As I explained in the first post on this series about responsive web design in higher education, I interviewed a few early adopters of the responsive web design approach as part of my research for an upcoming column in University Business. After Stewart Foss, eduStyle Awards founder and the instructor of the 4-week online course […]
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Responsive Web Design in #highered: eduStyle Awards founder on converting your website to RWD
I’ve just completed my article about responsive design in higher education. It will be published in University Business in a couple of months (February 2012 issue). I did a few extensive interviews with early adopters as part of my research for this piece. As usual, I could only use a fraction of what I found. […]
The State of Mobile Web in #highered Survey Report
In February 2011 I ran my first survey about the State of Mobile Web in Higher Ed to provide the community with some insights on the new challenge that the mobile web has become. The survey was a real success as a total of 230 professionals working mainly in the marketing, communication and web offices […]
Top 10 #highered websites ranked by EDU Checkup scores
As we’ve seen last Friday with some of the amazing redesigns done for April’s Fool Day, we have some very talented web professionals working on higher ed websites. Every Wednesday, in my Higher Ed Experts email newsletter (not susbcribed yet?), I share the top 5 most popular websites of the week at eduStyle.net, THE higher […]
1-1-1 Express Book Review: Beginning WordPress 3 by Stephanie Leary
It’s been awhile since I wanted to review Stephanie Leary’s book about WordPress 3.0. I bought the Kindle version last October while I was getting ready to present a WordPress session at the CASE Conference for Publications Professionals. I’ve been using WordPress for the past 6 years. I started this blog with WP 1.2 in […]
Why WordPress can be the right CMS for #highered websites
In higher education, the CMS question is a million-dollar one. Well, maybe not literally, although choosing the wrong Web content management system can result in costs and ineffencies worth millions of dollars. A CMS that isn’t used by content contributors across campus doesn’t do any good to an insitution, which explains why ease-of-use is often […]
Let’s find out about the State of the Mobile Web in #highered
There has been a lot of chatter about the mobile web in higher education for the past week after the Chronicle published “As the Web Goes Mobile, Colleges Fail to Keep Up,” an article written by Josh Keller. According to the title of Keller’s article, the state of the Mobile Web in higher ed ain’t […]
2 tips for professional #highered video by Mike Richwalsky from JCU
Video is a lot of work. As Susan Evans, director of Creative Services at William & Mary College, noted in a blog post earlier this week, great video isn’t as easy to produce as it looks. Susan has even decided to wait to get a videographer on her team before doing another video. [CORRECTION: looks […]
3 tips for professional live streaming in #highered by Seth Odell (UCLA and Higher Ed Live)
Video and the Web? It’s a match made in heaven. That’s why YouTube has been so successful and why every organization dreams to create a viral video – even if there is no real recipe to achieve virality. So, what better way to engage your web visitors? Live video (often called live streaming)! As you […]
How to create and publish email newsletters with WordPress
Email newsletters and WordPress have been on my mind today for two reasons: I’m presenting a session on how to use WordPress to create the online version of your print magazine at the CASE Conference for Publications Professionals in New Orleans on Thursday. I’ll be hosting Email Newsletters 360: How to create email newsletters that […]
CSU uses Twitter to power dynamic updates on a… billboard
A few institutions have used Twitter to broadcast text updates to mobile phones (I remember writing in one of my UB columns about Allegheny College distributing this way updates about orientation). However, this is the first time I’ve heard of a university marrying the old and the new by broadcasting updates from its Twiter account […]
How Southeast Missouri State University built its mobile website with the higher ed mobile web open source platform
Southeast Missouri State University launched its mobile website in January this year. When I heard the news I was very pleased because a team from SEMO had attended the Going Mobile Webinar Series in October 2009. A few months ago Thomas Marrone, Web Design & Support Manager at SEMO Marketing & University Relations emailed me […]
Going mobile at your institution soon? Follow “Mobile in Higher Ed,” a new blog by WVU Dave Olsen
I’m really excited to announce that Dave Olsen from WVU has finally decided to blog at Mobile in Higher Ed. Dave did a tour-de-force last summer by developing in 19 days WVU mobile website. Last year he used the MIT Mobile platform. He has kept modifying the platform ever since to make it easier to […]
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