The Art and Practice of Information Architecture

This course covers techniques and tools for the development of a coherent information architecture, including the development of taxonomies and implementation of navigation.

We're exposed to and are attempting to organize more information today than we have ever had to in the entire evolution of humans, and the amount of information is growing exponentially. The techniques in the past of intuiting an organization won't work any longer, even with the advent of search. This course tackles the problem of organizing information head-on by explaining the research about organization of information and how we think. With this foundation, the course provides practical tools for developing an information architecture (organizational framework) which can grow and adapt with the organization.

• Introduction 10mins
• The Information Problem 26mins
• What Is Information Architecture? 27mins
• Motivations and Decisions 24mins
• Organizing 54mins
• Navigation and Search 26mins
• Targeting and Display 14mins
• Knowledge, Social, and Records 29mins