Something big happened this past week. A group of education and industry experts from around the world converged upon Chattanooga, TN for the WERock Summit. The goal of the Summit was to help a new W3C incubator group called the Open Web Education Alliance (OWEA) establish an organizational structure, and brainstorm methods from improving web education.

The Web is only about 5,000 days old, and as a young medium it’s not yet well established as a major discipline of study in most colleges, universities, and high schools around the world. Many of the schools that are teaching courses on Web topics aren’t yet adequately preparing their students for a career in the Web industry because technology moves faster than most education systems. It’s a serious threat to the sustainability of our medium, as no industry can sustain itself if it doesn’t master the art of cultivating new talent.
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