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Today Opera has launched a new education system that aims to teach all you need to know about Web Standard based development - "a course designed to give anyone a solid grounding in web design/development, no matter who they are - it is completely free to use, accessible, and assumes no previous knowledge."
http://www.opera.com/wsc/
With huge support from organisations and universities, it is currently a collection of articles and tutorials on how to build standard-based websites. Overall there will be around 50 articles, covering a range of subject, but each one a micro-topic in it's own right, so that current developers can jump stright in.
But, this could also have a long term wider implication....are we finally starting to see the beginning of a recognised, minimum standard education level for the internet industry??
Lets hope so.
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http://www.opera.com/wsc/
With huge support from organisations and universities, it is currently a collection of articles and tutorials on how to build standard-based websites. Overall there will be around 50 articles, covering a range of subject, but each one a micro-topic in it's own right, so that current developers can jump stright in.
But, this could also have a long term wider implication....are we finally starting to see the beginning of a recognised, minimum standard education level for the internet industry??
Lets hope so.
WelshStew
Lead Administrator
tierney rides tboard - uk site | xtreme wales - extreme clothing
If you think I've helped, click the "Thanks"
webforumz - facebook | LinkedIn
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THe trouble with this, as has always been the trouble is the fact that the industry changes so rapidly from one month to the next. This has been less so the case over the last few years which is why perhaps moves toward curriculum based learning on this subject is being brought to fruition but I still am highly sceptical and don't think the industry will ever truly settle to the point where a 4 year degree will be massively beneficial.
There are already courses in the priciples and theory of IT and even web application development but a truly hands on course that is in depth to degree level would have to be a very very flexible course - the curriculum of which would not be feasible to define in advance - it would need to be a fluid course that closely followed the industry - I'm not sure how possible in todays industry climate that would be to achieve. |
 
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I don't think it will become a fully fledged degree course, sorry for the bad choice of wording (I have updated my post to reflect this), but I do believe that it can stand up as a great "minimum level" of education that all developers should adhere too.
Once you have passed, you just need to take a "top up" every year in order to maintain your accreditation, & to keep up with the small changes to the standards that occur. |
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I think this is pretty cool. I'm gonna start pointing all the peeps who are using tables in this direction.
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