Archive for the ‘Blogs & Wikis’ Category

Live from HighEdWebDev 2007: 12-Step Program to Better Blogging

So, I gave my presentation about my 12-step program to better blogging and managed to turn it into some kind of stand-up comedy act this afternoon at HighEdWebDev as Vista – loaded on the laptop made available to the presenters by the organizers (note to self and tip for all of you: if you have […]

HighEdWebDev 2007: Meet the (guest) bloggers!

Several weeks ago, I asked if a few of you would blog some of the sessions they plan to attend at HighEdWebDev in Rochester next week (starting Monday, actually) and Iâ€™m happy to report that 4 fine higher ed professionals have answered my call. This year, I’m going to Rochester to present, network, meet potential […]

CASE offers public and free access until October 31, 2007 to “Fear and Loathing in Web 2.0,” a great article about the Web 2.0 Denial Syndrome

As I mentioned in this previous post, “Donâ€™t think the conversation is the message? Just look at how higher ed media have been going 2.0 lately,” I was interviewed last June by Andrea Jarrell: Anyway, â€œthe conversation is the messageâ€ has come back at me this week in an email exchange with Andrea Jarrell. Sheâ€™s […]

Trying to push for more Web 2.0 features and social networking applications at your institution? Inside Higher Ed has a great piece to help you make your case

In “Facelifts for the Facebook Generation” published today in Inside Higher Ed, Andy Guess gives a good round-up of the web design trends in higher education: As universities start to unveil the next generation of college Web sites, their efforts include a mix of approaches that tend to overlap. Lewis and other Web administrators note […]

HighEdWebDev 2007: Early-bird registration deadline ends on Sept. 14, Karine presents on Oct. 15 and the call for conference guest bloggers is open

I’ve just secured my early-bird registration to attend HighEdWebDev in Rochester on October 14-17, 2007. If you also plan to attend what is probably the best higher ed conference for Web folks in North America (hey, that means we’ll get a chance to meet ;-), make sure you register before this Friday. It’s the deadline […]

Higher Ed Experts Update: Stats and facts on how admissions offices use social media

I’m glad to introduce the first event of a new series called “30 minutes with a Higher Ed Expert.” The plan is to try to schedule one of those free online events per month. As regular readers might know I signed a yearly contract with WebEx for Higher Ed Experts, and I thought it would […]

3 questions to a higher ed blogger: Deanna Woolf, Senior Marketing Specialist at a public university in the Midwest from “The Old College Try: Marketing Higher Ed”

“The Old College Try: Marketing Higher Ed” showed up on my technorati radar a few weeks ago. Since her first post, I’ve been enjoying Deanna Woolf’s funny and witty blogging style. Senior Marketing Specialist at a public university in the Midwest, Deanna didn’t only catch the blogging bug — but also a severe case of […]

Have you heard about College Off-The-Record Blogs? You will soon

If you didn’t like Doug Imbruce’s first venture into student blogging, you won’t probably like this second one either. What is the OTR Blog Network? It’s a privately-funded venture actively recruiting bloggers and associate editors via its website currently available in Beta Written by students, for students, each O.T.R. blog covers a specific college campus. […]

Live from EduWeb 2007 in Baltimore: How to Make your Student Recruitment Blogs Stand Out from the Rest

Yesterday afternoon, Darren Wacker, consultant at James Tower, presented a session titled “It’s a Blog Eat Blog World – How to Make your Student Recruitment Blogs Stand Out from the Rest.” This is Jonathan Stephens’ first scheduled post. A refreshing twist to the vendor-esque presenter, Darren was up front about “not” hocking any service or […]

61% of admissions offices use at least one form of social media

That’s one of the findings of “The Game Has Changed: College Admissions Outpace Corporations in Embracing Social Media,” the preliminary executive summary of a study conducted by 2 academics from the Center for Marketing Research of the University of Massachussets at Dartmouth: Nora Barnes, Ph.D. and Eric Mattson. This study is based on detailed interviews […]

Live from EduWeb 2007 in Baltimore: The True Story of Student Blogging at Cornell University

Lisa Cameron-Norfleet, Program Manager for the Office of Web Communications at Cornell University, presented this Sunday afternoon a session at the EduWeb Conference in Baltimore titled â€œLife on the Hill: The True Story of Student Blogging at Cornell.â€ Lacey Updegraff, online content manager for Auburn Universityâ€™s Office of Communications and Marketing, is one of the […]

Interested in the state of print and electronic publications in higher education? Take the online survey now to receive the results with an executive summary highlighting best practices!

I’ve put together a short online survey to get a better idea of the state of print and electronic publications in higher education. The results of this survey will be used for my next University Business column to be published in October 2007 and for a study Iâ€™m conducting on this topic. My goal is […]

Planning to launch a blogging initiative to boost your admissions outreach program? Register for Admissions Blogging 360 by Wednesday July 11, 8PM ET

I’ve now reviewed the presentation files of the 3 presenters (Nancy Prater from Ball State University, Ben Jones from MIT and Sam Jackson from the Sam Jackson College Experience) scheduled for Admissions Blogging 360, the next 3-webinar series I put together for Higher Ed Experts. And, let me tell you that this really looks like […]

Don’t think the conversation is the message? Just look at how higher ed media have been going 2.0 lately

If you attended one of my sessions about Web 2.0, seen my presentation files or read my article published in the March issue of CASE’s Currents, you might have a vague idea of where I’m going with the headline of this post. But, if you don’t – here’s just a quick excerpt from the initial […]

4 questions to U.S. News & World Report about Morse Code, Robert Morse’s new blog about the college rankings

I first read about Morse Code, the new blog authored by Robert Morse, the director of data research for U.S. News & World Report behind the methodologies and surveys for the America’s Best Colleges annual rankings, on Andrew Careaga’s blog last Thursday. It appears that the blog was launched on May 15. As regular readers […]