1. Standards education
Patrick H. Lauke / Teaching the Web – W3C Germany and Austria Office Opening / Potsdam / 15 October 2009
WHAT STUDENTS NEED TO KNOW ABOUT WEB STANDARDS AND ACCESSIBILITY

2. web evangelist at Opera

3. big picture: importance of web industry

5. mind the gap: disconnect between industry
needs and education

6. wide spectrum of skills required

7. web design modules: can you convey web
standards / best practice in such short time?

8. moving target: outdated materials, outdated
skills, IT resources, changing requirements

9. slow to change: lead time for new course
creation too long, bureaucratic?

10. web design: art, science, or both?

11. IT / computer science focus on “real”
development

12. art / design don't care about code

13. “hybrid” courses: multimedia design

14. teaching industry best practice

15. “why” not necessarily “how”

16. MACCAWS business case

17. business case aimed at students

18. relevance of standards for cross-browser,
cross-platform … ubiquitous web

19. mobile / widgets reuse web standards

20. rebranding accessibility

21. accessibility = blind users + screenreaders?

22. accessibility doesn't have to be hard

23. accessibility = usability (in most cases)

24. again:
“why” not necessarily “how”

25. WAI Education & Outreach

26. Education and Outreach for other web
standards lacking?

27. resources and initiatives that can help…
(and incidentally Opera are involved with)

29. Opera University Tours

30. Opera Web Standards Curriculum

31. association with Yahoo! Developer Network

32. learner-centered articles providing focused,
self-contained lessons, split into topics on
HTML, CSS, JavaScript, …

33. Web Standards Project (WaSP) InterAct

34. modular curriculum framework
aimed at educators

36. ●
course descriptions
● competencies
● prerequisites
●
assignments
●
exam questions
● reading lists

37. aggregates / structures existing resources
(such as Opera WSC)

38. built by educators and industry experts as a
community-driven initiative

39. various levels from community college to
graduate level

40. living curriculum continuously updated as
technologies and requirements change

41. pragmatic look at both open web standards
and proprietary (Adobe Flash, PDF, Microsoft Silverlight, …)

42. open source learning: open to contribution,
encourages sharing of good practice

43. W3C Open Web Education Alliance Incubator

44. explore needs and issues around
web development education

45. organising delivery of curriculum to
teachers and students

46. dialogue between industry and education

47. what does education need from industry?
placements, internships, guest lectures…

48. deliverable: white paper outlining industry body
(W3C or other) to further adoption of web
standards in education

49. involvement
from Adobe, IWA, Microsoft, Opera, W3C …

50. bigger vendor-neutral voice for outreach

51. future challenges?

52. world wide web
translation and localisation of resources

53. colleges and universities
…but even earlier?

54. young designers and developers

55. call to arms action

56. study
www.opera.com/wsc
teach
interact.webstandards.org
organise
www.w3.org/2005/Incubator/owea

57. www.opera.com/developer
patrick.lauke@opera.com