Information Interaction Design

"It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see." - Henry Davis Thoreau

Nathan Shedroff’s theory of information interaction design integrates three design disciplines as demonstrated in the concept map below:

Sherdoff focuses on creating meaningful interactions by giving the audience the ability to actively contribute to the experience. The strengths and weaknesses of his theory are listed in the chart below:

Interactivity is giving the audience the ability to control tools, pacing, or content to be productive or creative (p. 283). Blogs provide a forum for interactivity because viewers can add comments to your posts and share your blog on social media sites. The blogger site gives the designer the ability to include many other interactive features through gadgets and HTML coding. I plan to include many of these features in my blog, including a poll, search bar, links to other useful websites, as well as other tools. 

Shedroff's theory also discusses the importance of organizing and presenting information in a way that gives meaning. I have incorporated graphic organizers, bulleted lists, colors, and font elements to summarize information and emphasize important content. This theory also discusses the role of sensorial design, and I plan to include different forms of presentation media to stimulate the audiences' senses.