Archive for May, 2010
While I've never met Dr. John Ettling, SUNY Plattsburgh President, I'm pretty sure he has a good sense of humor. Following in the path of several college presidents (Macalester College President is the most recent one that comes to mind), President Ettling stars in a 4-minute YouTube video serving as the official invitation to this year's summer reunion at SUNY Plattsburgh. It's funny, informative and - based on the comic scenes shot on location - I bet President Ettling is a better actor than the script-reading scenes would like us to believe. Posted on May 14, 2010, the video had been watched more...
Read MoreNo plans to go to the beach, relax with a good book or enjoy the sun for yours truly this summer. I have a revolution to start. Besides a couple of web conferences presentations (eduComm in June and eduWeb in July), a few webinars, blog posts and a few other projects, I'm planning to start the Higher Ed Online Analytics Revolution. With the help of a few higher ed professionals including the Web Analytics Higher Ed Queen ("guru" is already taken by this great team of higher ed bloggers, why not queen - especially to help with a revolution ;-), Shelby Thayer, I'd...
Read MoreI 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 HAS to happen on Twitter these days ;-) by someone working at the college. At the date of this writing, the video got more than 18,000 views and more than a hundred comments with some interesting discussion going on. Haven't watched it yet? Go for it, there...
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