You might have already heard about this YouTube video as several higher ed bloggers (mstonerblog, The Old College Try and edustir among others) and twitterers have mentioned it this week. President’s Day at Macalester College is a 5-minute online video featuring President Brian Rosenberg. Not your traditional college president video at all. This online video […]
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5 little-known facts about Collegewebeditor.com for its 5th birthday
Can you believe it? It’s been 5 years (here’s my first post), 5 years where I witnessed and chronicled amazing changes in web, marketing and PR in higher education. So, here are 5 little known facts about collegewebeditor.com: It’s a millionaire with 1,010,801 spam comments caught by Akismet (BTW, would you be my Valentine, Dear […]
I’m a Digital Collaborator. What kind of tech users are you?
The Pew Internet and American Life Project released, in March 2009, a typology of tech users incorporating attitudes towards the mobile web (which was an addition compared to their previous typology I wrote about in May 2007) in a report titled “The Mobile Difference.” 10 user categories were identified as described in this table below: […]
Holiday Cards: The University of Maryland does it again with a nice online video
I wrote about UM holiday card last year, so I guess that’s why Linda Martin, Executive Director Web and New Media Strategies sent a link to the 2008 edition this morning: Holiday Greetings from the University of Maryland Like last year, the 2-minute video is also available on Youtube (56 views at the time of […]
Higher Ed TV: Roanoke College plays the viral game to find a new mascot and reach high school students
Don’t know if you got a chance to read “Getting Consumers to Spend $150,000 With a Viral Effort,” this article published Monday in Advertising Age, but I’m pretty sure we would all love to have our institution featured in such a positive way in any media outlet (minus the price tag in the headline, maybe, […]
Higher Ed TV: Caps and Gowns 101 by UCLA Newsroom
Commencement season is upon (or behind) us, and this Youtube video produced by UCLA Newsroom is very timely. I got the tip in an email sent by Seth Odell from UCLA Newsroom starting with “Hello higher ed friends” (Geez, and I thought I was special — Next time, how about just “Hi” or “Hello,” so […]
The HighEdWeb Association found my long lost brother… Matthew Joly
Today, they even sent “Matthew” an invitation for the 2008 HighEdWeb Conference. Problem is I don’t have a brother and haven’t planned (or ever thought about it for that matter) any gender-changing surgery. Lori from the conference committee gave the explanation in a blog post posted yesterday: Due to a mail merge snafu with our […]
Higher Ed TV: The Holiday Card from Eckerd College is back with President Eastman
Last year, Eckerd College did a great and funny holiday video card targeted to prospective students and featuring its College President, Admissions and Financial Aid Dean and the Web Team, aka “The Web Dudes:” As Colin Fast from Red River College explained in an interview published in a previous post, Eckerd College’s card was the […]
Higher Ed TV: Holiday Card YouTube-style by the University of Maryland
‘Tis the season to be jolly and… to send/email Holidays cards. This year, the University of Maryland has put a refreshing spin on the tradition with a 2-minute video featuring many students, staff and faculty members – and even Alum Connie Chung – gathering for a group holiday photo. Available on YouTube, the video can […]
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 […]
Forget about US News & World Report! Here are Higher Ed Experts’ College Rankings ;-)
But, first let me start with an important and necessary disclaimer: HEE college rankings shouldn’t be taken seriously. If you read these lines and you are looking for a way to find the right college, the US News issue about Best Colleges in America is definitely better suited for your eyes. Don’t think I need […]
“I-can-get-my-institution-to-the-top” Challenge Update: Top 40 of Higher Ed Experts’ College Preliminary Rankings
A couple of weeks ago, I launched a new breed of college rankings: Higher Ed Experts’ College Rankings. While I can’t reveal if my ultimate goal is to compete with US News & World Report ;-0, I can confirm that the HEE College Rankings will be published this Friday – the day the magazine’s list […]
Take the Higher Ed Experts’ “I-can-get-my-institution-to-the-top” Challenge!
So, it’s Friday, and I got one of those crazy ideas after posting Higher Ed Experts’ Preliminary College Rankings this morning. Find out more about the challenge by watching this 37-second video (more like a slide show with music, actually) I’ve just put togehter: Let’s have some fun for a change!
Higher Ed Experts New (Preliminary) College Rankings
While many of us are waiting for the results of the beauty contest the US News and World Report college rankings to be published later this month, I thought you might be interested in the Higher Ed Experts‘ Preliminary College Rankings: Top 27 institutions Tidewater Community College (19) Duke University (8) Penn State University (7) […]
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