Comments on: The “Personal Web Design Degree” is Now Live http://imtheschmidt.com/2009/04/the-personal-web-design-degree-is-now-live/ This is not about you and it's not about me. It's about all of us. Mon, 26 Jul 2010 01:24:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Derek Pennycuff http://imtheschmidt.com/2009/04/the-personal-web-design-degree-is-now-live/comment-page-1/#comment-82 Derek Pennycuff Mon, 13 Apr 2009 20:31:26 +0000 http://imtheschmidt.com/?p=509#comment-82 Yeah, I'm digging the idea of apprenticeship in the industry. But I've already rambled on a bit about that in various comments at ALA. I'm still waiting for either the web design community or the higher education industry to pick up the ball on that front. Yeah, I'm digging the idea of apprenticeship in the industry. But I've already rambled on a bit about that in various comments at ALA. I'm still waiting for either the web design community or the higher education industry to pick up the ball on that front.

]]> By: KurtSchmidt http://imtheschmidt.com/2009/04/the-personal-web-design-degree-is-now-live/comment-page-1/#comment-81 KurtSchmidt Mon, 13 Apr 2009 20:21:06 +0000 http://imtheschmidt.com/?p=509#comment-81 I see where you are coming from Derek. I think no matter what the method is it must include mentorship to manage the possibility of information overload. Hopefully the community that can grow around this will support that. I see where you are coming from Derek. I think no matter what the method is it must include mentorship to manage the possibility of information overload. Hopefully the community that can grow around this will support that.

]]> By: Derek Pennycuff http://imtheschmidt.com/2009/04/the-personal-web-design-degree-is-now-live/comment-page-1/#comment-80 Derek Pennycuff Mon, 13 Apr 2009 19:27:29 +0000 http://imtheschmidt.com/?p=509#comment-80 I'm starting to have mixed feelings about all this. On one level, it's great. My hippy leaning, community driven, creative commons/open source supporting side is ecstatic. For one thing, poorly performing "official" degree programs have little excuse to remain poorly performing with the community doing so much of the leg work. Surely you can pick and choose the strongest elements from all these community driven curricula and manage to both stay current and meet accreditation requirements. But the flip side to that is at what point do these programs become yet another way to present self motivated learners to get to information overload? I'm starting to have mixed feelings about all this. On one level, it's great. My hippy leaning, community driven, creative commons/open source supporting side is ecstatic. For one thing, poorly performing "official" degree programs have little excuse to remain poorly performing with the community doing so much of the leg work. Surely you can pick and choose the strongest elements from all these community driven curricula and manage to both stay current and meet accreditation requirements.

But the flip side to that is at what point do these programs become yet another way to present self motivated learners to get to information overload?

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