SOC 880 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Massive Open Online Course, Sebastian Thrun, Research Works Act
14 Oct 2018
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Extremely large data sets that may be analyzed computationally to reveal patterns, trends, and associations, especially relating to human behavior and interactions. The promise of big data is that a vast volume of information will help us solve complex problems as never before, but the proliferation of icts has also revived fears of information overload and information anxiety. Those who work with big data argue that all information is relevant, and all information is manageable. The collection and analysis of data relating to the natural world by members of the general public, typically as part of a collaborative project with professional scientists. The popularity of citizen science initiatives may indicate that crowdsourcing can be better suited to certain forms of knowledge production than traditional methods. Knowledge that is induced by peer-production networks. Successful knowledge networks encourage countless anonymous users to freely upload information to contribute to a larger whole rather than a small team of experts.
