Modulcode:	infWIS-01a
Englische Bezeichnung:	Web Information Systems (WIS) for User Guidance
Modulverantwortliche(r):	Dr. András József Molnár
Turnus:	unregelmäßig (WS19/20)
Präsenzzeiten:	2V 2Ü
ECTS:	6
Workload:	30 Std. Vorlesung, 30 Std. Präsenzübung, 120 Std. Selbststudium
Dauer:	ein Semester
Modulkategorien:	WI (BSc Inf (15)) PI (MSc Inf (15)) WI (MSc Inf (15)) WWi (MSc WInf (15))
Lehrsprache:	Englisch
Voraussetzungen:	Inf-ADS Inf-IS Inf-SP Inf-ST

Kurzfassung:

The course covers selected chapters of different fields related to user guidance situations and how they can be supported by web information systems (IS). Guidance includes navigation and interpretation, and has symbolic and cultural aspects. Relevant information can be provided by multiple assets, and the IS is viewed as an integrated socio-technical infrastructure, including physically installed visual signs or other media and a computer-based web IS.

Core information technology topics include web IS interaction design and modeling, spatial databases and mapping services used for guidance. Human, cultural and application-related aspects give the course a multi-disciplinary character, with introductory insights to typical applications (such as active tourism, visitor management, route networks) and some related fields (catrography, design issues). The variety of topics provide adaptable analogies for other areas and applications.

Lernziele:

• Having a deeper understanding of guidance situations and how to support them using web information systems.
• Ability to apply general principles to conceptual and visual design of a web-based information system.
• Basic understanding of spatial databases and data models, practice with spatial data management, mapping and routing services.
• Experience of implementing a web-based service supporting guidance (in teams).
• Getting to know some real-world examples, applications and good practices related to web IS, where guidance has a special relevance.
• Gaining a broader perspective of an information system as an integrated, multi-faceted infrastructure, and the ability to assess the role and functions of a web IS being part of it.
• Having a sound foundation and starting point for finding and interpreting further resources in the related topics.
• Ability to mediate and foster collaboration between IT professionals and professionals of related fields, by understanding some key concepts of their disciplines.

Lehrinhalte:

• General introduction - what is guidance, roles, aspects, examples and analogies
• Guidance on datasets and collections
• Guidance in geographical and netowrk spaces
  
  • brief notes on landscape and network conceptualization and symbology
  • introduction to cartography and learning information presentation from cartographical methods
  • introduction to spatial databases, selected GIS methods and tools for thematic & web mapping
  • practice in thematic mapping (QGIS), network routing and community web mapping (OpenStreetmap)
• User guidance: an integrative approach (material-immaterial-cultural)
  
  • insights and good practices from visitor management and tour guidance
  • example application cases and systems (e.g. trails for active tourism, public transport networks)
  • integrated guidance systems (on-field physical, printed and media assets, IT-support)
  • role of interpretation, overview of cultural aspects and user profile modeling
• Visual guidance: UI & design
  
  • storyboarding for webIS interaction design (incl. practice)
  • examples from human perception: cognitive phenomena
  • overview of branding, user interface (UI) design & screenography guidelines
  • infrastructure as design - guidance by network layout and visualization

Weitere Voraussetzungen:

The course builds on some modules of the Informatics/WInf Bachelors' study programs. Students should have the interest and readiness for an inter-disciplinary, spatial and human-related insight. Skills in database and (preferably web-)programming are necessary: they have to be able to implement a small-scale web-based information system or service (full-stack), in a team setting.

Prüfungsleistung:

Project work in teams, with a presentation (defense) as closing exam. Extra excercises are offered during the semester. Final grading is aggregated from the work done during the semester, the final project deliverable and its presentation. Examination rule:

• Prerequisite for examination: the final submitted project work must be completed and submitted by the final deadline and must meet at least 2/3 of the project work requirements,
• The oral examination (presentation, demo and defense) is scored together with the evaluation of the project work and it makes 100% of the final scoring
• Extra scores can be earned during the semester (bonuses for offered optional tasks, including meeting the intermediate delivery deadlines offered), which may improve the final score by max. 20%.

Lehr- und Lernmethoden:

Frontal lecture with theoretical, practical and analogical content, with real-world and prepared examples. Self-study, discussion, excercises during the practical course. Project work in teams, with presentations to the student group.

Verwendbarkeit:

For students of: Masterstudiengang Informatik, Informatik (Education), Wirtschaftsinformatik. Also for ERASMUS-/Austauschstudierende.

There is a great need for IT professionals who have an insight, ability and readiness to communicate with people from related fields, fostering mutual understanding, collaboration and team creativity, and can articulate specific requirements and issues between IT developers, related professionals (design, cartography, etc) and application stakeholders.

Knowledge gained during the course can be applied and specialized towards multiple fields, including applied informatics in tourism and mobility services, integrated visitor information and management systems, smart routing and navigations, location-based services, digital cartography, infotainment and edutainment applications, user interface and experience design, data visualization and decision support.

Literatur:

Selected parts & chapters of the following works:

• K-D. Schewe, B. Thalheim: Design and Development of Web Information Systems. Springer 2018.
• T. Moritz: Screenografie kompakt. Springer 2019 (being published soon).
• R. Blake, R. Sekuler: Perception. McGraw-Hill Education 2005.
• N. de Lange: Geoinformatik - in Theorie und Praxis. Springer 2013.
• P. Rigaux, M. Scholl, A. Voisard: Spatial Databases - with Application to GIS. Morgan Kaufmann 2001.
• G. Moscardo: Interpretation, tourism. In: Jafari J., Xiao H. (eds) Encyclopedia of Tourism. Springer 2014.
• Signalisation Wanderwege (Handbuch). Bundesamt für Strassen ASTRA, Schweizer Wanderwege 2013.

A few related papers, studies and on-line manuals will be provided additionally.

Verweise:

Kommentar:

The course is offered in English language, student works can be written in German as well. Expected nr. of participants: 15.