Category: WebStandards

Presentation: Ten Checkpoints of a Web Standards Based Curriculum

I presented this at HighEdWebDev 2007 today. It was presented as a powerpoint presentation. My narrative explained that this presentation was mainly about what sort of student learning outcomes I would expect to see in an institution where web standards were part of the curriculum. I did touch on a couple of important overall considerations as well.

I have captured only the slides and converted them into a movie. There is no sound. Please return to this post if you have comments or questions.

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Ten Checkpoints of a Web Standards Based Curriculum

I just accepted an invitation to present at HIghEdWebDev2007 on “Ten Checkpoints of a Web Standards Based Curriculum.” I’d love to hear from teachers in the field as to what they consider the two most important aspects of a standards based curriculum for HTML, Dreamweaver, JavaScript and Flash. In my mind, best practices and accessibility fit into this topic, so if you want to give me your top two with that in mind, I’d be happy to learn what you think.

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Now Available: Podcast of Best Practices in Teaching Web Design

Last March, Stephanie Troeth and I presented a panel at SXSW Interactive called Best Practices in Teaching Web Design. The podcast of the panel is now available from SXSW. The presentation slides are needed for complete understanding of the audio. I suggest you open the presentation slides in another tab or browser window as you play the podcast.

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WCAG Samurai stir things up

A group led by Joe Clark and calling itself the WCAG Samurai has taken a stand against the much criticized WCAG by issuing a set of “errata” for the guidelines. Start with the Introduction to WCAG Samurai Errata for WCAG 1.0 and then read the complete errata.

This is a powerful idea for a way to make (or force) change. There will be lots of blogging, conference talks, and other noise about the work of the WCAG Samurai in the future, and I fully expect it to create change within the “official” world of WCAG guideline drafting.

The great thing about errata is that you have to give the corrected information in connection with the notice of the error. Maybe the Democrats should come up with a list of errata for the Bush administration. With specific corrections for each mistake. Might make an interesting party platform.

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