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Course Description
Instructor: K. Pereyaslavska
Course Description
This course offers an overview of models and theories of how users interact with information technology. Students will practice these understandings through the study of information systems in a real world context, e.g., digital libraries, the university’s library web site, etc.
Course Syllabi for LIS 9706-650 (Summer 2024)
The syllabi for this course is a PDF file that requires a FIMS account to view
Prerequisites: MLIS 9004
0.5 course
Program Content Areas
Connecting People with Information
Information and Communication Technology
Information Organization, Curation and Access
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of readings, assignments, and class participation, students will be able to:
1. engage in a critical analysis of principles and techniques of research in human-computer interaction (PLLO 1, 2, 7);
2. analyze major problems in the area of human-computer interaction in a spirit of creativity and critical inquiry (PLLO 4, 6, 8);
3. identify, select, acquire, organize, describe and provide access to recorded digital information through user-centered design (PLLO 2, 6, 7);
4. employ appropriate technologies in library and information applications (PLLO 4, 6).
MLIS Program Goals and Objectives