There’s no question that communicating your ideas is important. But how much can be accomplished via a simple CMS with a default template? What do people working in the humanities need to know about programming? What languages are most useful and why? And what technologies do we all need to keep our eyes on to keep ourselves ahead of the curve?
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#1 by Rebecca Oling on March 3, 2011 - 10:14 pm
I think, too, one of the things we DO need to know about is accessibility. I think we tend to assume that everything on the web is accessible to those with learning or visual disabilities and that is not the case. Moreover, I’d like us to think, intentionally, in everything we do choose to discuss, how we can design more universally for a variety of learning styles. That may change the way we ultimately present information.