The document outlines a workshop on teaching information architecture held at the IA Summit 2014, emphasizing the importance of collaboration and dialogue among educators in the field. Key participants include notable figures in human-computer interaction, design education, and interaction design, highlighting their contributions to curriculum development. The workshop aims to address the educational approaches in IA and promote effective communication among various stakeholders involved in teaching design.

1. TEACHING INFORMATION ARCHITECTURE
A ROUND TABLE WORKSHOP AT THE IA SUMMIT 2014 – SAN DIEGO
KEITH INSTONE
Teaching IA = Connections
HCI, IxD, IS, VD, UX, ...

2. Slide 2 Keith Instone: Closing the Research-Practice Gap
What I talked about here last year
REFRAMING INFORMATION ARCHITECTURE
A ROUND TABLE WORKSHOP AT THE IA SUMMIT 2014 - BALTIMORE

3. Slide 3 Keith Instone: Teaching IA = Connections
One of my key points last year
REFRAMING INFORMATION ARCHITECTURE
A ROUND TABLE WORKSHOP AT THE IA SUMMIT 2014 - BALTIMORE

4. Slide 4 Keith Instone: Teaching IA = Connections
The Process of Reframing IA Education
TEACHING INFORMATION ARCHITECTURE
A ROUND TABLE WORKSHOP AT THE IA SUMMIT 2014 – SAN DIEGO
Writing papers
+ Talking (amongst ourselves)
+ NOTHING ELSE
= FAIL

5. Slide 5 Keith Instone: Teaching IA = Connections
The Process of Reframing IA Education
TEACHING INFORMATION ARCHITECTURE
A ROUND TABLE WORKSHOP AT THE IA SUMMIT 2014 – SAN DIEGO
Realistic goal:
Who we should talk with after
today
Stretch goal: who is in the room with
us next time

6. Slide 6 Keith Instone: Teaching IA = Connections
Who is this? Why should we talk with him?
TEACHING INFORMATION ARCHITECTURE
A ROUND TABLE WORKSHOP AT THE IA SUMMIT 2014 – SAN DIEGO

7. Slide 7 Keith Instone: Teaching IA = Connections
Nathan Shedroff
TEACHING INFORMATION ARCHITECTURE
A ROUND TABLE WORKSHOP AT THE IA SUMMIT 2014 – SAN DIEGO
● Nathan Shedroff
● Profiled at Argus Center for Information
Architecture, 2000 (& worked with RSW)
● Author, Experience Design
● “What it means to be strategic”, UXSTRAT
● ….... (too many more to mention) ….....
● AIGA Director
● Chair, MBA in Design Strategy Program, CCA
● Open-Source Curricula

8. Slide 8 Keith Instone: Teaching IA = Connections
AIGA, Visual Design, Architecture
TEACHING INFORMATION ARCHITECTURE
A ROUND TABLE WORKSHOP AT THE IA SUMMIT 2014 – SAN DIEGO
The AIGA Design Educators Community (DEC) goals:
facilitate communication among design educators
create, foster and promote dialogue;
produce design education events such as conferences and competitions
present current research and teaching methods
establish standards for design education
differentiate between design's various subdisciplines
raise the level of design-driven thinking in schools across the country
communicate the value of design education to the larger profession

9. Slide 9 Keith Instone: Teaching IA = Connections
Who is this? Why should we talk with him?
TEACHING INFORMATION ARCHITECTURE
A ROUND TABLE WORKSHOP AT THE IA SUMMIT 2014 – SAN DIEGO

10. Slide 10 Keith Instone: Teaching IA = Connections
David Malouf
TEACHING INFORMATION ARCHITECTURE
A ROUND TABLE WORKSHOP AT THE IA SUMMIT 2014 – SAN DIEGO
● David Malouf
● Former Professor of Interaction Design,
SCAD Industrial Design Department
● Former Sr. Interaction design for Motorola
Enterprise Mobility
● IxDA Education Summit co-chair

