HTML & Web Artistry 2: More Than Code Natalie Zee and Susan Harris. 2003. Indianapolis, IN: New Riders. [ISBN 0-7357-1029-5. 364 pages, including index and appendixes. $45.00 USD (softcover).] HTML & Web artistry 2: More than code provides Web designers who have little to no coding expertise with a few HTML and JavaScript coding tricks and a heavy dose of step-by-step multimedia instructi…
Lisa Lopuck. 2001. Indianapolis, IN: Wiley Publishing, Inc. [ISBN 0-7645-0823-7. 336 pages, including index and CD-ROM, $24.99 USD (soft-cover).] You're probably familiar with the characteristic yellow and black publications from Wiley Publishing, Inc. (formerly Hungry Minds). They publish the For dummies series that now exceeds 1,000 titles and fills shelf after shelf in the bookstores. Not…
Robin Williams Web Design Workshop John Tollett, Robin Williams, and David Rohr. 2002. Berkeley, CA: Peachpit Press. [ISBN 0-201-74867-3. 372 pages, including index. $39.99 USD (softcover)]. I've been a fan of Robin Williams' work since I first read her simple, common-sense design principles years ago in The non-designer's design book (Peachpit Press, 1994; reviewed in the August 1995 iss…
Peter Kentie. 2002. 2nd ed. Berkeley, CA: Peachpit Press. [ISBN 0-201-71712-3. 436 pages, including index. $39.99 (softcover)]. Peter Kentie's new book bridges a gap between books for beginning Web designers and advanced works for practitioners interested primarily in the usability of Web pages. Beginners' books are exemplified by Robin Williams and John Tollett's The non-designer's Web book…
Any book on Web design and development that starts with the line "the cool factor is dead" is going to grab the reader's attention. Luckily, this line is followed shortly by one that explains that after 10 years, despite the challenges of our current times, "the web remains vibrant" (p. 3). Having survived the Web wars--those that started in the early to mid-90s as companies decided whether …
Background The COVID-19 pandemic necessitated rapid changes to health care delivery, including a shift from in-person to digitally delivered psychotherapy. While these changes helped ensure timely psychotherapy provision, many concerns exist, including clinical, cultural, practical, privacy, and security issues. Objective This scoping review systematically mapped existing peer-reviewed…
Information and communication technologies have changed the way students learn, and higher education institutions in the Middle East region strive to attract professors who use technology in their daily teaching and learning practices. This study examines students' experiences in a web-enhanced computer science course. In an online survey based on the technological pedagogical content knowledge…
This thesis focuses on bias patterns of news processing on websites regarding the issue of US sanctions imposed on Iran represented by Russia Today website. The researcher sought to identify patterns of bias regarding the content and form of news processing in the sites under discussion regarding the issue of US sanctions against Iran and to identify the most prominent news frameworks used in f…
Infographics is the representation of data and information using graphics. The use of infographics attracts the attention of users and explains complex information quickly and clearly. This study explores the new trends of using infographics in two different models of Arabic and English online newspapers that are Al Bayan website and USA Today website. An analysis of infographics that have been…
This study values the broad range of web videos produced by businesses to introduce new technologies while also promoting their products. When the promoted technology is related to the topic taught in a school course, it may be beneficial for students to watch such videos. However, most students view the web as source for entertainment, and may have negative attitudes toward adopting these web …