Archive for the ‘Higher Ed Bloggers & Podcasters’ Category

Find out how a higher ed executive, UF’s Joe Hice, has ignited conversations with his blog, Gator Grotto

January 26th, 2009 Karine Joly 3 Comments

First, let me start by a quick disclaimer, I might be a bit partial on this topic for 2 reasons: I’ve known and collaborated for almost 3 years on different projects (conferences, webinars, etc. including the upcoming “Saving Big” Webinars for which registration ends tonight by the way) with the blogger behind this blog – […]

Blogs aren’t dead… even in this Twitter age

November 11th, 2008 Karine Joly 14 Comments

For the past few days I’ve been busy wrapping up my presentation for the marathon 4-hour workshop I’ll give this Sunday at the AMA Symposium for Higher Education. And, I can report that blogs aren’t dead or “so 2004” as Paul Boutin would love his readers to believe after scanning his Wired article published on […]

Higher Ed TV: Blue has no clue where the 2 missing Butler mascot costumes are

September 11th, 2008 Karine Joly No Comments

No, it’s not another episode of the famous kid show Blue’s Clues, but it could be. Butler Blue 2 is the official and furry mascot of Butler University (as all you sports fans probably know) According to Blue’s blog (yeah, I know, dog blogs aren’t that common, but this puppy even got a greater-than-life statue […]

RISD has the president we have all been dreaming of

September 10th, 2008 Karine Joly 2 Comments

The inauguration of John Maeda the 16th president of Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) will take place this Friday. Why do I think he is the kind of presidents we have all been dreaming of? First, just look at his inauguration online guest book, created for the campus community to add their thoughts, best […]

Around the (Higher Ed) World in 4 Questions: Brian Kelly, UK Web Focus at UKOLN

September 5th, 2008 Karine Joly No Comments

Even if we (I?) tend to focus on our little corner of the higher ed Web on a daily basis, that world is flat too. That’s why I’ve recently decided to open more this blog to initiatives, news and happenings taking place all around the world and not just in the US and Canada. Without […]

Fresh higher ed blogging at Big Glorious Mess

August 26th, 2008 Karine Joly 1 Comment

I’ve just (I know, I know, I’m late here but my Web browsing time has been dramatically cut over the past few weeks) found out about David Baker’s really good blog: Big Glorious Mess, and I think I’ve just fallen in love with his blogging. It’s smart, thoughtful and very well-written, so you should definitely […]

Live from the higher ed blogosphere: New higher ed blogs, old faces and a quick favor

March 28th, 2008 Karine Joly 2 Comments

While I can’t tell by the amount of snow still on the ground outside, it feels like spring in the higher ed blogosphere with the arrival of new blogs authored by 2 seasoned higher ed bloggers. Mike Richwalsky from Allegheny College has recently launched Higher Ed Web Tech where he plans to share some good […]

eduStyle and Collegewebeditor.com Awards: Nominate your favorite higher ed websites and blogs before April 30, 2008

March 5th, 2008 Karine Joly 2 Comments

As announced in my first post about these awards, the nominations for best websites, web projects and blogs are now open and will close on April 30, 2008. So, here is what you need to do if you want to nominate a website or a blog: If a site is in the eduStyle gallery Create […]

Collegewebeditor.com is 3-year old with this 500th post

February 12th, 2008 Karine Joly 11 Comments

Today, I’m celebrating the third “birthday” of this blog launched on February 12, 2005 as well as its 500th post, which means I posted exactly 200 posts since its last birthday – and I didn’t do it on purpose ;-). Now with 946 readers via RSS feed (according to feedburner), 450 email newsletter subscribers and […]

3 questions to John Strubel, Web developer at Charleston Southern University, from eduDesigners.com

February 5th, 2008 Karine Joly No Comments

As I mentioned in a previous post about new initiatives in the higher ed designer community, John Strubel, Higher Ed Experts member and Web developer at Charleston Southern University, has been working very hard on a new website targeted to university web designers: eduDesigners.com. I’ve been watching the site developed over the past couple of […]

Live from the Higher Ed Blogosphere: New ideas, new blogs & new projects in the higher ed design community

February 1st, 2008 Karine Joly 3 Comments

I don’t know if this is due to something in the water (or in the air), but the higher ed web community is bubbling with great new initiatives. Here’s a quick list of what’s going on. Andy Shaindlin who blogs at Alumni Futures wants to encourage you to brainstorm new ideas to improve higher ed […]

3 questions to a higher ed blogger: Jeff Kraus, Assistant Vice Chancellor for PR at VCCS from “VA Higher Ed”

November 6th, 2007 Karine Joly No Comments

I met Jeff Kraus, Assistant Vice Chancellor for Public Relations at the Virginia Community College System, last June at the conference his organization held for Web and PR folks working in VA community colleges. I was invited to present at this conference by Susan Hayden, a regular reader. At that time, I spoke about Web […]

Higher Ed PR Professionals and News Editors Go Web 2.0 with Real Blogs

October 29th, 2007 Karine Joly No Comments

Something big is happening. In several higher ed institutions across the country, some PR and News professionals have started to embrace the conversational age by launching real news blog inviting feedback from readers by publishing – moderated – comments In the past couple of weeks only, 3 new initiatives were launched in different institutions: News […]

3 questions to a higher ed blogger: Andrew Shaindlin, Executive Director of the Caltech Alumni Association from “Alumni Futures”

September 10th, 2007 Karine Joly No Comments

Executive Director at the Caltech Alumni Association, Andrew Shaindlin has been blogging at Alumni Futures since last February, but managed to make my list of 5 bloggers that make me think last May by posting regularly well-researched, well-written posts targeted to alumni professionals. 1) Why did you decide to start your blog Alumni Futures in […]

Live from the higher ed blogosphere: Flickr, Twitter and Presentation 2.0

September 10th, 2007 Karine Joly No Comments

Last week I read 3 interesting posts written by 3 different higher ed bloggers, but couldn’t find the time to post about these. Paul Baker (Education PR) shares a great story that shows the power of Web 2.0. A year ago, while he was attending a conference in New Orleans, he took some great photos […]

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”

September 3rd, 2007 Karine Joly 2 Comments

“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 […]