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Survey 4: Input from IA Educators
Methodology
This survey was conducted in July 2006. Known IA educators and those we found
by searching online for recent IA syllabi online were invited to participate.
A total of 48 responses were collected. In this survey we asked:
- 1. Do you now, or have you recently, taught Information Architecture,
Human-Computer Interaction, Library Science, Usability or a related field
of study? If yes, please name the field.
- 2. In that field, what major topics are covered in the courses you are
teaching or have taught?
- 3. What books or other teaching materials do you use in your courses?
- 4. If available, please provide a link to full course description(s):
- 5. Below is a partial list of academic institutions offering degree or
certificate programs related to Information Architecture. Please help us
out by adding those we've missed, or removing those that may no longer exist.
Full results:
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Summary of Results:
Because of the relatively small pool of respondents for this survey, and
because to the open-ended nature of the questions we asked, we suggest you
refer to the full results above to view the wide variety of responses given
for questions 1, 2 and 4.
We have summarized responses from questions 3 and 5 below.
Question 3: What books or other teaching materials do you use
in your courses?
Clearly identified books are listed here. See full results for additional
detail around articles and other resources being used by IA educators.
- About Face: The Essentials of User Interface Design by Alan Cooper
- Ambient Findability by Peter Morville
- Designing Web Usability: The Practice of Simplicity by Jakob Nielsen
- Designing with Web Standards by Jeffrey Zeldman
- Don't Make Me Think: A Common Sense Approach to Web Usability by
Steve Krug
- GUI Bloopers: Don'ts and Do's for Software Developers and Web Designers
by Jeff Johnson
- Handbook of Usability Testing: How to Plan, Design, and Conduct Effective
Tests by Jeffrey Rubin
- How to Build a Digital Library by Ian H. Witten and David Bainbridge
- Human-Computer Interaction in the New Millennium by John M. Carroll
- Human-Computer Interaction: Concepts And Design by J. Preece et
al.
- Information Anxiety 2 by Richard Saul Wurman, David Sume, and Loring
Leifer
- Information Architecture for the World Wide Web by Louis Rosenfeld
and Peter Morville
- Information Architecture: Blueprints for the Web by Christina Wodtke
- Metadata Solutions: Using Metamodels, Repositories, XML, and Enterprise
Portals
to Generate Information on Demand by Adrienne Tannenbaum
- Modern Information Retrieval by Ricardo Baeza-Yates and Berthier
Ribeiro-Neto
- Observing the User Experience: A Practitioner's Guide to User Research
by Mike Kuniavsky
- Organizing Knowledge: An Introduction to Managing Access to Information
by J. E. Rowley and John Farrow
- Paper Prototyping: The Fast and Easy Way to Design and Refine User Interfaces
by Carolyn Snyder
- Persuasive Technology: Using Computers to Change What We Think and Do
by B.J. Fogg
- Rapid Contextual Design: A How-to Guide to Key Techniques for User-Centered
Design by Karen Holtzblatt, Jessamyn Burns Wendell, Shelley Wood
- Task-Centered User Interface Design by Clayton Lewis and John Rieman
- The Design of Everyday Things by Donald A. Norman
- The Humane Interface: New Directions for Designing Interactive Systems
by Jef Raskin
- The Inmates Are Running the Asylum: Why High Tech Products Drive Us
Crazy and How to Restore the Sanity by Alan Cooper
- The Organization of Information by Arlene G. Taylor
- The Practical Guide to Information Design by Ronnie Lipton
- The Usability Engineering Lifecycle: A Practitioner's Handbook for User
Interface Design by Deborah J. Mayhew
- Usability for the Web: Designing Web Sites that Work by Tom Brinck,
Darren Gergle, and Scott D. Wood
- Usability Inspection Methods by Jakob Nielsen and Robert L. Mack
- Visual Revelations: Graphical Tales of Fate and Deception From Napoleon
Bonaparte To Ross Perot by Howard Wainer
Question 5: Below is a partial list of academic institutions offering
degree or certificate programs related to Information Architecture. Please help
us out by adding those we've missed, or removing those that may no longer exist.
