I have the opportunity to get some additional professional training and and am trying to locate a good training opportunity that addresses the science of Web site and page design. I know all the technical skills to implement designs. I don’t need HTML or CSS or XML, etc. I just need a good foundation in what works and why when it comes to the architecture of Web pages and entire sites.
I have been involved in the construction and maintenance of Web properties for 15 years so I am not coming at this as a noobie. I want to give the design sensibility I have picked up over that time a scientific underpinning. I don’t want warm, fuzzy, feel-good “instructors best hunch” type design advise. I want cold hard facts on what Web features and design strategies are the most effective.
I have looked around for a good program but there is just so much garbage out there in this space that I have found it hard to winnow out the few serious players.
If anybody has any leads in this area I would really appreciate you passing them on.
I placed this in GQ because I am looking for facts on organizations that offer the kind of training I want as opposed to opinions about different training options. If anyone wants to debate the effectiveness of any particular training option that should go to IMHO. I just want names and contact info.
I have no particular answers for you, but I could suggest a few clarifications you might mention that would help:
– How free to travel are you? Are you looking for a college you might go to that has such a class?
– Are you looking for an on-line class you could take?
– Are you looking for something offered by a private college or company, or a public college class (even if on-line)?
– Maybe simply a good text-book on the subject that you could self-study? Are you just trying to learn, or are you also trying to get some kind of certificate or C.E. units or such?
– Is this something your company is going to pay for?
Would the Stanford Human Computer Interaction class suit? If it as good as the free AI and Machine Learning classes I am just completing, it will be a blast.
Travel is a possibility. I definitely want to know about colleges that have a relevant program even if they are not in my area for comparison sake.
Online is fine but it needs to be substantial. I am not looking for someones musings on design posted as a free tutorial.
Either and both, as long as it is relevant.
That works as well but I am having a hard time finding what I want. Everybody who publishes anything about Web design tends to jump right in to code and gives actual design a short shrift. I don’t have designs on any specific cert.
Potentially.
Thanks for the questions and any further direction you can provide.