Ben Buchanan wrote:
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 By the time most get into print, they are already 2 years out of
date.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.
Mind you the lag time of most books has now dropped to a few months from
final to publishing. So they aren't that much out of date. It used to be
disgusting.
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.
This usually a major cause of the lack of up to date courses
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 ;)
Guest Lectures (or semi guest for 4-6 weeks) are used by some of the
Universities in Perth in the Marketing and Business Schools as it allows
practicing professionals to impart the real stories and usable skills
etc. They are usually a great success. I can't see why they wouldn't
work for the Web Industry
--
Gary Barber
radharc
http://manwithnoblog.com
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