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• Anecdotes and insights from
graphic-design stars
• In association with the School of
Visual Arts in New York City
• This replaces ISBN 1-880559-99-4
Completely updated, this compelling collection of essays, interviews, and course syllabi is the ideal tool to help teachers and students keep up in the rapidly changing field of graphic design. Contributors, including Milton Glaser, Lou Danziger, Jessica Helfand, Paula Sc… More >>
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Recently, the Internet has become a new and exciting method of information exchange. Unfortunately, it has also become the most ambiguous medium to measure effectively. Many Web developers miss the overall understanding of how Web sites could be more successful and beneficial for the users. Essentially, they miss the opportunity to use the Web as a public relations tool. This is especially true for institutions of higher education. Even when institutions use va… More >>
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Rockable Press recently shared some statistics from their up-coming freelancing book, Freelance Confidential, with their mailing list. The book includes results from the survey conducted here at FreelanceSwitch a few months ago that polled 3,200 freelancers on every aspect of their work. There were a lot of nifty facts about freelancing in there, but nothing generated more heated discussion more than this simple line:
44% of freelancers are self-taught and never received any university or technical college training in their field.
Some responses were shocked that the number was that high and saw it as a bad thing for the industry. Others thought it should be higher and that education adds little value for freelancers. I thought the responses were so strong that it would be great to open it up to a discussion for the FreelanceSwitch community. So tell us what you think!
What do you think?
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Future of educational. Preparing students, high school and college curriculum, classroom teaching methods and syllabus. Skills for future employment in job market. Life preparation not just exams. Technology and digital impact on education, distance learning tools and wikipedia age. Impact of YouTube and other online communities on education and learning. Teaching leadership skills, how to be happy, relationship skills and workplace skills. Plagiarism and other controversies in education in future. Conference keynote speech by Dr Patrick Dixon, Futurist for National Association of Independent Schools in US (NAIS)
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