After Part 1 and Part 2 of this series covered Design Fundamentals and Web Design, respectively, it’s time to focus on the actual implementation of a Web Site or Application. (…) more after the jump ›
Stuff Tagged ‘education’
After Part 1 of this post focused on books about Design Fundamentals, in this post we’ll cover some books more directly geared towards the Web. (…) more after the jump ›
The worst mistake you can ever make in your career is to stop being a student. This is certainly true for most professions, but is particularly important for Web Design. This industry nowadays changes at a lightning-fast pace, and in order to keep your design chops in tip top shape, you should devote a nice chunk of your work week to reading books on the subject.
The problem is there’s a big ocean of books out there, so which ones should you invest your time (and money) in? I’ve compiled a handy list of 15 must-read books to improve your Web Design education.
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Leslie Jensen-Inman talks about teaching Web Design at the University level
Published 1 year ago, in Blog, Web
In today’s issue of A List Apart (which I featured yesterday) there’s an excellent article written by Leslie Jensen-Inman about the state of Web Design teaching at the higher education level. The article is quite in-depth, including some thoughts from established web professionals on why students who come out of college with a degree fail to live up to industry expectations.
Having had a Web Design education myself, I can sure relate to most of the points Leslie makes during her very well written and researched article. For example, back in 2006 my school was still teaching its students (including me) how to layout websites using a rather sinful combination of Dreamweaver and tables. As Leslie says, however, this was probably not a fault on the part of the educators themselves, but rather it’s the learning institutions that must strive to make funds available so its educators can get up to date on technologies and best practices.
If you’re interested in these issues, make sure you read the article and join the discussion!
Yesterday I had a Seminar class about Web 2.0 and the way it’s affecting education. A few videos were shown, and two of them, made by Michael Wesch, an Assistant Professor of Cultural Anthropology at the University of Kansas. Since I’m studying the impact of Web 2.0 technologies in Higher Education for my Masters Thesis (I blog about it in Portuguese), I thought it would be fun to include the videos here. For those who haven’t seen them yet, at least! (…) more after the jump ›