Archive for May, 2009
UPDATE: Tony Dunn has just announced that he decided to put his blog, TFRL, to sleep after 2 people had complained about it to his CIO. That's a very sad day for the higher ed blogosphere and the higher ed web community. The blog is still nominated for the award, so feel free to vote for it. Tales from Redesignland: RIP TFRL As you've probably heard (or read in my previous post), the eduStyle awards include a people's choice award for the best higher ed blog this year. As a partner for this category and a fervent supporter of higher ed blogging,...
Read MoreAs you've probably heard (or read in my previous post), the eduStyle awards include a people's choice award for the best higher ed blog this year. As a partner for this category and a fervent supporter of higher ed blogging, I've decided to publish a series of interviews with the 5 nominees for this award. My goal for these interviews was to provide a good and fair introduction to all these blogs -- and help you cast your vote. So, don't forget to vote by June 1st and let the most popular blog win! Blog title: SquaredPeg.com First blog post: "Welcome to...
Read MoreAs you've probably heard (or read in my previous post), the eduStyle awards include a people's choice award for the best higher ed blog this year. As a partner for this category and a fervent supporter of higher ed blogging, I've decided to publish a series of interviews with the 5 nominees for this award. My goal for these interviews was to provide a good and fair introduction to all these blogs -- and help you cast your vote. So, don't forget to vote by June 1st and let the most popular blog win! Blog title: .eduGuru First blog post: "Look, Ma....
Read MoreAs you've probably heard (or read in my previous post), the eduStyle awards include a people's choice award for the best higher ed blog this year. As a partner for this category and a fervent supporter of higher ed blogging, I've decided to publish a series of interviews with the 5 nominees for this award. My goal for these interviews was to provide a good and fair introduction to all these blogs -- and help you cast your vote. So, don't forget to vote by June 1st and let the most popular blog win! Blog title: mStonerblog First blog post: "Academic blogs"...
Read MoreThe Pew Internet and American Life Project released, in March 2009, a typology of tech users incorporating attitudes towards the mobile web (which was an addition compared to their previous typology I wrote about in May 2007) in a report titled "The Mobile Difference." 10 user categories were identified as described in this table below: Two days ago was released an online quiz composed of 14 questions to help you place yourself in one of these categories in the Pew Internet Project's Typology of Information and Communication Technology Users I filled out the survey and got the verdict the Pew's verdict: I'm a...
Read MoreThe 2009 eduWeb Conference will take place from July 20 to July 22 in Chicago, IL. Shelley Wetzel, the eduWeb conference founder and director, accepted to answer a few questions about this year’s conference (as she did in 2008, 2007, 2006 and 2005 - it's a tradition. 1) Last year was the third edition of EduWeb, so how did it go? Atlantic City provided a new venue for our largest conference yet. Attendees from around the US and the world brought a unique prospective to the growing conference. We have worked really hard this year to incorporate feedback...
Read MoreEven though I'm hosting "Writing Right for the Web" webinars this week, I'm working behind the scenes on the research for an upcoming University Business column about the mobile Web and other cell phone based initiatives. Thanks to a Twitter tip from @gilzow, I stumbled yesterday on the announcement of the MU iPhone Student Competition Winners, a contest organized by the Reynolds Journalism Institute at the University of Missouri. Launched in September 2008, this contest prompted journalism and engineering majors to create iPhone applications with a real-life purpose. There were 2 winners for this competition: one picked by judges including ATT...
Read MoreYou've probably heard about the eduStyle awards. There has been a lot of buzz around these awards organized by eduStyle. Well, now is the time for you to vote and choose the people's choice awards in different categories including the two in partnership with this blog and yours truly. So, without further ado, here are the nominees in these 2 blog categories: For the Collegewebeditor.com Best School Sponsored Blog Award (including blogs submitted in the student and institutional blog categories - Cast your vote!): Biola University - Biola Blogs Cornell University - Lab of Ornithology - Round Robin Redesign Blog Imperial College London - Student...
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