New Accessible Web Design & Compliance Certificate

Harper College's new Accessible Web Design & Compliance Certificate was just approved by the State of Illinois. There is an increased focus in the technology industry and in society on accessibility. Information technology (including web sites) is expected to provide accommodations in order to be accessible for all individuals. The certificate was added to address learning needs generated by the Illinois Information Technology Accessibility Act.

New Adobe Photoshop Express Beta

Adobe launched a new beta version of Adobe Photoshop Express. This Rich Internet Application (RIA) is free -- all you need to do is sign up! You'll be able to store up to 2GB of images, edit your images, and share them online.

WOW Technology Minute Podcast

January 2008 is turning out to be quite a month... check out my one-minute podcast interview about web design best practices and accessibility at the WOW Technology Minute.

Outstanding e-Learning Faculty Award

The Instructional Technology Council (ITC) recently announced the recipients of their 2008 Awards for Excellence.

Harper College Associate Professor Terry Morris was named the recipient of the 2008 Outstanding e-Learning Faculty Award for Excellence.

The ITC is a national organization that promotes effective use of technology to enhance distance learning. Member institutions may nominate an exemplary faculty member for this national award. The nominations are reviewed and the recipient is chosen by a panel of judges including ITC board members, past awards winners and other ITC members.

See a press release issued by Northcentral University, where I am a doctoral student, for more information.

Netscape's Demise

AOL announced that support of the Netscape browser will end on February 1, 2008. Back in the days of Netscape Gold, this browser was considered the latest and greatest. Netscape made available an open-source build called Mozilla, which has grown in popularity as Mozilla Firefox.

A Preview of HTML 5

Want a preview of the next new version of HTML and be the first on your block to know about the new <section>, <article>, <header>, <nav>, and <aside> elements? Check out the thorough and informative Preview of HTML 5. The author, Lachlan Hunt, is one of the editors of the W3C HTML 5 Working Draft and a software developer at Opera.

10 Future Web Trends

Read/Write Web has posted a list of 10 Web trends to watch for. Some may be familiar to you but others may be new. The trends are: Semantic Web, Artificial Intelligence, Virtual Worlds, Mobile, Attention Economy, Web Sites as Web Services, Online Video / Internet TV, Rich Internet Apps, International Web, and Personalization. Intrigued? Explore the post and its related links.