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Instructor:

Batya Friedman
Professor
The Information School
370E Mary Gates Hall
batya@u.washington.edu

Teaching Assistant:

Jeff Huang
lazyjeff@uw.edu

 

 

Capstone Experience

The Informatics Capstone Experience is a student-driven project, with the following goals:

• Student-defined Information Problem : In courses, faculty provide students with relatively well-defined information problems. In the capstone experience, students define the information problem for themselves.
• Student-defined Method(s) of Investigation : In courses, faculty expose students to a variety of techniques that can be applied to information problems. In the capstone experience, students determine what techniques to use for the information problem they identify.
• Synthesis of Human-Centered and Technical Dimensions : The informatics approach integrates human-centered and technical dimensions of information systems. While a specific capstone project might emphasize one dimension or the other, it is expected that both dimensions will be present to some extent.
• Make a Difference : Following the overarching mission of the Information School, the Informatics capstone project should make a positive difference for the community in which it is carried out -- be it a business, school, hospital, or other context.
• Passion!: The capstone project should be something the student feels passionate about.

Students will apply a variety of research methods and technologies in their projects. Projects are defined in the Autumn quarter and completed in the Winter quarter. Students give public presentations of their work in the Spring 2010.

Dropbox for final deliverables (due March 12, 5pm)

 

 

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