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It’s Friday, Friday in #highered: Oberlin College President, VPs and Deans lipdub Rebecca Black

May 27th, 2011 Karine Joly 6 Comments

I’ve just watched this video released yesterday and I want to make sure you see it (hey, it’s Friday!) it is a very well-done parody from Rebecca Black’s hit song, “Friday,” by a group of senior administrators – including the President – at Oberlin College starring in this video created to honor the graduating seniors […]

Higher Ed TV: a behind-the-scenes look at Calvin College LipDub with the students who produced it

May 5th, 2010 Karine Joly 1 Comment

I don’t know why but I just love lipdubs. I guess this kind of one-take online videos is powerful as it captures pretty well the energy and preparation that goes into these productions. Anyway, I stumbled upon Calvin College lipdub last week as it was posted to an email listserv I follow (see not everything […]

Higher Ed TV: Johns Hopkins University thanks its donors with a great lipdub

January 5th, 2010 Karine Joly 2 Comments

It looks like lip synching is the new black in college online videos (or is it that I really like lipdubs and feel compelled to post about any new one I stumbled upon?) I watch this very well produced online video after Dale Keiger, Associate editor of Johns Hopkins Magazine, posted about it on the […]

LipDubbed Campus Tours: Suffolk University and Texas State University did it

November 17th, 2009 Karine Joly 5 Comments

It looks like the incredible success of the lipdub produced by students from UQAM in Montreal, QC (more than 2.5 million views as of this writing) has pushed some institutions in the US to finally join the university lipdub movement. Texas State University in San Marcos did its lipdub on November 8th in the LBJ […]

Want a fresh take on the campus tour online video? Have a look at the University LipDub Project!

September 28th, 2009 Karine Joly 16 Comments

This is one of these posts I have to write as soon as possible. I was working on my weekly newsletter when I checked very quickly Twitter and saw this tweet from Mike Richwalsky about an online video: Twitter / Mike Richwalsky: Great 1-take video from UQAM. Great coordination + shooting. Mike knows online videos, […]

10 videos for 10 years of online videos in #highered marketing and communications

February 20th, 2015 Karine Joly 6 Comments

This post is #9 in a series of 10 to celebrate the 10th anniversary of this blog while looking back at the past decade in higher ed digital marketing and communications. 10 years of YouTube and online videos in higher ed Yep, YouTube is actually younger than Facebook – by a year. Now with a […]

Higher Ed TV: Was Delaware, The Musical worth the time and budget spent on it?

June 9th, 2010 Karine Joly No Comments

As you’ve probably noticed, online videos are used more and more by universities and colleges trying to reach (and entertain) prospective students and their parents. According to a report released last Thursday by the Pew Internet and American Life Project, The State of Online Video, 69% of online adults now watch videos online. The use […]