11. Slide 11 Keith Instone: Teaching IA = Connections
IxDA Education Summit
TEACHING INFORMATION ARCHITECTURE
A ROUND TABLE WORKSHOP AT THE IA SUMMIT 2014 – SAN DIEGO

12. Slide 12 Keith Instone: Teaching IA = Connections
Who is this? Why should we talk with her?
TEACHING INFORMATION ARCHITECTURE
A ROUND TABLE WORKSHOP AT THE IA SUMMIT 2014 – SAN DIEGO

13. Slide 13 Keith Instone: Teaching IA = Connections
Elizabeth Churchill
TEACHING INFORMATION ARCHITECTURE
A ROUND TABLE WORKSHOP AT THE IA SUMMIT 2014 – SAN DIEGO
● Elizabeth Churchill
● Director of HCI at eBay Research Labs
● Vice President of ACM SIGCHI
● Co-author of “Teaching and Learning Human-
Computer Interaction”, interactions, Mar-Apr
2013
● Co-organizer of “Developing a Living HCI
Curriculum to Support a Global Community”
(CHI 2014 Workshop)

14. Slide 14 Keith Instone: Teaching IA = Connections
Living HCI Curriculum
TEACHING INFORMATION ARCHITECTURE
A ROUND TABLE WORKSHOP AT THE IA SUMMIT 2014 – SAN DIEGO
● This workshop will bring together an
interested and active group of HCI students,
academics, and industry practitioners from
across the world contribute to a flexible,
living curriculum for HCI Education.
● ...pedagogical tools such as lesson plans,
assignments, and bibliographies; YouTube
videos; open source code; novel approaches
for teaching emerging topics; general best
practices; important cultural differences…

15. Slide 15 Keith Instone: Teaching IA = Connections
Who are these people? Why should we talk with them?
TEACHING INFORMATION ARCHITECTURE
A ROUND TABLE WORKSHOP AT THE IA SUMMIT 2014 – SAN DIEGO

16. Slide 16 Keith Instone: Teaching IA = Connections
ASIS&T SIG ED
TEACHING INFORMATION ARCHITECTURE
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● Chair: Laura Christopherson
● Co Chair-elect: Chris Cunningham, Mirna
Turcios
● Secretary/Treasurer: Sarah Ramdeen
● Communication Officer: Hassan Zamir
● Program Coordinator: Karen Miller
● Publications Officer: Julia Khanova
● Past Chair: Naresh Agarwal

17. Slide 17 Keith Instone: Teaching IA = Connections
Who are these people? Why should we talk with them?
TEACHING INFORMATION ARCHITECTURE
A ROUND TABLE WORKSHOP AT THE IA SUMMIT 2014 – SAN DIEGO

18. Slide 18 Keith Instone: Teaching IA = Connections
Does this purpose statement sound relevant?
TEACHING INFORMATION ARCHITECTURE
A ROUND TABLE WORKSHOP AT THE IA SUMMIT 2014 – SAN DIEGO
The <BLANK> takes it as given that expertise in
all forms of information is required for progress
in science, business, education, and culture.
This expertise must include:
● understanding of the uses and users of
information
● the nature of information itself
● information technologies and their applications

19. Slide 19 Keith Instone: Teaching IA = Connections
iSchools
TEACHING INFORMATION ARCHITECTURE
A ROUND TABLE WORKSHOP AT THE IA SUMMIT 2014 – SAN DIEGO

20. Slide 20 Keith Instone: Teaching IA = Connections
Many more OBVIOUS ones!
TEACHING INFORMATION ARCHITECTURE
A ROUND TABLE WORKSHOP AT THE IA SUMMIT 2014 – SAN DIEGO
● A syllabus for user experience
● Day Seven: Designing structure.
Interaction design
● Day Eight: Designing structure.
Information architecture

21. Slide 21 Keith Instone: Teaching IA = Connections
Thanks!
TEACHING INFORMATION ARCHITECTURE
A ROUND TABLE WORKSHOP AT THE IA SUMMIT 2014 – SAN DIEGO
Reminder!
Goal:
Who we should talk with after
today
Thanks!