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Design Edu Today is the podcast series discussing what is necessary to be a successful designer in a contemporary, screen-based interactive world.
053: A Design Educator’s View on Front-end Development, Portfolio Courses and More with Yana Sakellion
Design Edu Today
57 minutes 46 seconds
7 years ago
053: A Design Educator’s View on Front-end Development, Portfolio Courses and More with Yana Sakellion
Yana Sakellion, Associate Professor at the American University in Washington D.C., joins Gary Rozanc to discuss the Student Web Awards and why in an open source industry with a lot of self taught professionals, the there is such a lack of sharing of course material and student work amongst interactive and web design educators. Yana also shares her perspective on the elusive balance of visual design and front-end development training in design programs. Finally, Yana also discusses a variety of ideas including the value of using WordPress templates, where to introduce portfolio courses, and approaches to web design in the classroom.
Design Edu Today
Design Edu Today is the podcast series discussing what is necessary to be a successful designer in a contemporary, screen-based interactive world.
