Archive for May, 2008
Have you voted for the best institutional and student blogs eduStyle Collegewebeditor.com awards? Not yet? This (long) post composed of 4 interviews should help. Recently, I've contacted the people in charge of the 6 nominated blogs and asked a few questions to help you learn more about these blogs and cast your vote. Out of the 6 people contacted, 4 got back to me: Susan Evans from the re.web blog (College of William and Mary) Andrew Careaga from the name change blog (MST) Claire Moller from the New to UBC blog (UBC) Nancy Prater from the Real Life student blogs and podcasts (Ball State University) eduStyle...
Read MoreIt looks like higher ed Youtube videos are really starting to become a genre. This new video series I'm posting about today really reminds me of Real Nebraska - presented by David Burge - with a twist. Here, the host isn't a bald funny guy (no offense, David), but Veronica, a student whose long brown hair is reminiscent of the now famous YouTube star, LonelyGirl15. Last week - as I was busy wrapping up a big research project, hence the blogging-emailing-twittering-facebooking hiatus - I received this tip from Jessica Robertson, communication manager for the C. T. Bauer College of Business at...
Read MoreI've been working on this new webinar series for some time now. That's why I'm very pleased today to announce that registration is now opened for "Stop the Presses: Why and how to go digital with your magazine or newsletter" at www.higheredexperts.com/stopthepresses This series taking place on June 24, 25 and 26 has a great speaker line-up composed of 3 online magazine editors (all with a background in print) from the University of Michigan, Ithaca College and Duke University. This 3-webinar series will show you why more and more higher ed institutions have gone digital with their news-oriented publications. It will also help...
Read MoreUPDATE: Facebook doesn't support anymore the process described in this post. Sorry :( As you probably know if you've been reading this blog for some time, Facebook pages have been a late addition to the feature list of the social networking website. Last November, Facebook pages were launched as a way to provide businesses, brands, organizations and higher ed institutions with a way to set their own profile on the network. On Facebook, profiles have always been reserved to individuals. Some institutions learned it the hard way by having their institutional profiles taken down. Before Facebook Pages were launched, groups were the...
Read MoreYes, you've read my headline correctly: bloggers editing and fact checking the main media outlet covering higher education in the US. So, what do I mean exactly? In the past weeks, two posts from two different higher ed bloggers have questioned some of the facts reported in two different articles published by the Chronicle. Andy Shaindlin from Alumni Futures explained in his post "Should Universities Create Facebook-Style Social Networks?" he was interviewed and (mis)quoted for a piece published in the April 25 issue of the Chronicle and titled "Colleges Create Facebook-Style Social Networks to Reach Alumni" (subscription required): Despite what the article claims,...
Read MoreI don't know about you, but there is so much going on lately that it's really difficult to keep track of everything. So, here's a quick update of what you need to keep in mind if you're thinking about attending a conference or another professional development event. Portal 2008 at Gettysburg College, PA - June 3-6, 2008 The conference that will tell you all you ever wanted to know about portals and for a conference fee of just $100 (well, with this kind of topic, it's not surprising that vendors are rushing to pick up most of the tab ;-) The conference...
Read MoreExactly 10.6% on Web site and other electronic formats (e.g., e-mail, text messaging) and 24.1% on printed materials (e.g., viewbooks, brochures, letters) according to The Chronicle Survey of Undergraduate Admissions Officers published in its May 2 issue. The survey results which are only available to subscribers of the print or digital versions (but if you really want to pick and can't find the issue on campus, you can always get a Web pass for less than $7) give a good snapshot of the state of Admissions offices in the US (. It was completed online by 461 admissions officials from all 50...
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