Collective intelligence and information sharing: a study about the concepts of collective intelligence proposed by Pierre Lévy.

• Grant number: 09/16759-0
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: March 01, 2010
• End date: December 31, 2010
• Field of knowledge: Applied Social Sciences - Information Science - Library and Information Science
• Principal Investigator: Plácida Leopoldina Ventura Amorim da Costa Santos
• Grantee: Angela Halen Claro Bembem
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Filosofia e Ciências (FFC). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de Marília. Marília , SP, Brazil

Abstract

In spite of the increase in the possibilities of using informational technology for spreading information and building knowledge in contemporary life, it can be noted that within the scope of Informational Science, there's still a scarcity of conceptual dissemination about the use of collective intelligence to create efficient and functional collaborative environments in cyberspace. The absence of a conceptual foundation prohibits the use, in their entirety, of new informational technology tools available in the web environment.Thus will be search a descriptive and exploratory study from the Pierre Lévy's work, identify the precepts about collective intelligence that will be able to amplify the possibilities of access to information, and to reinforce in an effective way, the building of knowledge by intelligent collectives in the collaborative environments of the second-generation web. Therefore, will make documentary research, hoping as the results will find support for the optimization of the use of these new information technology tools, in the conceptualization about collective intelligence proposed by Pierre Lévy.Key-works: Technology and Information. Collaborative environments. Collective intelligence.