Archive for the ‘Responsive Web Design’ Category

Help to make the case for a #highered responsive website

If you don’t have a responsive website yet and you’re reading this post, chances are you are working on it or are convinced this is the way to go with your higher ed website. However, some of you might work for institutions where the pros and cons of responsive websites are still debated. Well, fire [...]

“Get your #highered content ready for responsive design” says Sara Wachter-Boettcher, book author & @alistapart editor-in-chief

Sara Wachter-Boettcher to present about Higher Ed Responsive Websites According to the 2013 State of Mobile & Responsive Web in Higher Ed report, 51% of surveyed institutions have already embraced responsive web design techniques as a mobile solution. While responsive websites offer a flexible device-independent solution, they do come with their own set of content [...]

The 2013 State of Mobile & Responsive Web in #highered [FULL REPORT]

How higher ed is doing with the mobile & responsive web? This is the question that the 3rd edition of the State of the Mobile and Responsive Web in Higher Ed survey report answers in a 12-page document – including results and charts. This open and independent research work is supported by Higher Ed Experts [...]

Responsive web design has become the top mobile solution for #highered [SURVEY]

The State of the Mobile & Responsive Web in Higher Ed Survey As I explained in my post about mobile and web traffic increasing shares on university and college websites last week, the analysis of the survey results on the 2013 State of Web and Responsive Web in Higher Ed is now completed. The 12-page [...]

Mobile and tablet web traffic shares on the rise in #highered [REPORT]

The State of the Mobile & Responsive Web in Higher Ed Survey I’ve finally analyzed the results of the 2013 State of Web and Responsive Web in Higher Ed Survey. The 3rd edition of this yearly survey was completed from January 8, 2013 to February 15, 2013 by 174 professionals working mainly in the marketing, [...]

Gone responsive in #highered: The University of Vermont’s website (@uvmvermont)

The University of Vermont launched its redesigned responsive website a couple of weeks ago. Tatjana Salcedo was among the first higher ed professionals to take the 4-week online course on responsive web design taught by eduStyle Founder, Stewart Foss.. I’m always excited to learn about new RWD sites in higher ed, but it’s even more [...]

7 digital trends that will shape 2013 in #highered

Did you know that I’ve been writing the Internet Technologies column for University Business for 7 years? This is from this perspective that I wrote back in December my column for the January issue of the magazine, a column looking at what’s to come for the New Year. This article, Digital and Web in Higher [...]

Take the 2013 State of the Mobile & Responsive Web SURVEY in #highered to get the report!

So much has changed over the past 12 months in higher education. Last January, only a few higher ed professionals had started to see responsive web design as an option to serve mobile users. Now, RWD is on everybody’s mind in the higher ed web development community. What is the current state of the mobile [...]

1-1-1 Book Review: Content Everywhere by Sara Wachter-Boettcher

Looking for a good and inspiring read for the holidays to kick start 2013 before it even starts? I’ve got the perfect book for you, my higher ed friend: Content Everywhere by Sara Wachter-Boettcher. I’ve had the pleasure to work with Sara last June for the Higher Ed Responsive Web Design Summit. She talked about [...]

Going responsive in #highered: Collegewebeditor.com and some

Websites are a lot like babies They require months of careful planning and many sleepless nights before the delivery – which only marks the beginning of a frantic period of feeding and caring for the new born. Websites are a lot like babies, because you can’t help feel pride and joy when you look at [...]

Gone responsive in #highered: Angelo State University’s website for prospective students

Angelo State University has chosen to go responsive for prospective students first. The institution launched a brand new site based on the responsive web design approach to offer them a better web experience – no matter the device they use when they visit the site. An in-house team, including Jon Wilcox, Web Development Specialist at [...]

Beyond the Responsive Homepage in #highered: UNL and some?

The past 12 months have been marked by a rising interest for responsive web design techniques in higher education. Last year at the #heweb11 conference in Austin the focus was on mobile. While Brett Pollack (UCSD) and Nathan Gerber (UVU) mentioned RWD in their presentations, RWD was still perceived as a small part of the [...]

1-1-1 Book Review: Rocket Surgery Made Easy by Steve Krug

You might have heard the news that we are embarking on a comprehensive (responsive) web redesign project of all our digital presence components (this blog, Higher Ed Experts, the job board, Higher Ed Analytics, the Wednesday email newsletter – yep everything). I’m really excited by this project as one of my favorite higher ed designers, [...]

2 more reasons why the responsive web design approach makes sense for #highered [STUDY]

If you are somehow a regular reader of this blog (collegewebeditor.com in case you’re reading this in your RSS Reader or on another aggregator ;0), you know that I’ve become a strong proponent of the responsive web design approach for higher education over the past year. I know, I know: if I’m such a strong [...]

Share your favorite #highered mobile/responsive website to get a chance to win a free MWF conference pass

Did you know that there is a higher ed conference focusing exclusively on mobile? The 2012 Mobile Web Framework Conference taking place on September 5-7, 2012 at UCLA is the only conference in higher ed focusing exclusively on mobile. With two tracks on Mobile Engagement and Mobile Development, the conference schedule really looks like a [...]

9 slidedecks + 1 video from the #eduweb12 conference in Boston #highered

I attended the eduWeb conference earlier this week in Boston. I got a chance to meet many of you, talk to new folks and exchange great ideas. While I was able to take away a lot, I also had to keep up with work which prevented me from attending some of the sessions that were [...]