Harper College Faculty Member
As an Associate Professor at William Rainey Harper College I've been teaching a variety of web development, web accessibility, e-learning, e-commerce, and computer information systems courses since the previous millennium. Professionally, I have over 20 years of information technology experience which includes software development for various computer platforms (working with the Web since 1996) and teaching graduate courses in information management and database management.
New 5th Edition - Available March 2010
Announcing the 5th edition of Web Development & Design Foundations with XHTML. Besides providing comprehensive coverage of XHTML and CSS, this book introduces the Web design and development process and offers successful strategies for promoting Web sites, including accessibility and standards.
Textbook Companion Web Site
The companion web site at http://webdevfoundations.net contains a page for each chapter in the 5th edition of the textbook with URLs listed in the book, information on emerging trends, additional examples, corrections, and review games.
Building on the textbook's successful 4th edition, the 5th edition features:
- Expanded coverage of CSS
- Expanded coverage of accessibility
- Expanded coverage of design topics
- Updated code samples and web resources
- New section on Domain Name Selection
- New section on Styling for the Mobile Web
The World Organization of Webmasters has designated this book as a recommended learning resource for the WOW Certified Web Designer Associate (CWDSA) certification Exam.
2010 News and Events
June 2010
Completed the requirements for a Doctor of Education degree from Northcentral University! Dissertation Presentation
April 2010
Completed the Sloan-C Online Workshop: Web Accessibility for Online Learning: A How-To Guide for Creating Accessible Content. Freely available course material.
Presented Engage Visual Learners with a Wordle at a Harper College Bits & Bytes session on April 20, 2010.
Attended the UIC Digital Accessibility Expo on April 19, 2010. It was great to meet Shawn Lawton Henry (W3C WAI Outreach Coordinator) in person. Shawn was one of the reviewers for the Accessibility course material that I created for the Web Standards Project InterAct Curriculum.
Attended the HTML5 Online Conference on April 12, 2010.
March 2010
It was an engaging experience to present the session, Renew & Recharge Your Web Design Course, to fellow community college faculty at the 2010 NCCIA Conference.
Presented the webinar, Renew & Recharge Your Web Design Course, for Pearson Education. Webinar Recording Available
February 2010
Interviewed via Skype by Bill Cullifer, the Director of WOW, about the web development program at Harper College. Interview Recording Available
January 2010
Presented an e-poster session, Engage Visual Learners with a Wordle, at the Harper College 2010 Spring TechFest.