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Visual Information Science
Summer 2011 Course Information
Dr. Yan Ma
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If you are interested in meeting challenges in our profession, explore beyond the textual information world, and take a course at the pace of your time and space anytime and anywhere, have you thought about taking Visual Information Science this summer?
Course Description and Overview
With the proliferation of visual information in our daily lives, the need to incorporate the studies of visual information and visual literacy into the curriculum is one of the most pressing tasks. Our efforts in the past have been focused on textual information. How about visual information at this visual information age? That is the challenge to all of us and our profession. Visual Information Science course will provide you with an exciting opportunity to examine visual information science issues.
Topics Covered
- Study the nature of information in textual and visual forms.
- Study the interdisciplinary nature of visual information science.
- Study information and visual information and communications theories.
- Understand and analyze needs and uses for both textual and visual information. User information seeking behavior for both textual and visual information.
- Discuss information policy, intellectual property, and copyright for both textual and visual information.
- Understand the theory and practice of information storage and retrieval systems for both textual and visual information.
- Understand and study issues relating to user interface design.
- Explore information technology for visual information science.
- Study research methods for textual and visual information.
- Become familiar with important journals, books, and authors.
This syllabus is not a contract. The instructor reserves the right to alter the course requirements and/or assignments based on new materials, class discussions, or other legitimate pedagogical objectives.
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