Archive for the ‘Higher Ed TV’ Category

Higher Ed TV: MIT Tech TV, a YouTube-clone for the Geeks?

How can you make your students and faculty members share their work and research with the world? Give them the right tools: their own dedicated video-sharing website. That’s what MIT is doing with MIT Tech TV, its own YouTube clone complete with video-sharing capabilities (including email and embedding code) and community-building features such as video […]

Higher Ed Experts Update (1): The registration deadline for the online video webinar series has been postponed to Thursday January 24, 2007 at 8PM ET.

This morning, I had a couple of emails in my Inbox asking if it was still possible to register for the January 29-31 webinar series about online videos (the initial registration deadline was yesterday). As a result, I decided to postpone the registration deadline until this Thursday (Jan 24) at 8PM ET. If you want […]

Trying to make your case to start an online video initiative at your institution? 70% of young adults have visited video-sharing websites like YouTube

Ok, I know, my headlines are horribly long (and as a result so are my post URLS – hint: use tinyurl.com if you want to share a post with coworkers), but I promise there is a reason to this madness ;-) Anyway, I’m a bit late to the party as the survey report I’m writing […]

Is “starting up an online video initiative at your institution” one of your resolutions for 2008? Get help with this 3-webinar series scheduled on January 29-31!

Long time, no post. So, first let me wish you the best for 2008. As I told you in my Holiday video message (nobody got the guts/time/urge to post a video reply until now, but you can still share your hope for 2008 via a YouTube video if you feel like it), my New Year’s […]

Karine on camera: Happy Holidays!

So, I’ve decided to drink the video Kool Aid to wish you happy holidays and the best for 2008 as suggested by a couple of readers in the survey (if you haven’t taken the survey yet, please do and you’ll get a chance to win a US $30 gift certificate from Amazon) If you feel […]

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 starring the President by Red River College

Since my post about the holiday card of the University of Maryland got picked up by the Chronicle of Higher Education’s Campus Wired blog last week, I’ve received a few interesting pitches and links from universities and colleges (please, keep the good stuff coming) related to their web videos. This morning, Colin Fast, Communications Coordinator […]

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 […]

Higher Ed TV: “I’m Missouri S&T” user-generated campaign, a great idea to get UMR students, alums, faculty and staff on board with the upcoming name change of the institution

The University of Missouri-Rolla will change its name in 2 months, on January 1st, 2008. Officially started in January this year and supported by a dedicated blog, the transition to the new name, Missouri S&T, starts a new stage today with the launch of a new website “Hello, My Name is Missouri S&T” as announced […]

Joost: another delivery channel for the videos produced at your institution?

Everybody is talking about online videos lately (well, the fact that it’s Day 2 of the Higher Ed Experts’ series about online videos might explain some of the chatter in my virtual neighborhood ;-) A recent report by the Pew Internet and American Life Project confirms that online videos have become a must-have web features […]

Higher Ed Experts Update: The registration deadline for the online video webinar series has been postponed to Thursday September 6, 2007 at 8PM ET.

During this long Labor Day weekend I got a few emails asking if it was still possible to register for the September 11-13 webinar series about online videos (the initial registration deadline was Sept. 1st). As a result, I decided to postpone the registration deadline until this Thursday (Sept. 6) at 8PM ET. If you […]

Need help to launch your online video initiative this Fall (or later)? Register by Friday for “Lights, Camera, Action – How to Add Online Videos to Your Marketing Mix”

I’ve already posted a couple of times about this 3-webinar series about online videos scheduled on September 11, 12 and 13 (with the 50% discount for HEE members, the total price for the webinars is just $150 – more information is available at www.higheredexperts.com/onlinevideos) I designed for Higher Ed Experts, so this is just a […]

Higher Ed TV: Dickinson President on the record about the US News and World Report College Rankings… on YouTube

I’ve already written about college presidents who blogged. I even interviewed Michael Crow, ASU president, when he started his blog: The President Post. However, this is the first time I stumbled upon a president vlogging (or video blogging) on YouTube… and Dickinson College‘s President Durden does a pretty good job at it in “Dickinson takes […]

August 2007 University Business column: “Lights, Camera, YouTube, Action!”

My fourth UB column for 2007 is now available in the August issue as well as online: “Lights, Camera, YouTube, Action!” If you are a University Business reader who has just discovered collegewebeditor.com, welcome! Donâ€™t forget to subscribe to this blog via RSS or email. You might also be interested in an upcoming 3-webinar series […]