Some interesting thoughts on how we learn Web Design:
It has long been my criticism of high-school and university curriculum, that they teach WSYWIG programming, but not true coding. Even if they do approach actual code, standards and accessibility are mere mentions. As a result, they turn out thousands of students that can use FrontPage and DreamWeaver, but few who can hand-code a style sheet or adjust a site for IE/FireFox compatibility. Teaching Accessibility may actually turn a standard web page-building class into a creative workshop of ideas.
I’m pretty confident our web students are learning how to hand-code a style sheet and create accessible websites from the word go… although I think it frustrates them some. Especially getting IE/Firefox compatibility!
I’d love to learn how Teaching accessibility can transform a “web page-building class” into a creative workshop of ideas?