureWill expose the limitations of the division
of knowledge
Why will Internet be The network?
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Based on open standardsScaleableGlobally accepted and growing rapidlyAvailable without major investmentsCost efficientExperienced as a transparent platform
What will we do on Internet?
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Everything! Distribute texts, show pictures Telephone, TV and radio Etc., etc.
“All” information exchange and communication will use Internet
“Everything” will be connected to Internet
Possible limitations
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None!Moore’s law will continue to holdComputer networks will develop even fasterAddresses will never run outEtc., etc.
What does this mean?
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New ways to communicate New ways to exchange informationNew types of knowledgeNew types of co-operationChanges in how we live, learn and work
Changes –Information will be digital
Easy to storeEasy to copy without loss of qualityEasy to distributeEasy to change format
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Changes –All information formats are equal
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Primacy of text is removedAll formats equally easy to handleA return to ”pre-printing press times”The “best” format can be chosen
Changes –“Everything” will be connected
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Share resourcesShare informationWork togetherThe network is more important than the
“computer”
Changes –“Everyone” will take part
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Interests more important than ”closeness”
Changes –Information consumer and producer
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Handle all information types with one toolEasy and cheap to create information in any
formatPossible to reach a world wide audienceNo more broadcastingInitiative will come from the receiver
Changes –Information will be concurrent
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Printed = permanentPossible to change with timePossible to change with userPossible to change with user’s needs
Changes –An invisible development
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Material flows and information are separatedServices become more importantProducts become ”invisible”Companies become ”invisible””Hard to explain what you are doing”
The changes and the division of knowledge
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All information formats available for allLess “number crunching”, more imaginationGlobal “meetings”, wider perspectivesAttract the audiencePersonal services and products
Effects on the educational sector I
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New ”doors” will openNew contacts will be possibleNew information sources will become
availableNo common teaching materialSubjects change and merge
Effects on the educational sector II
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Competition between schoolsDeeper contacts with parents Central role for school librariesParallel changes (buildings, pedagogy etc.)School will depend on a “critical system”
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Interactive multimedia toolAims at “supporting the conceptualisation
and exploration” of various phenomenaE.g. symmetry in mathematics, physics and
musichttp://www.nada.kth.se/cid/
Example: The Garden of Knowledge
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National research instituteMedia, art and ITCross-disciplinary research settingDistributed organisationBetween academy and commercial sectorInterest in different competencies
Example: The Interactive Institute
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There exists a division of knowledgeUnnecessary constraints in research and
educationInternet offers new ways to handle I & CInternet appears to diminish the division of
knowledge
Conclusions