A full list of all educational institutions mentioned is supplied here, including
those in our original list. Some of these institutions offer full degree programs,
some may offer no more than ocasional classes in related topics. Because of
the frequently-changing nature of IA-related programs, you'll need to consult
the educational institution directly for details about their programs and course
offerings.
- Arizona State University - Multimedia
Writing and Technical Communication
- Averett University - Human-Computer
Interaction
- Bentley College - Human
Factors in Information Design
- Bowling Green University - Computer
Science
- Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo - College
of Liberal Arts
- California State University, Chico - Department
of Communication Design
- Carleton University - Human
Oriented Technology Lab
- Carnegie Mellon - Human-Computer
Interaction Institute
- The Catholic University of America - School
of Library & Information Science, Human
Factors Psychology
- Clemson University - Human
Factors Psychology
- The College of Saint Catherine - Library
and Information Science
- Columbia College (Chicago) - Interactive
Multimedia Program
- DePaul University - School
of Computer Science, Telecommunications and Information Systems (CTI),
Program
in Human-Computer Interaction
- Drexel University Online - Library
& Information Science
- Duke University - Information
Science and Information Studies
- Fairmont State University - Library
Science Program
- Georgia State University - Robinson
College of Business
- Georgia Tech - School
of School of Literature, Communication & Culture
- Illinois Institute of Technology - Institute
of Design
- Indiana University - School
of Library and Information Science, Human-Computer
Interaction
- Iowa State University - Human-Computer
Interaction
- Interaction
Design Institute Ivrea (and Domus Academy)
- Kent State University - Information
Architecture and Knowledge Management
- Long Island University - Palmer
School of Library and Information Science
- McDaniel College - Department
of Communication
- Michigan Technological University
- MIT - Media Lab
- New England School
of Art & Design @ Suffolk University
- New Jersey Institute of Technology - Human-Computer
Interaction
- Parsons School of Design - Design
& Technology
- Pratt Institute - School
of Information and Library Science
- Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute - Human-Computer
Interaction
- Rice University - Human-Computer
Interaction
- Rochester Institute of Technology
- San Francisco State University - Multimedia
Studies Program
- San Jose State University - Professional
Development Center
- The Savannah College of Art
and Design
- Simmons College, Boston - Graduate
School of Library & Information Science
- Stanford University - Human
Computer Interaction Group
- Tufts University - Human-Computer
Interaction
- University at Albany (SUNY) - College
of Computing and Information
- University at Buffalo (SUNY) - School
of Informatics
- University of Arizona, Tucson - School
of Information Resources & Library Science
- University of Baltimore - Information
Arts and Technologies
- University of California, Berkeley - School
of Information (iSchool), Extension: Certificate
in Technical Communication
- University of California, San Diego -Extension
- University of California, Santa Cruz -Extension
- University of Canberra - Professional
Communication
- University of Colorado, Denver - Communication
Department
- University of Denver - Library
and Information Science Program, Digital
Media Studies
- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign - Graduate
School of Library and Information Science
- University of Maryland - College
of Information Studies
- University of Michigan - School
of Information
- University of Minnesota - College
of Continuing Education
- University of North Carolina - Information
& Library Science
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill - School
of Journalism and Mass Communication
- University of Northern Colorado at Greeley - School
of Communication
- University of Oklahoma - School
of Library and Information Studies
- University of Oregon - Human
Computer Interaction
- University of Pittsburg - Library
and Information Science Program
- University of South Florida - School
of Library and Information Science
- University of Texas, Austin - School
of Information
- University of Toronto, Ontario - Information
Studies
- University of Virginia - Human
Computer Interaction
- University of Washington, Seattle - Information
School
- University of Western Ontario - Information
& Media Studies
- University of Wisconsin, Madison - School
of Library & Information Studies
- University of Wisconsin, Superior - Library
Science Program
- Wayne State University - Library
and Information Science
Human Factors International maintains a complete list of "North American
programs [that] offer graduate training in human-computer interaction or software
ergonomics": http://www.humanfactors.com/downloads/degrees.asp.
We have not repeated all of their listings here.
