Leslie Jensen-Inman talks about teaching Web Design at the University level
Published 3 years 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!