Information Architecture in a Project-oriented Course

2021/2022

Modulets indhold, forløb og pædagogik

The module focuses on training the student’s competence in user-driven design of content and structure in all kinds of information systems, irrespective of media, with a special focus on combining different cultural codes and media modalities in the practical reality. The main component of the module is a three-to-four-month project-oriented work placement. In a relevant company, organisation or institution, the student solves one or more issues on the basis of information architecture.

The purpose is for students to develop a knowledge and understanding of the concrete work reality that this programme is directed towards.
The module is evaluated through an individual oral test, which takes the three reflection reports as its point of departure.

The purpose is for students to develop a knowledge and understanding of the concrete work reality that this programme is directed towards. The module is evaluated through an individual oral test, which takes the three reflection reports as its point of departure.

Alternatively the project-oriented course can be carried out in relation to a research project at Aalborg University within Information Architecture or Persuasive Design, or as individual cases carried out in collaboration with external companies.

Læringsmål

Viden

In this module students will acquire knowledge of:

  • theory and methods of Information Architecture in practice with particular emphasis on the interface of theory and methods on the one hand and the cultural, organisational and/or technological complexity of the application area on the other hand
  • the actual work situation towards which the programme is directed
  • communication and collaboration practices within the field of information architecture
  • competence requirements of the discipline in work contexts.

Færdigheder

In this module students will acquire skills in:

  • working in practice on the basis of information architecture, including applying strategies and methods for information architecture, knowledge organization, user analysis, system development and system design
  • assessing issues and solutions within the field of information architecturein practice, on the basis of theories and methods for information architecture, knowledge organization, user analysis, system development or system design
  • communicating knowledge within information architecture to peers and laypeople
  • managing themselves in work contexts with a view to identifying issues pertaining to skills and competences.

Kompetencer

In this module students will acquire competences in:

  • taking an analytical, reflective and critical approach to the preconditions for information architecture, knowledge organization, user analysis, system development or system design in practice
  • taking an analytical, reflective and critical approach to information architecture, knowledge organization, user analysis, system development or system design in practice
  • engaging in disciplinary and interdisciplinary collaboration on information architecture, knowledge organization, user analysis, system development or system design in practice, with a professional approach
  • identifying own learning needs and structuring own learning in relation to the subject area of information architecture, knowledge organization,user analysis, system development or system design in practice.

Eksamen

Prøver

Prøvens navnInformation Architecture in a Project-oriented Course
Prøveform
Mundtlig pba. projekt
The examination is a conversation between the student(s) and the examiner based on a project report produced individually or in a group. The project report/written work will be considered the shared responsibility of the group. Students will be examined and assessed on the basis of the entire project report, and one combined grade will be awarded each student for the project report and the oral performance.

The project report: total number of pages must be no less than 15 pages and no more
than 20 pages per student in a project group, and 30 pages if written individually.

Duration of examination: 20 minutes per student and 10 minutes per group for assessment and announcement of result, although no longer than a total of two hours. 30 minutes in total for individual examinations.

Literature foundation: Minimum 500 standard pages supervisor approved, self-selected literature related to the project.

At oral group examinations, the examination must be conducted in such a way that individual assessment of each individual student’s performance is ensured.
ECTS25
Bedømmelsesform7-trins-skala
CensurIntern prøve
VurderingskriterierVurderingskriterierne er angivet i Universitetets eksamensordning

Fakta om modulet

Engelsk titelInformation Architecture in a Project-oriented Course
ModulkodeKAINFOAR183
ModultypeProjekt
Varighed1 semester
SemesterEfterår
9. semester
ECTS25
UndervisningssprogEngelsk
UndervisningsstedCampus Aalborg
Modulansvarlig

Organisation

StudienævnStudienævn for Kommunikation og Digitale Medier
InstitutInstitut for Kommunikation og Psykologi
FakultetDet Humanistiske og Samfundsvidenskabelige Fakultet