Archive for March, 2009
I had 2 announcements related to higher ed blogging awards, so I thought it made sense to bundle both in a single post. First, I'd like to announce the 20 finalists of the Edu Blogger Scholarship Contest "popularity" phase that ended yesterday: al-jamiat.com blogs.oc.edu christine.smcbloggers.com dontwasteyourtime.co.uk eironae.com elearningpundit.com heidicool.com highedwebtech.com highered.prblogs.org higheredmarketing.blogspot.com isupportuoregon.org karlynmorissette.karlyn.me killjill.wordpress.com learnqtp.com murcha.wordpress.com nick.smcbloggers.com sekolahbogorraya.edublogs.org simpsonscarborough.com/blog teachingcollegeenglish.com ukwebfocus.wordpress.com The next step will be for the judges of the Edu Blogger Scholarship Contest (Matt Herzberger, Stewart Foss and yours truly) to evaluate the quality and originality of the entered blog posts. After compiling these evaluations, we will announce the winner of the grand prize - the $1,500 scholarship - as well as the lucky winner of the 2...
Read MoreI got the tip about AU web redesign launch yesterday in an email from Maralee Csellar, Acting Director for Media Relations at American University. As explained in the top news story available on the homepage, New Site Launches, Will Change AU Communications, the whole redesign process started in the summer of 2006 took more than 2 years. The project required well over 25,000 hours work by more than 125 AU staff members in 20 departments across the university before coming to fruition on March 30 Interesting features of this redesigned website include: AUpedia, a wiki directly integrated in the website and available right...
Read MoreIt looks like the wait is finally over: YouTube just launched yesterday its new channel dedicated to videos produced by higher ed institutions and finally came up with a clear way to apply to get the education partner status. And, you can thank YouTube employees if you know any, because this baby is the results of their work as explained in this paragraph in yesterday's release notes published on YouTube's blog: Do You EDU? Educational Hub Launches: Using YouTube as a vehicle to democratize learning is one of the coolest, unintended outcomes of its existence. YouTube EDU is a volunteer project sparked...
Read MoreWebsite redesigns can be very, very scary projects. People don't like change, especially on "their" homepage. That's why you should prepare as much as possible before jumping into a website redesign (whether it's for a university, college, department or even an office). You can find some tips in a column I wrote for University Business in December 2006 - and you should also make sure to get your hands on the April issue of University Business as my next column provides great tips and tools to redesign on a dime. But, if you want/need more help, why not register for "Website Redesign...
Read MoreAbout 2 months ago, I was interviewed for a CASE Currents' article about digital magazines for alums. The article written by Douglas Vaira, Living a Digital Age, has been published in the March issue (but is only accessible to CASE members), so I thought some of you might be interested in my answers to Vaira's questions. As far as digital magazines, where does the future lie? I think we're going to see more integration between print and digital publications. Given the shrinking budgets reported by many higher ed institutions, print magazines are going to take a hit in circulation, size, etc....
Read MoreOnce again I found in my inbox a message from someone who wanted to register for the upcoming webinar series: “Analytics 360″ (the initial registration deadline was yesterday at 9PM). As a result, I decided to postpone the registration deadline until next Friday (March 20, 2009) at 9PM ET. If you are trying to make sense of your Web and email analytics, this 3-webinar series scheduled next week (March 24, 25 & 26) and featuring Karlyn Morissette (Dartmouth College), Shelby Thayer and Joshua Ellis (Penn State) is the solution (and why not pack a room with your Web, marketing and...
Read MoreI'm giving this presentation (an updated version of the keynote speech I gave at the eduWeb conference in July 2008) today (in about 30 minutes) at the CUPRAP conference. It's the first part of a workshop about social media. Mike Richwalsky presents the second part. Here are my slides available on Slideshare: It's the Community, Stupid! Take 2View more presentations from karinejoly. Here are links to the online videos recorded by some higher ed community managers for this presentation: Ann White from OCU Adam Stahr from UNL Rachel Reuben from SUNY New Paltz Mike Caulfied formerly from Keene State College Stewart Foss from eduStyle At the end of my...
Read MoreIsn't this headline quite a teaser? I stand by it though as this is also a good way to look at the Edu Blogger Scholarship Contest. As I've explained on this blog a few weeks ago, I'm managing this contest targeted to edu bloggers. It's open to the "usual suspects" of the higher ed blogosphere (you know who you are - and if you aren't registered yet, hope you'll do it before the deadline next Tuesday), but also to any of the bloggers writing for your institution. The only 3 requirements to enter this contest are 1) to write a post about...
Read MoreFirst, let me start with a disclaimer: I've just received and browsed my electronic review copy of The eduStyle Guide to Usable Higher Ed Homepage Design (email arrived a bit before 6AM this morning). I knew it was supposed to be released any day now, but I had no clue when it would hit my inbox. Stewart Foss, one of the co-authors of this brand new book (who will present the first of the 3 webinars about Web Redesign offered in April by Higher Ed Experts), and I have been talking about the book for a couple of months now as...
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