One of the hardest things in teaching web development is finding decent text books. By the time most get into print, they are already 2 years out of date. And few come close to standards based development. I'm sure there are more than a few texts still in circulation which heartily advocate the FONT tag.
At the moment I think the way to go would be to use web resources rather than wait on a textbook. That way there isn't such a lead time so they should be more up to date. Plus the students don't have to pay for yet another textbook :)
If academics could be helped to understand, or pointed at good resources, as Ben suggests, this would go a long way towards helping the next generation of developers do the right thing.
There are so many challenges to motivate lecturers though - they have a big enough workload as it is, so convincing them to change lecture material they've used for years can be tough. Not to mention the long lead time on changing course structure, syllabus etc. Even a highly motivated academic could be hamstrung by procedure. I wonder if guest lectures could be a way to go - eg. contact unis to get them in touch with local standards professionals. That would have the added benefit of "industry contact" for the university's marketing documents ;)
It's all about education.
So very true. cheers, Ben -- --- <http://www.200ok.com.au/> --- The future has arrived; it's just not --- evenly distributed. - William Gibson ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *******************************************************************
