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(1) Syllabus Overview

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Brief structure of the module over the semester (how the module is organised week by week or if the course is designed in 3 parts, etc)

The module is split into three parts:

  1. One week of data literacy where students learn the basics of data acquisition, mining, formatting, and statistics.
  2. One week of self-study where students read articles, watch videos, and listen to podcasts relevant to the topic of data visualization.
  3. Three weeks of learning and applying the basics of data visualization within a group assignment to build their own interactive visualization.

(4) Expectations and Grading

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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