With the view, art, science and technology are the cultural activities, the aim of this course is to examination and understanding of the wide range of topics such as robotics, microbiology, animals, plants, ecology, medicine and physical in the perspective of Visual Communication Design.
Information design course is an intersection of Art, Science, and Technology. Starting from art and science as cultural acts, this course deals with the issues of microbiology, animals and plants, ecology, and medicine and the body, through kinetics, sound installations, and robots to digital information systems/computers that will constitute the rich contents of the works of VCD students.
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Course Learning Outcomes
| Learning Outcomes | Program Learning Outcomes | Teaching Methods | Assessment Methods |
| 1. Establishes a connection between the concepts and instruments, defines and explains the tools and concepts of the digital design applications. | 1 | 1,2,15 | A,C,D |
| 2. Refer to theoretical and practical knowledge through digital design, transfers the information acquired in the course to other disciplines. | 2,4 | 1,2,15 | A,C,D |
| 3. Relates the information in the field of communication and other disciplines, uses, comments, processes the information gained through class works. | 5,7 | 1,2,15 | A,C,D |
| 4. Configures as design project, what they have learned within the scope of digital design applications. | 6 | 1,2,15 | A,C,D |
| 5. Adapts the knowledge they gain through out the course to sector. | 4,5,6 | 1,2,15 | A,C,D |
Course Flow
| COURSE CONTENT | ||
| Week | Topics | Study Materials |
| 1 | Introduction, explanation of course content | |
| 2 |
Theoretical foundations of information design
Chaos, Order and Sense-Making: Theory for information design |
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| 3 | Biology, Animals, Plants, Ecology, Body and VCD | |
| 4 | Human Centered Design | |
| 5 | Sign-Posting information Design | |
| 6 |
Individual perception
Information design in informal Settings: Museums and Other Public Spaces. |
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| 7 |
Tools for thinking, planning, and solving problems.
Visual design in three dimensions. |
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| 8 | Mid-term Exam | |
| 9 |
Designing fort he Technologies of information
Interactivity and Meaning |
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| 10 | Ambiguity in new media | |
| 11 | Personal reflections on the development of Cyberspace | |
| 12 | Rationalizing information representation | |
| 13 | Visual Thinking Process | |
| 14 | General Revision | |
| 15 | General Revision | |
| 16 | Final Exam | |
Material Sharing
| MATERIAL SHARING | |
| Documents |
Robert Jackson, Richard Saul Wurman, Information Design, MIT Press, 2000, ISBN: 0262600358.
Stephen Wilson, Information Arts, MIT Press, 2003, ISBN: 0262731584. Sandra Rendgen, Information Graphics, Taschen; Har/pstr M Edition, 2012, ISBN: 3836528797. Joel Katz, Designing Information: Human Factors and Common Sense in Information Design, Wiley, ISBN: 111834197X. Kim Baer, Information Design Workbook: Graphic Approaches, Solutions, and Inspirations, Rockport Publihers, 2010, ISBN-10: 1592536271. Ronnie Lipton, Practical Guide to Information Design. Colin Ware, Information Visualization, Third Edition: Perception for Design, Morgan Kaufmann, 2012, ISBN-10: 0123814642. |
| Assignments | www.coadsysexam.yeditepe.edu.tr |
| Exams | |
Assessment
| ASSESSMENT | ||
| IN-TERM STUDIES | NUMBER | PERCENTAGE |
| Mid-terms | 1 | 30 |
| Assignment | 2 | 10 |
| Final | 1 | 60 |
| Total | 100 | |
| Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade | 40 | |
| Contribution of In-Term Studies to Overall Grade | 60 | |
| Total | 100 | |
Course’s Contribution to Program
| COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM | |||||||
| No | Program Learning Outcomes | Contribution | |||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |||
| 1 | Knows the theories, methods, strategies and techniques in the field of visual communication design. | X | |||||
| 2 | Has the knowledge to use competently the communication media tools on a professional level. | X | |||||
| 3 | Analyzes and examines diversified cultural studies of visual communication design. | X | |||||
| 4 | Associates and interprets the knowledge related to the field with various disciplines. | X | |||||
| 5 | Designs and implements creative and authentic projects using his/her technological competence. | X | |||||
| 6 | Conducts distinctive projects using different strategies by the knowledge acquired from the field. | X | |||||
| 7 | Evaluates the knowledge and skills acquired from the field with a critical approach. | X | |||||
| 8 | Tracks field knowledge and communicates with colleagues by mastering a foreign language at least at European Language Portfolio B1 general level. | X | |||||
| 9 | Cares for the national and international ethical rules and standards in visual communication design. | X | |||||
| 10 | Performs an innovative and authentic thesis study by conducting academic researches contributing to the field of visual communication design. | X | |||||
ECTS
| ECTS ALLOCATED BASED ON STUDENT WORKLOAD BY THE COURSE DESCRIPTION | |||
| Activities | Quantity |
Duration (Hour) |
Total Workload (Hour) |
| Course Duration (Including the exam week: 16x Total course hours) | 14 | 3 | 42 |
| Hours for off-the-classroom study (Pre-study, practice) | 14 | 4 | 56 |
| Mid-terms | 1 | 30 | 30 |
| Assignment | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| Final Examination | 1 | 40 | 40 |
| Total Work Load | 174 | ||
| Total Work Load / 25 (h) | 6,96 | ||
| ECTS Credit of the Course | 7 | ||