(Still places available!)
SCIUX at The University of West London is pleased to announce a vibrant
and innovative short courses programme for practitioners and graduates
with an interest in any aspect of user experience. SCIUX courses are
delivered by a recognised team of practitioners and researchers in various
aspects of user experience professional practice.
Introduction to Information Architecture 26 February
https://www.uwl.ac.uk/course/introduction-information-architecture/34075
Aims of Short Course
Why is it easy to find information in some digital information
environments, but difficult in others? Why do some websites make
navigation easy, while others disorient us until we eventually get lost? A
good information architecture can help ensure that digital information
environments are easy to navigate, well-labelled and well-organised. It
can also help ensure that they are usable and effective in meeting
business objectives.
Information architecture involves the development of schemes to support
the organisation and labelling of digital assets. It also involves the
structural design of digital information environments to support users in
finding and navigating those assets.
This 1-day course describes the purpose and value of IA across different
platforms and environments (websites, mobile apps, Intranets, digital
libraries) and outlines the important elements of an effective information
architecture. It focuses on the development of practical skills in
capturing IA requirements, designing IA solutions and in the user-centred
evaluation of digital information environments.
On completion of this short course you will receive an Attendance
certificate awarded by the University of West London.
Tutor Bios
Tony Russell-Rose is founder and director of UXLabs, a research and design
consultancy specialising in complex search and information access
applications. Before founding UXLabs he was head of User Experience at
Endeca and editor of the Endeca UI Design Pattern Library, an online
resource dedicated to best practice in the design of search and discovery
experiences. Prior to this he was technical lead at Reuters, specialising
in advanced user interfaces for information access and search. And before
Reuters he was R&D manager at Canon Research Centre Europe, where he led a
team developing next generation information access products and services.
His academic qualifications include a PhD in artificial intelligence, an
MSc in cognitive psychology and a first degree in engineering, majoring in
human factors. He have published some 70+ scientific papers on search,
user experience and text analytics, and is co-author of ³Designing the
Search Experience: the Information Architecture of Discovery³, published
by Elsevier in 2012. For more information, see
http://isquared.wordpress.com or follow him on Twitter (@tonygrr).
Stephann Makri is a lecturer in Information Architecture at City
University London, with research interests spanning over a decade in
understanding and designing to support users' information-seeking and use
behaviour. He believes that organising and structuring digital information
so that people can find the information they need and find it easily is
paramount for business success. Stephann has been invited to give guest
lectures at several universities within the UK and worldwide, including
the University of Limerick, Columbia University and Western University
(Ontario). For more information, see www.stephann.com or follow him on
Twitter (@StephannMakri).
Course Detail
The 1 day course will cover the following:
€ Purpose and value of Information Architecture
€ Capturing Information Architecture requirements (including
domain/concept models)
€ Organising and labelling information (including sitemaps and card
sorting)
€ Supporting navigation through search and browse (including producing
wireframes)
€ Evaluating Information Architectures
All courses include refreshments, lunch and course materials. An
Attendance Certificate will be given on completion of each course.
Other upcoming courses
Intro to Service Design 28-29 January 2014
User Experience and Internationalisation 07-09 March 2014
If you have an interest in these later courses please send us an email to
register an interest.
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Dr. José Abdelnour Nocera
Reader in Sociotechnical Design
Institute for Practice and Interdisciplinary Research (INSPIRE)
Head of Sociotechnical Centre for Internationalisation and User Experience
(SCIUX)
University of West London
St Mary's Road, Ealing - London W5 5RF
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