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 millenium. 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.
MERLOT 2008 Business Classics Award
MERLOT, the Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching, announced that my E-commerce Business Ethics Case Study has been selected by the MERLOT Business Editorial Board as a winner of the MERLOT Award for Exemplary Online Learning Resources – MERLOT Business Classics 2008.
Northcentral University Press Release
e-Learning Faculty Award
The Instructional Technology Council (ITC) presented me with 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.
Northcentral University Press Release
Harper College Newsletter Article
Announcing the 4th Edition!
Web Development & Design Foundations with XHTML,
4th Edition
Web Development and Design Foundations with XHTML, 4/E includes everything you need to develop highly effective Web sites. Besides providing comprehensive coverage of XHTML, this book introduces the Web design and development process and offers successful strategies for promoting Web sites, including accessibility and standards.
The 4th Edition integrates XHTML and CSS topics such as text configuration, color configuration, and page layout with an enhanced focus on the topics of accessibility, usability, and Web standards. Table of Contents (pdf)
Textbook Companion Web Site
The companion web site at http://webdevfoundations.net contains a page for each chapter in the 4th edition of the textbook with URLs listed in the book, information on emerging trends, additional examples, corrections, and review games.
The review games include Crossword Puzzle, Flash Cards, Matching, Fill-in-the-Blank, and Pick-a-Letter activities. iPod review activities and iPod iQuiz games are also available for each chapter. Students can use these games to review concepts and terms. Some instructors use these as group activities in the classroom. They also can be made available for independent student self-assessment activities.
The World Organization of Webmasters has designated this book as a recommended learning resource for the WOW Certified Web Designer Associate (CWDSA) certification Exam.
More 2008 News:
July 2008
Invited by the Web Standards Project to join their Education Task Force's project to create an open-source standards-based web design/development curriculum.
March 2008
2008 EDUCAUSE Midwest Regional Conference - Co-Facilitator for the panel discussion: "Creating Accessible Electronic Instructional Materials for People with Disabilities"
February 2008
Presented the audio poster session "Collaboration in the Online Classroom" at the 2008 IOC - Illinois Online Conference for Teaching and Learning.