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(1) Syllabus Heading

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  • Course title: Interactive Visualization
  • Dates:  November 2 – December 1 2017
  • Days: Tuesday to Friday
  • Hours:
  • Classroom: 
  • Instructor name:
  • Instructor email: 
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  • Lecture hours: 09.30 – 17.00
  • Office hours: 09.30 – 17.00
  • Classroom: TBD
  • Instructors:
    • Benjamin Wiederkehr, benjamin@interactivethings.com, data analysis, visualization, interaction, narration, communication, and evaluation, 
    • Timo Grossenbacher (timo.grossenbacher@srf.ch), data literacy, acquisition, mining, formatting, and basic statistics.
    • Joël Gähwiler, joel.gaehwiler@zhdk.ch, technology and programming

The module takes place over 5 weeks, including a reading week (3), from Tuesday to Friday, 9.30 – 17.00, November 02 – December 01 2017.
Class sessions include lectures, discussions, mentoring sessions, in-class exercises, assignments and independent study blocks.
Projects are conducted in groups of 4 students.

Class sessions:

  • Lectures: Presentations will introduce the students to the essential theory and practice of data visualization.
  • Design Studio: Collective review sessions where the students can get and give feedback to their current state.
  • Coding Lab: Collaborative coding sessions where the students can experiment and get support.
  • Group Mentoring: Individual review and coaching sessions where the instructors give advice to groups of students.

(2) Overview and Objectives

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Week 1

Tuesday 28.3

Wednesday 29.3

Thursday 30.3

Friday 31.3

Morning

Kickoff
09.30-11.00
Introduction about the module, Presentation of the topic, Note on Documentation
JB

11.00-12.00
Ethnographic study
NF

Field Research

Independent Study




11.00-12.00
Exercise: Idea
Generation
JB

Field Research / Independent Study 

Afternoon

13.00-13.45
Brainstorming session
NF

13.45-14.15
Exercise: group building
JB  

14.15-14.45
Renting Equipment
NF

14.45-15.30
Get prepared for Field Research
NF

15.30-
Initial Field Research 

13.00-14.00
Group presentations:
First Impressions
JB, NF

14.00-15.00
Sense Making (AEIO)
NF

15.00-
Independent Study 


13.00-15.00
Mentoring: Sense Making and Clustering (Going Back to the Field)
NF

15.00-
Field Research

13.00-15.00
Group presentations: Inspirations and Field Research
JB, NF

Week 2

Tuesday 4.4

Wednesday 5.4

Thursday 6.4

Friday 7.4

Morning

09.30-11.30
Theory Class - IAD Method
JB


09.30-12.00
Mentoring: Narrowing
Down
NF

Independent Study 

Independent Study:
Preparation of presentation

Afternoon

13.00-13.15
Expectations for the week
JB

13.15-15.30
Exercise: Very rapid prototyping
JB

15.30-16.00
Group Presentations: mock-ups
JB, NF 

Independent Study:
Desk-based Research
(Related work,
state of the art)

Independent Study 

13.00-15.00
Group presentations: Related Work and Production Plan for the next 4 weeks
JB, NF

Week 3

Tuesday 11.4

Wednesday 12.4

Thursday 13.4

Friday 14.4

Morning

09.30-11.30 
Theory Class - IAD Method
JB

11.30-12.30
Mentoring: Protyping
JB

Independent Study 

09.30-12.00
Mentoring
JB

Holiday

Afternoon

13.00-15.00
Exercise: Prototyping Ideas
JB

15.00-
Independent Study 

Independent Study 

13.00-15.00
Group presentations: Prototypes
JB

Week 4

Tuesday 18.4

Wednesday 19.4

Thursday 20.4

Friday 21.4

Morning

09.30-12.00 
Mentoring: Storytelling
JB

Independent Study

Independent Study

09.30-12.00
Group presentations:
Storytelling
NF 

Afternoon

13.00-15.00
Exercise: Storytelling
JB

13.00-16.00
Mentoring
JB

Independent Study

13.00-16.00
Mentoring: Storyboards
NF

Week 5

Tuesday 25.4

Wednesday 26.4

Thursday 27.4

Friday 28.4


Reading Week

Reading Week

Mentoring: Video production (optional) 
NF 

Reading Week

Reading Week


Week 6

Tuesday 2.5

Wednesday 3.5

Thursday 4.5

Friday 5.5

Morning

09.30-12.00
Group presentations:
Back from the reading week
JB, NF 
09.30-12.00
Mentoring
JB		09.30-12.00
Mentoring: Editing
NF

09.30-12.00
Final Group presentations
JB, NF 

Afternoon

13.00-16.00
Mentoring: Editing
NF		Independent StudyIndependent Study


JB: Joëlle Bitton, NF: Nicole Foesterl