Comments on: Educated

By: CLo

CLo — Fri, 20 Oct 2006 23:18:38 +0000

My coworker Jesse, who is an awesome designer, introduced me to your blog!! This is a very interesting post. Cool site overall. I love corkd.

By: Michael Harings

Michael Harings — Fri, 20 Oct 2006 20:11:46 +0000

typo on Oct 12 entry: “inspring” probably should read inspiring, or, since it’s in November, infall.
“Relax, nothing is under control.”–Master Foody Moody

By: Plethora ;)

Plethora ;) — Wed, 11 Oct 2006 22:44:21 +0000

I’m a student in a distance learning program at Bristol Community College (Fall River, MA)and I am learning about XHTML and standards and validation and CSS in my Internet Developer course. One of my assignments is to surf the net looking for articles on these topics, which is how I came across your site.

By: Andrew Schall

Andrew Schall — Mon, 09 Oct 2006 03:06:33 +0000

The University of Baltimore has a strong graduate program in Interaction Design & Information Architecture. They teach the latest web design standards and make sure students have a strong understanding of CSS, Javascript and DOM.

By: manu

manu — Tue, 03 Oct 2006 20:43:13 +0000

Actually, I used to teach semantic web design at INSIA, a french, privately held university. I'm not working there anymore, but I'm pretty sure they still have that module in their curriculum.

By: Mike

Mike — Mon, 25 Sep 2006 23:26:17 +0000

i just started to learn this method of design. i have been using css for a few years now but i found i wasn’t using it to it’s full potential.
thanks for the book. most web dev / design programs should use this as a text book imo.

By: jeff

jeff — Thu, 21 Sep 2006 02:18:27 +0000

I am a part time interactive design instructor at NSCAD University in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Although the school is very well known as an excellent design institution, the web design methods taught are pretty antiquated. When I started teaching a year ago, everything was done via Imageready, slicing and Go Live. I have since switched the curriculum to a web-standards based approach with semantic markup and XHTML and CSS, validation, user testing and other current practices. Although the students have a harder time catching on to this than the 'old' way, those who have made it through my classes have told me that they appreciate being taught with current best practices in mind. The only issue is that I am not the only instructor, and the other two teachers still practice the old methodology. I need to speak with the dept head and see if I can;t get everyone using an up-to-date curriculum. Best of luck to everyone who is 'pioneering' this approach. Everyone working today benefits when students learn the right way to do things.

By: Rocketeer

Rocketeer — Wed, 13 Sep 2006 14:24:09 +0000

I think that it’s faster to get onto the right track the first time around! The end-result is always more rewarding( I still get excited when my site validates to XHTML1.0 ). Is IE still alive!?

By: Desmond

Desmond — Sun, 10 Sep 2006 17:10:01 +0000

Great informtion. I’m looking at doing the Web Design Certificate at the Arts Institute Online – through the Arts Institute of Pittsuburgh. Just want to do it to have a little more credibility behind my name. Anyone have any reviews of this program – it looks like they, too, teach xhtml + css (if they don’t I’ll drop it right away!).
But any reviews would be helpful.

By: Jeremy Osborn

Jeremy Osborn — Thu, 07 Sep 2006 22:21:58 +0000

Hi Jeremy Osborn, program director for the web program here at CDIA. It’s been really great to read all these responses and also to see the other programs out there.
Mark, you get to the heart of what I grappled with for the first run of the program: how to balance the instruction. The reality of the webworld is such that there are still millions of pages out there based on tables, so when my students get out into the “real world” what will they do when faced with these?
I took a bit of a leap when I started the program and decided to minimize the “old school” training. So my students receive perhaps two days maximum out of 12 weeks on understanding table layout. I try to frame this by teaching people how to solve design problems and where to look for information when it’s needed. This way I hope to give them the confidence and the skills to tackle issues they will encounter once they graduate. Coming face to face with a site laid out in tables becomes just another issue to understand and work with.
What’s great is we’re starting to see small and large companies sending requisitions for positions that specifically target our student’s skill set.