This course develops an ecosystems approach to structures of interactive information. These structures are semantic and technical. They are cultural and creative. We will explore programming, design, authoring, and theory. We will work conceptually, visually, and algorithmically.

• Interactive information as a form of communication.
• Object-oriented JavaScript + Dynamic HTML.
• Visual design, including color theory, space, and foreground/background relationships.
• The design of text and layout, with programming in CSS.
• Visual and conceptual layering.
• The reference as a metadisciplinary structure.
• Practices of collecting from Duchamp to Vaneevar Bush to Borges to DJ Spooky are investigated.
• The problem of how to represent large collections in ways that promote cognition and communication.
• Ontologies, maps, navigation, and information visualiztion as functional semiotic means for structuring interactive information.
• The design of dynamic navigation as an approach addressing the large collections problem.

I ask you to create hypermedia projects that are expressive and interpretive.
You will learn to specify problems, as well as to solve them. By peforming the assignments, you will build yourself a web-accessible interactive portfolio.

This is the class formerly known as 489 Information Media.

Thanks to TETC for learning modules development support.

Professor Andruid Kerne