Schedule

N.B. – schedule subject to (perhaps even) radical change as we progress and see fit

Week 1 (May 31-June 3)

  • This week’s topics: Framing “mobile and locative,” Project Management, Project Design
  • Tuesday @10:30 (joint Campus Archaeology/CHI Fieldschool meeting)
  • Wednesday @10:30 (Campus Archaeology walking tour)
  • Friday: Project Management Guest Lectures
  • Rapid Development Project: Project Concepts (Thursday afternoon)
  • First week to-dos: sign up for a Gravatar account (if you don’t have one already), sign up for a Twitter account (if you don’t have one already), activate your course website account, introduce yourself on the course blog.

Week 2 (June 6 – June 10)

  • This week’s topics: design research, principles of UCD/UXD, usability, user interface design, exploring mobile development platforms/frameworks/tools.
  • Wednesday: Lecture on Fundamentals of Mapping (GIS, Google Maps, Geocommons)
  • Wednesday @2pm (joint Campus Archaeology/CHI Fieldschool meeting at MSU Museum)
  • Friday: Lecture on QR codes
  • Rapid Development Project: User Interface Design
  • Rapid Development Project: Campus Archaeology Check-In (Foursquare/Gowalla, etc.)

Week 3 (June 13 – June 17)

  • This week’s topics: outreach & engagement for cultural heritage informatics, fundamentals of digital mapping and cartography
  • Project Brainstorming
  • Wednesday @2pm (joint Campus Archaeology/CHI Fieldschool meeting at MSU Museum)
  • Rapid Development Project: location-based games/play (SCVNGR, 7Scenes)
  • Rapid Development Project: QR Codes

Week 4 (June 20 – June 24)

  • Wednesday @2pm (joint Campus Archaeology/CHI Fieldschool meeting at MSU Museum)

Week 5 (June 27 – July 1)

  • Wednesday @2pm (joint Campus Archaeology/CHI Fieldschool meeting at MSU Museum)
  • Final Project Presentations/Discussions