Archive for March, 2008
While I can't tell by the amount of snow still on the ground outside, it feels like spring in the higher ed blogosphere with the arrival of new blogs authored by 2 seasoned higher ed bloggers. Mike Richwalsky from Allegheny College has recently launched Higher Ed Web Tech where he plans to share some good technical tips and news useful for techies (or webbies) working in universities and colleges. Mike has helped his institution become an early adopter in a bunch of new/emerging technologies (audio podcasts in April 2005, Facebook applications just a few months after the release of the platform...
Read MoreI'm currently wrapping up the presentation about the state of higher education (audio and video) podcasting in the US I've been invited to give at the Podcasting for Education Conference to be held next week at The University of Warwick in the UK (and no, I'm not the lucky gal you think I am as I don't get to fly to the conference: I will actually present from my desk thanks to the magic of VOip, Web cams and WebEx). This explains why my posting has been a bit slower than usual, but this also gives me an opportunity (an excuse?)...
Read MoreToday, they even sent "Matthew" an invitation for the 2008 HighEdWeb Conference. Problem is I don't have a brother and haven't planned (or ever thought about it for that matter) any gender-changing surgery. Lori from the conference committee gave the explanation in a blog post posted yesterday: Due to a mail merge snafu with our conference mailing lists, some folks received a “Save the Date” postcard this week that appeared to be addressed to an unknown sibling or spouse. While I saw Lori's post yesterday, I got "my" invitation in the mail today (yeah, I leave in a far far away corner...
Read MoreA month ago in a blog post titled "More Colleges Show Interest in Hooking Up With YouTube," Chronicle Senior Writer Jeffrey Young wondered why it was so difficult for higher ed professionals to get their answers to their questions about YouTube's higher ed channels on the Campus Wired blog Since we wrote about professors on YouTube, officials from three different colleges have asked us, via e-mail, who to call at YouTube to find out more about setting up a YouTube channel. “I am having trouble contacting YouTube about signing up,” said one. Indeed, the site seems to offer no information about...
Read MoreEarlier this week, Reader Kimberly McGrath, Web Content Editor at Wake Forest University, emailed about an interesting blogging experience taking place at her institution: This week we have seventeen students on a service trip to New Orleans. Thought you might be interested in seeing the blog. The students are doing an awesome job writing about their experiences. Well ahead of time, we contacted the student leaders to explain that we wanted prospective students, alumni, parents and other interested folks to see what Wake Forest students are doing —especially since our University motto is Pro Humanitate. Taking time to meet with the students...
Read MoreToday's kids are tomorrow's prospective college students, right? That's why "The Kids' Social Networking Study," a study conducted by Grunwald Associates LLC and released earlier this week, could be particularly interesting as higher ed institutions start to work on their next marketing strategy to face the upcoming decrease in the prospective student pool. The study is comprised of three parallel national surveys with Kids ages 9-17, Parents and School District Decision Makers. Carefully constructed, nationally representative samples of 1,200 teens/children, 1,000 parents and 250 school districts. Unfortunately, this kind of intelligence comes with a relatively hefty price - for smaller institutions, at least...
Read MoreAs announced in my first post about these awards, the nominations for best websites, web projects and blogs are now open and will close on April 30, 2008. So, here is what you need to do if you want to nominate a website or a blog: If a site is in the eduStyle gallery Create an eduStyle account if you don't already have one Log into eduStyle in the log in box in the right hand column of the site Navigate to the site you’d like to nominate by clicking on the Gallery link in the top navigation Click on the “Nominate this...
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