a) Accordding to the short video, how have these technologies improved the way that knowledge is stored, created and shared?
In the past, information is stored by words and papers, which occupied lots of space.
Nowdays, information can be easily searched from the internet. There are lots of searching engine on the internet, for instnace, Google, Yahoo, Wikipedia, encyclopedia brittannica,etc.
In the past, information is stored by words and papers, which occupied lots of space.
Nowdays, information can be easily searched from the internet. There are lots of searching engine on the internet, for instnace, Google, Yahoo, Wikipedia, encyclopedia brittannica,etc.
- Information on the internet is more up-to-date
- Saving papers
- Easy to search
b) Is the picture that this video paints too optimistic? Does it leave anything out?
Most of the information on the internet can not 100% guaranteed since some information may be fabricated.
Freedom of speech on the internet can be enhanced, since anyone can give their opinion and they do not need to shoulder any responsibility.
1. What is a brief history of the encyclopedia?
Encyclopedia Britannica is an educational tool with high reputation. It was published in the late 18th century. There were three Scots founded the Encyclopedia Britannica, Colin Macfarquhar, William Smellie and Andrew Bell. The articles emphasized utility, science and art. The 2nd edition had added history, biographies and an appendix. The 3rd to 6th edition had been amended with multi-volume supplements. The 9th edition of Britannica was regarded as a landmark; it often called “the Scholar’s Edition”. It was published in late 1880s, having 24 volumes and one index volume. The Scots mastered advanced scientific and mathematical topics and historical interpretation of the Bible. Success of he 9th edition Britannica led to publication of the first American edition. Under a sponsorship of The Times of London, the 10th edition was published with 11-volume supplement to the 9th edition in 1903. New elements were added, such as hand-written letters, telegrams, limited-time offers and so on. In 1960, Encyclopedia Britannica co-operated with the Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions for a study. After five years of joint commitment, a board of distinguished scholars accepted the brainchild of Dr. Mortimer Adler, who proposed the creation of three encyclopedias rolled into one. Nowadays, people can use the digital versions of Britannica on the internet. In the 1980s, Microsoft co-operated with Britannica Inc. to collaborate on a CD-ROM encyclopedia. An online version of Britannica was launched in 1994.
- Saving papers
- Easy to search
b) Is the picture that this video paints too optimistic? Does it leave anything out?
Most of the information on the internet can not 100% guaranteed since some information may be fabricated.
Freedom of speech on the internet can be enhanced, since anyone can give their opinion and they do not need to shoulder any responsibility.
1. What is a brief history of the encyclopedia?
Encyclopedia Britannica is an educational tool with high reputation. It was published in the late 18th century. There were three Scots founded the Encyclopedia Britannica, Colin Macfarquhar, William Smellie and Andrew Bell. The articles emphasized utility, science and art. The 2nd edition had added history, biographies and an appendix. The 3rd to 6th edition had been amended with multi-volume supplements. The 9th edition of Britannica was regarded as a landmark; it often called “the Scholar’s Edition”. It was published in late 1880s, having 24 volumes and one index volume. The Scots mastered advanced scientific and mathematical topics and historical interpretation of the Bible. Success of he 9th edition Britannica led to publication of the first American edition. Under a sponsorship of The Times of London, the 10th edition was published with 11-volume supplement to the 9th edition in 1903. New elements were added, such as hand-written letters, telegrams, limited-time offers and so on. In 1960, Encyclopedia Britannica co-operated with the Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions for a study. After five years of joint commitment, a board of distinguished scholars accepted the brainchild of Dr. Mortimer Adler, who proposed the creation of three encyclopedias rolled into one. Nowadays, people can use the digital versions of Britannica on the internet. In the 1980s, Microsoft co-operated with Britannica Inc. to collaborate on a CD-ROM encyclopedia. An online version of Britannica was launched in 1994.
a) according to Wikipedia.
-Free web-based
- it's community-edited. indviduals can freely edit information from the website
- Some articles are combinations of several articles.
- Runs on the mediawiki engine
- With semantic annotations
b) according to Encyclopedia Brittannica
- limit a input-Editors are often scholars, they have organized the topics before publishing.
- Index- to give readers assistance in obtaining information under headings
- Alphabetical system of arrangement
3. Which encyclopedia was most useful for this research?
Encyclopedia Britannica, it is because the articles are written by experts and scholars, which are more guaranteed than those articles are written by public.
4. Can you trust this encyclopedia 100%? why or why not?
In my opinion, anything on the internet cannot be 100% trusted. Even the encyclopedia Britannica, though all the articles are written by experts and scholars, however, some information may not up-to-date.
In terms of Wikipedia, it is not 100% trustable, because of its community-edited policy. Anyone can freely edit and upload information from the website. In addition, some articles are combination of several articles; those cannot show a detail or trustable reference or annotation to their articles.
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