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Wednesday 8 October 2008
Educational Pathways for Web Professionals
Somehow I missed this WOW Tech Minute interview where I discuss with Bill Cullifer education pathways for Web designers and developers. In particular, I’m interested in and discuss how “hybrid” minds develop and evolve. There’s video, audio and text available.
Let me know your thoughts!
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Posted by: Molly | 3:15 pm |
October 9th, 2008 at 3:13 pm
Yes that’s an interesting concept. I found when teaching graphic design students they continually fell back on the defense that “we’re visual people” and that they couldn’t possibly understand abstract things like coding. And that’s just such bollocks - we have certain aptitudes but we get better at what we do. We just tend to do more of what we get stronger affirmation for or what we find easier.
Coders, please go our and read about gestalt principles and colour theory and buy a sketchbook. Graphic designers go out and read a bit about programming languages and object oriented principles and get your hands dirty with some code (learn to appreciate simple concepts like Big O for example).
This is one of my lifelong bugbears. It’s particularly depressing when you meet someone who is really really smart at physics, maths and computer science finishing a degree and they write primary school English! That shouldn’t happen.
I like your idea. Although I’m not sure schools are ready to accept that web design is more than just simply WYSIWYG high school level work. My Bachelor of Computing certainly doesn’t. I think this is where groups like WaSP have more of a chance, as there are some clued in people working within these education systems, not necessarily empowered but influential.
So, everyone, go buy Steve Krug’s Don’t make me Think! and when someone tells you they’re a visual thinker or an abstract thinker just sticky tape it to their face or something. Throw it at ‘em. We get better at what we expose ourselves to and at what we do…
Apologies for the long comment Molly. Valid points you are making.
October 9th, 2008 at 3:17 pm
BTW, why Don’t make me Think?
Because I think that book sits fairly on the middle ground between graphic designers and coders. It’s about product design and creating the user experience. (I’ll keep quiet now)
October 13th, 2008 at 8:51 am
fwiw, I love that book, strongly recommend it in my classes…
October 13th, 2008 at 1:01 pm
I completely agree re: “don’t make me think” - Steve really did an awesome job with that book. It is delightful and funny and educational to boot!
October 14th, 2008 at 3:48 am
thanks
October 14th, 2008 at 1:59 pm
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October 15th, 2008 at 6:53 am
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October 22nd, 2008 at 10:37 am
thank molly
October 22nd, 2008 at 4:39 pm
thank you molly.
October 28th, 2008 at 11:12 am
I’m getting some “professional education” from you via a Blogger.com class at Lynda.com.
I have to admit that I took the class as a benchmark for the quality of some of Lynda.com’s web design classes as I already knew Blogger, but it’s a great class and a good educational tool for anyone who doesn’t know blogger. I’m enjoying it very much.
It’s a little outdated though so maybe they should hire you to update it
Your doing a great job of offering alternative education and I hope to see more alternative web design education options for old ladies like me out here in the future.
November 4th, 2008 at 3:28 am
I love that book, strongly recommend it in my classes
November 4th, 2008 at 4:42 am
thank you molly. I love that book, strongly recommend it in my classes It’s a little outdated though so maybe they should hire you to update it
November 13th, 2008 at 2:48 am
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