What is the Educational Curriculum?
The Institute plans to develop a recommended curriculum framework to assist instructors in planning IA classes. It will include an outline of educational topics and a process for applying the framework.
Benefits
- Overall improvement the quality of information architecture education
- Assist instructors in creating and refining curricula over time
- To some extent, establish a standard educational core of information architecture concepts and skills
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Daily progress of this initiative is tracked at the IA Curriculum page of the AIfIA Projects Wiki.
Until the framework is released, see the syllabi below for examples of existing classes:
- Kent State University, Masters of Science in Information Architecture and Knowledge Management, Kent, Ohio, USA
- University of Michigan, School of Information, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
- University of Alberta, School of Library and Information Studies, Information Architecture Course, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
- University of Baltimore, Master of Science in Interaction Design and Information Architecture, Information Arts and Technogies, Baltimore, MD, USA
