Dutch Designs: Research and Info System Development
2009 Exploration Seminar in the Netherlands
THIS PROGRAM IS FULL AND NO LONGER ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS. PLEASE CONSIDER ANOTHER EXPLORATION SEMINAR PROGRAM!
Program Director: Trent Hill - Information School
Dates of Instruction:
August 23-September 17, 2009
This 3 ½ week Exploration Seminar will be based primarily in Rotterdam and will be held in collaboration with Erasmus Studio, a research institute affiliated with Erasmus University.
See course web site for more info: Dutch Designs
 In Dutch Designs, students will have the chance to explore the relationship between the research process and the design and analysis of user-centered information systems. The program will be directed and taught by Trent Hill, Senior Lecturer with the Information School at the University of Washington, with contributions by several guest lecturers from Erasmus Studio, the Virtual Knowledge Studio, and the Continuous Access to Cultural Heritage (CATCH) program. Our collaborators’ research interests range from electronic research in humanistic and social scientific fields, to semantic scholarly publishing models, both existing and potential, and their application to both publishing and learning environments, to on making cultural heritage resources and collections available electronically in ways that are meaningful and readily accessible. Program participants will have the opportunity to apply their insights in a research and design project of their own. (Some preparatory and post-program coursework will be required.)
Rotterdam is a major world commercial and cultural center, serving as Europe’s largest port. It is also a leading architectural center; largely destroyed by the Germans during World War II, it was rebuilt largely from the ground up in a range of Modernist and Post-modernist styles. In Rotterdam, participants will be housed at the Hotel Baan, located in a scenic neighborhood convenient to various transit options. We will also take field trips to Middelburg and the Walcheren Peninsula (in the southwest of the country) and Utrecht. As part of the Middelburg field trip, interested participants will have the option of bicycling around the scenic Walcheren Peninsula and enjoy firsthand the Netherlands’ famous network of fietsroutes (bicycle paths). We will spend the final few days of the seminar in Amsterdam, one of Europe’s most charming cities, home to a host of museums, restaurants, and cultural and entertainment attractions. Throughout the country, English is widely spoken as a second language and students will have little trouble getting around and exploring on their own.
 This program includes all housing, breakfast each day, some additional meals, wireless internet access, transportation from Rotterdam to Amsterdam, field trips, and access to course-related sites such as museums.
Dutch Designs is open to undergraduate and graduate students. Undergrads may earn 5 credits of INFO 498. Graduate students may earn 4 credits of either LIS 579 or IMT 589. MLIS students may also waive LIS 570 if taking LIS 579 and Informatics students may waive INFO 470 if taking INFO 498 via Dutch Designs. Participants should check with their advisors to determine how these credits can count towards departmental requirements.
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