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 […]
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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 […]
Best 2012 #highered responsive websites: University of Notre Dame and Lancaster University
You might have seen the news on Twitter or live during the eduStyle Awards ceremony at the eduWeb Conference. The suspense is now over and the higher ed community (more than 2,000 voters) as long as a panel of judges have chosen the best responsive websites in our industry, respectively the University of Notre Dame […]
Top 5 best #highered responsive websites in competition for the 2012 RWD eduStyle Award
Responsive web design has become the new black in higher education over the past few months. So, it shouldn’t be a surprise that the presitigious eduStyle Awards now include a category for responsive websites, category sponsored by Higher Ed Experts (I thought it would make sense since our 4-week online course on RWD for higher […]
Why should #highered rethink content for responsive web design?
I swear. This is my last post related to responsive web design… for this week :-) In preparation for the Higher Ed Redesign Web Design Summit taking place next week (June 19-21, 2012), I had the pleasure to listen to Sara Wachter-Boettcher, the keynote, yesterday. Sara is one of the leading expert in content for […]
3 questions to Ethan Marcotte on #highered Responsive Web Design #psuweb12
As I wrote Monday, Responsive Web Design is the star of the PSU Web Conference this week at Penn State University. I started to research RWD last Fall for one of my University Business columns. Back then, I interviewed several early adopters in higher education as well as Ethan Marcotte, who literally wrote the book […]
Responsive Web Design for #highered is on this week at #psuweb12
Responsive Web Design is going to be the star of the Penn State University Web Conference (#psuweb12 on Twitter) this week. I was already scheduled to speak at UB Tech also taking place this week in Las Vegas, which is the only reason I’m not attending the PSU Web conference this year. Higher Ed Experts […]
Why do #highered responsive websites need more “responsible” content?
Sara Wachter-Boettcher, content strategist and author, knows web content inside out. In late February, she wrote an article for A List Apart, Future-Ready Content that has literally reframed the debate about responsive websites and the mobile first approach. Luckily for our industry, the thought-leader she is currently becoming on future-ready content (or why not call […]
University of Notre Dame redefines #highered websites with its redesigned mobile first responsive homepage
While others were having some good April’s Fool fun with their homepage, the University of Notre Dame quietly launched a revolutionary homepage yesterday afternoon. This could well be the Holy Grail of higher ed website design: a web design based on the mobile first approach that serves content on any devices using a combo of […]
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