workplan
schedule
Date | Theme | Readings | Breakout Guest |
| 1/5/2011 | Course Overview | ||
| 1/12/2011 | The Nature of Information Architecture | ||
| 1/19/2011 | Librarians & Architects: UnMixing our Metaphors | Richard Saul Wurman, The Information Architects (1996) / Rosenfeld & Morville, Information Architecture for the World Wide Web 1st Edition (1998) | Lou Rosenfeld |
| 1/26/2011 | The Anatomy of IA | Eric Reiss, Practical Information Architecture: A Hands-On Approach to Structuring Successful Websites (2000) / Christina Wodtke, Information Architecture: Blueprints for the Web, 1st Edition (2002) | Eric Reiss |
| 2/2/2011 | IA: Serving Business | Peter Van Dijk, Information Architecture for Designers: Structuring Websites for Business Success (2003) | Dan Brown |
| 2/9/2011 | Deliverables | Dan Brown, Communicating Design 2nd Edition (2010) | Russ Unger |
| 2/16/2011 | IA x UX | Jesse James Garrett, The Elements of User Experience, 1st Edition (2003) / Russ Unger, A Project Guide to UX Design (2009) | Christian Crumlish |
| 2/23/2011 | IA/IxD: Making Interfaces | Dan Saffer, Designing For Interaction, 2nd Edition (2009) / Christian Crumlish and Erin Malone, Designing Social Interfaces (2009) | RSW |
| 3/2/2011 | Spring Break | ||
| 3/9/2011 | IA:UX:IxD | Differentiation Exercises | |
| 3/16/2011 | IA: The Understanding Business | Richard Saul Wurman, Information Anxiety 1 (1989) / Information Anxiety 2 (2000) / Richard Saul Wurman, Hats (1989) / Follow The Yellow Brick Road (1991) | Peter Morville |
| 3/23/2011 | Polar Bear IA | Rosenfeld & Morville, Information Architecture for the World Wide Web 3rd Edition (2008) / Peter Morville, Ambient Findability (2005) | |
| 3/30/2011 | TBD - Dan at IA Summit | Kristina Halvorson, Content Strategy for the Web (2009) / Jesse James Garrett, The Elements of User Experience, 2nd Edition (2010/11) | |
| 4/6/2011 | The Architecture of Persuasion | BJ Fogg, Persuasive Technology (2003), The New Rules of Persuasion (2009) / Scott Brinker et. al, Honest Seduction (2009) | |
| 4/13/2011 | The Future of IA | Dave Gray, Sunni Brown, James Macanufo, Gamestorming (2010) / Andrea Resmini and Luca Rosati, Pervasive Information Architecture (2011) | Andrea Resmini |
| 4/20/2011 | Study Day, No Class | ||
| 4/27/2010 | Final Exam | ||