Why are information system important to you? (update)

Why is Information System Important?

Information system is related with our daily life in terms of gain news, knowledge and so on.
Besides that, information are important to us because its tell us about latest news from other country around the world. Information also help us to learn something new in order to practice in our routine of life. On the other hand, it also make our life become more easier and faster to get information in what ever field around the world such as technologies, sports, entertainment and others. Next, information also provide us about nature of human life. For example, we learn about other religion or races culture and compare between their culture with our own culture. In brief, information system nowadays give a big impact in human life to perform a better work for better lifestyle.

As a generic capability, information literacy is a key competency for lifelong learning and is fundamental to the teaching, learning and research of all community.Student Outcomes - states the University's and Institution’s objective in order to "improve students’ learning, broad educational experience, success, satisfaction and outcomes".

A key strategy to achieve this objective is:

• Develop and implement core graduate attributes and embed their achievement in the University’s curriculum.

• locate, evaluate, manage and use information effectively.

Students can locate, evaluate, manage and use information effectively. This includes, but is not restricted to:

• Critical thinking (evaluation of information).

• Information technology skills (location, management and use of information – word processing, spreadsheets, databases including library databases and other discipline specific computer skills).

• Information gathering skills (location and use of information).

One of the key attributes that all lifelong learners need is information literacy. By this we do not simply mean the ability to use information technology effectively, but a cluster of skills dealing with the effective use of information(its location, its evaluation, its management and its use.)