Our little world of higher ed has finally its cable TV talk show – except it’s not on cable TV and it’s pretty good.
It looks like Seth Odell (who works at UCLA and blogs at As Media Change) did it.
After weeks of preparation Seth has launched a great new project: Higher Ed Live, a 30-minute live streaming show scheduled on Sundays at 7PM ET.
While I didn’t managed to watch the show live, I caught the archived version this morning.
Tim Nekritz from SUNY Oswego was the inaugural guest and did a great job sharing news and resources about Facebook Places, Scavengr, Gowalla, Foursquare and other players of the geo-social arena.
The 33-minute show was really well produced and offered a quick (maybe not an entry-level one though) overview of its topic of the week.
Seth and Tim also discussed five stories or links (Drake’s D+ campaign, UCLA biz school going private and Google Instant featuring the University of Phoenix when you type “univ” in the search box were the ones I can remember) as part of the “Weekly Five” segment that will be offered every week.
There was also the unsolicited shout-out of the week. In this first episode, dropbox got the honor.
If you haven’t watch it yet, I guess you want to know now if you should.
I’d say give it a try and keep an eye on future episodes.
As I said earlier the show is well-produced and Seth is definitely at ease in front of the camera (although he can speak a bit too quickly from time to time – but, hey who doesn’t?).
Viewers are also invited to post live feedback or question on Twitter (#higheredlive) or even call the show phone line (313 HIGH EDU) during the week to leave questions or comments.
And, you? What do you think?
Karine, thanks so much for the great write up! I’m really glad you enjoyed it and were able to check out the recording. I’ll do my best to slow down next time ;)
I appreciate that you mentioned that the program wasn’t entirely entry-level. It really is my intention to provide a program that is a resource for all higher ed professionals, regardless of their web savvy or background. I’m going to be working extra hard to make sure future programming is a little more accessible.
If anyone else has any thoughts or suggestions please don’t hesitate to contact me at seth@higheredlive.com! The show will be growing and changing over time and I would sincerely love your feedback.
I thought it was a great way to go from the excitement of the weekend and into work mode before Monday morning. It’s at a perfect time and got me thinking about the topics discussed and how my college could better use Facebook Places, Foursquare and the like, but it also just got me thinking creatively in general. I’ll tune in each week!
Meg,
Thank you SO much for that thoughtful and sincere comment. This show has taken a lot of work and late nights, but seeing a comment like that absolutely makes it all worth it.
Please don’t hesitate to send any suggestions my way!
Seth