Through this course, I’ll produce four information design products tied to the following modules:

• Pre-Telegraphy
• Electronics
• Computing
• 21st Century Information Technology

Course Objectives:

• Assess how people use information technology, and how characteristics of information technologies facilitate certain uses
• Identify basic developments in the history of Information Technology and key trends in the history and emergence of the Internet.
• Produce well-designed information products detailing affordances and uses of information technologies.
• Develop skills associated with producing and making productive use of critiques of information products.

Learner Outcomes:

• Create information products that demonstrate an understanding of information technology in historical and theoretical context.
• Create information products that demonstrate an understanding of information design principles.
• Create information products that demonstrate an ability to select and utilize contemporary and appropriate tools and platforms.

IDT 507 Final: Assessing Progress Towards Information Design Goals