INFORMATICS

V. SriramChief Librarian

Centre for Development StudiesThiruvananthapuram

Email: sriram@cds.edu

Information Technology

• IT Literacy

• IT for entertainment

• IT for education

• IT for development

• IT for survival

IT Overview

An introduction about the IT concepts

Essential things in everyday life. Used by majority of people in most places.

• Changes in Technology

• Generations of gadgets

• PDA’s, Tablets, Mobile Phones, Google Glass

• Open Source Software

• Android / Firefox

Knowledge Skills for Higher Education.

Vast amount of knowledge is available in digital form and in virtual world.

Basics of network, formats and access methods.

• Using Internet

• Academic writing

• Repositories

• Databases

Social Informatics

The ethical, legal, and moral challenges posed by computers and technology

• Responsible use

• Open software and its freedom

• Health and safety

Managing Data

• Most of the data sets are available online

• Knowledge about handling data sets.

• Use of appropriate Software for practical statistical analysis

• Data input, analysis, data presentation

R

• R is a free software environment for statistical computing and graphics. It compiles and runs on a wide variety of UNIX platforms, Windows and MacOS.

• http://www.r-project.org/

“Being computer literate doesn’t mean you need to know enough to program a computer or build one yourself. Just as with a car, you should know enough about it to take care of it and use it effectively.”

- Informatics: Technology in Action

Thank you!