Upcoming events

November 16-18, 2008 - Jon Horn and Jacob Ensign will co-present two sessions at the 2008 Annual LERN Conference in San Francisco. The two topics will include "Creating a Culture of Data-Driven Decisions" and "Advanced Data Analysis Tools." Details about the conference are available on their website.

November 21-24, 2008 - Jon Horn will present three sessions at the upcoming Conference on Management, Education, and Professional Development Programs in Clearwater, Florida. Topics will include "Technology Demystified: Are you as wired as your students?", "Best Practices in Website Design", and "Best Practices in Email Marketing." Details about the conference are available on the official website.

November 21-14, 2008 - Jennifer John will co-present a session at the upcoming Conference on Management, Education, and Professional Development Programs in Clearwater, Florida with Gary Cruze, Senior Instructor for Emory University's Professional Learning Program. Their topic will be "The ROI Impact of Instructor Development." Details about the conference are available on the official website.

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Web design articles for adult and continuing education

This is, by far, the best article I've ever seen on copyrighting websites. It describes the process for getting an official copyright and the reasoning and value for doing so.

Think your online registration process could be improved? This article uses E-bay as a case study to discuss ways to improve website registration forms.

This article discusses the positioning of text labels and form entry elements for optimal usability. Adult education programs can learn a lot from this research!

This article discusses several fundamental elements of design, important for any website.

Information architecture is perhaps the most undervalued aspect of website design. Many adult education programs have reletively large websites with dozens or hundreds of pages listing courses and other information. Organizing this information into intuitive, hierarchical patterns is the art of information architecture.

Usability testing is the process of ensuring that visitors to your website can successfully complete the tasks that you expect them to frequently perform. This article presents a practical model for usability testing.

Competitor analyses can reveal valuable information on what do to (and not to do) in your website. This article discusses several processes for website competitor analyses. Part two is also available.

Solutions and resources

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Recommended reading

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