Teaching

This overview is a record of teaching activities of Prof. Oliver Wrede since 1999. They are related to the field of Interactive Media, Media Theory and Information Architecture.

Summer semester 2009
»Slowness«
Design for/against speed (german description)
Project seminar
Weblog
»Explanatory animations«
Explaining complex issues with information visualization and animation
Project seminar
Weblog
Winter semester 2008/2009
»Code Visual«
Design with algorithms
Project seminar
Weblog
»Web Tutorial«
Introduction to the history and technology of the Internet and the basics of web development and web design
Project seminar
Weblog
»Explanatory animations«
Explaining complex issues with information visualization and animation
Project seminar
Weblog
Summer semester 2008
»Personal Information Management«
User interface design for organizing personal information
Project seminar
Weblog
»Habits«
Observations about human habits and their relation to interaction design
Project seminar
Weblog
»Explanatory animations«
Explaining complex issues with information visualization and animation
Project seminar
Weblog
Winter semester 2007/2008
»Search & Discover«
User interface design for search tasks
Project seminar
Weblog
»Good Copy«
Discussing the future of copyright
Project seminar
Weblog
»Explanatory animations«
Explaining complex issues with information visualization and animation
Project seminar
Weblog
Summer semester 2007
»Desire«
Discoursive and experimental design thinking and working about the topic of “desire”
Project seminar
Weblog
»Explanatory animations«
Explaining complex issues with information visualization and animation
Project seminar
Weblog
Winter semester 2006/2007
»We Blog«
Explorations in weblogging & the blogosphere
Project seminar
Weblog
»Multimedia Systems«
Foundation course about multimedia authoring
Lectures/seminar
»Communication Design«
Foundation course
Lectures/seminar
Summer semester 2006
»Sound«
Explorations in Sound Design
Project seminar
Weblog
»Netbased Applications«
Foundation course about the Internet history and technology
Lectures/seminar
»Explanatory animations«
Explaining complex issues with information visualization and animation
Project seminar
Weblog
Winter semester 2005/2006
»Location based media«
Design of services for mobile devices
Project seminar
»Continuity«
Thinking about the psychology of flow and its relation to Interaction Design
Project seminar
Weblog
»Multimedia Systems«
Foundation course
Lectures/seminar
»Communication Design«
Foundation course
Lectures/seminar
Summer semester 2005
»Information Mapping – Revisited«
Information Visualization and Interface Design
Project seminar
»Explanatory animations«
Explaining complex issues with information visualization and animation
Project seminar
Weblog
»Netbased Applications«
Foundation course
Lectures/seminar
Winter semester 2004/2005
»Frontend«
User interfacedesign for intranet and extranet systems
Project seminar
»Explanatory animations«
Explaining complex issues with information visualization and animation
Project seminar
Weblog
»Communication Design«
Foundation course
Lectures/seminar
»Interface & interaction design«
Foundation course
Lectures/seminar
Summer semester 2004
»Simplicity«
Critical investigation of simplicity as design strategy
Project seminar
Weblog
Winter semester 2003/2004
»Social Software«
Software design with sociological approach
Project seminar
Weblog
»Zahlendynamik«
Design with algorithms
Project seminar
Weblog
Summer semester 2003
»Display«
User interface design for future display technologies
Project seminar
Weblog
MCI I (Human-Computer-Interaction)
Interface design, graphical user interfaces, human-computer interaction
Lectures/seminar
Weblog
Winter semester 2002/2003
»IntraZopista«
Design for intranets, databases, application servers
Project seminar
Weblog
»Density«
Information design, animation, cognitive psychology
Lectures/seminar
Weblog
Summer semester 2002
»Geschichte der Zukunft«
Research about the historic views about the future
Project seminar
Weblog
»Perception«
Fundamentals about perception (psychology, cognition, gestalt, constructivism)
Project seminar
Weblog
Winter semester 2001/2002
Design and Organisations
Organisational theory, Social systems, Inhouse communiucation, corporate development
Project seminar
Weblog
Discourse-Tools
Computer mediated communication, online learning, knowledge management
Project seminar
Weblog
Summer semester 2001
»Interaktion mit System«
Interaction design, usability, interface design
Project seminar
Weblog
»Gedächtnis und Design«
Discourses about cognition, remembering and media
Project seminar
Weblog
Winter semester 2000/2001
»Information Mapping«
Information visualization and interface design
Project seminar
Weblog
»Database backed websites«
Creating dynamic websites with scripting languages and databases
Project seminar
Weblog
Summer semester 2000
Computer Course: Internet
Introductory course to Internet at the Academy of Media Arts Cologne
Introductory course
Computer Course: Multimedia
Introductory course to multimedia systems at the Academy of Media Arts Cologne
Introductory course
Winter semester 1999/2000
Media Design Basics
Introductory course about Media Design at the Academy of Media Arts Cologne
Introductory course
»dZine«
Design and development of an electronic online magazine about design
Project seminar
Computer Course: Basics
Introductory course to computer systems at the Academy of Media Arts Cologne
Introductory course
Summer semester 1999
Redesign of Useit.com
Introductory course about web design and usability
Workshop