High-quality, standards-compliant instructor-led XHTML/CSS print courseware?

March 15, 2006 7:27 AM

High-quality, standards-compliant instructor-led XHTML/CSS print courseware.

Does it exist?

posted by Jairus to technology (8 comments total)

The ACOM site is free. I think it is good although I have no way to compair it to any other courses. Good luck...
posted by orlin at 9:52 AM on March 15, 2006

PS -- you can print the materials for reference -- that's what I did
posted by orlin at 9:53 AM on March 15, 2006

It's HTML, not XHTML, sadly.

More importantly, it encourages tables for layout, and a number of other bad practices that I'm trying to stay away from.
posted by Jairus at 9:59 AM on March 15, 2006

There is a sincere lack of decent courceware for standards-based HTML development.

That's not to say there isn't any out there, I'm just not aware of any. You might be better off buying Zeldman's book.
posted by o2b at 1:24 PM on March 15, 2006

Can't teach a class with Zeldman's book.
posted by Jairus at 1:35 PM on March 15, 2006

I'm writing one myself (and plan to use it when I teach such courses) but it's a long way from being complete.

However, I haven't seen it myself, but I've heard of Head First HTML with CSS & XHTML. You might be able to check it out for suitability or lack thereof. There's a thread here about it on that cesspool of open source partisan opinion, Slashdot.

The cover makes the prospective of even looking at the book a chore but I'd just thought I'd throw it out there.
posted by juiceCake at 2:07 PM on March 15, 2006

Minz Meyer's classes at IWA are highly recommended on a mailing list I subscribe to (wise-women.org).

Westciv have free online courses that you could use as the basis for expanding and writing your own?
posted by ceri richard at 3:11 PM on March 15, 2006

ceri richard, I'm using the Westciv courses right now, I've worked out a licensing agreement that allows me to do everything I need to do with them -- and while they're great for remote instruction, they're not as workable as I'd like in a classroom setting.

I'll take a look at Head First and the Meyer's course, thanks.
posted by Jairus at 8:22 PM on March 15, 2006