Enter the Next level of Web Design

Over the past 3 years, we’ve been continually trying to improve our web design course and make it more ‘user friendly’ in response to feedback from learners. Some changes have been really successful, others not so, but we’ll keep trying to listen, reflect and improve the learning experience.

This semester one of the strongest points of feedback . . . → Read More: Enter the Next level of Web Design

A brief history of the Web Course

Each semester we try to reflect, update and improve our Web Course based on feedback from our learners. But it’s difficult to understand why the course is the way it is currently without also understanding the changes that have been made in the past.

Rather than including the whole history of the course every time I want . . . → Read More: A brief history of the Web Course

Live what you teach

During a discussion around the topic Teaching is Dead, Long live Learning tonight, there were a few comments by Stephen Downes that I want to remember… I think because they resonate with the kind of ‘teacher’ that I want to be… but is it the kind of ‘teacher’ that my students want me to be?

While agreeing . . . → Read More: Live what you teach

A scaffolded Webdesign Project

One of the toughest issues I find facilitating a web design course is when to introduce ideas and experiences as the course progresses. It’s such an individual thing… inevitably some learners feel overwhelmed and others get bored… I mean there’s so many factors such as prior learning, motivation, how much effort we apply out-of-class, how deep . . . → Read More: A scaffolded Webdesign Project

Web Design From Scratch

Ben Hunt’s WebDesignFromScratch just keeps getting better and better. I’ve been watching this site over the last few weeks only to see more great stuff added, like the recent Web Design Process – a complete overview of the way Ben works to design a site!

“I’ve been creating web sites for 10 years, and I’ve got much . . . → Read More: Web Design From Scratch