Archive for the ‘Blogs & Wikis’ Category

5 (higher ed) bloggers that make me think

I’ve been tagged by Robert French for a meme making its way in the blogosphere. That’s actually a first for me (and if it’s the first time you read about blog memes, don’t worry, they are contagious, but not lethal ;-) I thought it would be a great opportunity to highlight five of the great […]

Register now for “Admissions Blogging 360,” a 3-webinar series on July 18, 25 & 31 featuring Nancy Prater (Ball State University), Ben Jones (MIT) and Sam Jackson

I knew admissions-sponsored blogging was a hot topic when I originally asked Nancy Prater and Ben Jones if they would present a webinar to share their experience and know-how. What I didn’t know is that both would be quoted extensively in an Associated Press story written by Andrew Welsh-Huggins and published in many newspapers and […]

Why should university alumni associations blog? Because… it works

Executive Director of the Caltech Alumni Association at the California Institute of Technology, Andy Shaindlin started a blog, Alumni Futures, targeted to his professional peers last February. In a post titled “Should Alumni Associations Be Blogging?”, Andy dares alumni associations to get in blogging mode, because blogs are great community-building tools: Here’s an idea for […]

UAB puts a human face on research with its Antarctica 2.0 website

Spring might be upon us, but some folks at the University of Alabama at Birmingham have really their mind more focused on ice, snow and Web 2.0. To promote their research team’s expedition at Palmer Station Antarctica, they launched, earlier this month, a dedicated website called “UAB in Antarctica” that uses a lot of Web […]

3 questions to a higher ed blogger: James Boyle from “Hoverings”, a blog for College Parents

Last week, I posted about a survey report released by College Parents of America, a national “association dedicated to advocating and to serving on behalf of current and future college parents.” At that time, I noticed on the homepage of the association website a link to its blog: “Hoverings, A Blog for College Parents.” Launched […]

CASE offers public access to my Currents article about Web 2.0 until April 15, 2007

I don’t know if Dennis Miller’s last post or Andrew Careaga’s ealier comment about the topic have helped make the case for open access I started when I submitted my final draft a few months ago. But, I’ve just heard from Andrea Gabrick, the CASE editor I worked with on my article about Web 2.0, […]

Crisis Communication with the blogosphere: lessons learned at UMR after a bomb/anthrax scare

Andrew Careaga and its PR team at the University of Missouri Rolla went through a crisis a few days ago after a graduate student claiming to have a bomb and anthrax was subdued by campus police, then arrested and charged with six felonies. In his very nicely titled post “UMR, the media and the war […]

Don’t have a Ph.D. yet? Get a blog!

My email box is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you’re gonna get… (yes, I stole this one from Forrest Gump ;-) As you might assume I do get a fair number of requests and questions from readers via email, but I got a special message last week. I wanted to share […]

Collegewebeditor.com is 2.0-year old with 300 posts and a new design

Today, I’m celebrating the second “birthday” of this blog launched on February 12, 2005 as well as its 300th post. When I started this blog, I didn’t have a clue where this will lead me – if anywhere. Now with more than 150 subscribers to the email newsletter, about 250 readers via RSS and over […]

Got a (controversial) change in the plans at your institution? A blog might be the perfect communication channel.

Most people don’t like change (I thrive on it, but I know I’m in the minority on this one ;-). In higher education, the announcement of any proposed change (be it a website or logo redesign, a new strategic plan or even worse a change in the name of the institution) will result in complaints, […]

The Question: a new twist on academic blogging at West Virginia University

What a great and different way to promote an academic department to the campus community and the world! I know, I know, this first line isn’t very informative, but I really think West Virginia University is defintely onto something with the blog recently launched by its Philosophy department and its Web Services: The Question. And, […]

Should you get your College president blogging?

If you’re toying with the idea, you might want to read “Erasing Divide, College Leaders Take to Blogging” by Diana Jean Schemo published yesterday in The New York Time. In January, I gave my take on the topic in a post titled “Top 3 reasons to get your university/college president blogginge,” but the NYT article […]

Live from your university web team’s office with… a blog

More and more higher ed Web teams use blogs to keep stakeholders or constituents updated about their work and share interesting information about the Web. Lately, I’ve come across a few good examples. No reason to keep them to myself, so here they are (no ranks, no favorites — just an unordered list) UC Davis […]

5 ways to find and recruit student bloggers for your admission-sponsored blogs… without a budget

A couple of weeks ago a reader asked for a few tips on how to recruit student bloggers without a budget. Although I’m not sure the no-budget approach is the best, I understand that it is sometimes the only one to get things started. I guess the lack of compensation for student bloggers could even […]

Ball State University is blogging its website redesign and CMS selection

Following in the footsteps of Ohio State University, Cornell University and Duke University among others, Ball State University has launched a blog dedicated to the relaunch of its website: Relaunching bsu.edu. Maintained by Nancy Prater, BSU University Web Coordinator, this blog will be used as the main communication channel to announce changes and collect feedback […]

Why you should get your press releases on a blogging platform

Some of you already use blogging platforms to publish press releases on the Web: these tools are cheap (wordpress is free), easy to use and the default reverse chronological order is a perfect fit for this type of content. But, that’s not all. Here are a few other reasons I highlighted in a recent email […]