Information about academic programs ranks very high in what high school students are looking for on a college/university website. This is why the podcasts produced by the department of foreign languages and literatures at Iowa State University are a very, very good idea. As announced in an article titled “Podcasts are being used to bring […]
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Educate your director, VP or president about why your institution should podcast
In a previous post titled “How to educate your director, VP or president about Podcasting”, I pointed you to a few articles about podcasting and its use in higher education to help introduce the notion to your manager. If you were able to pick his/her interest with these links, you might want to push a […]
University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s admission TV shows now available on video iPods as vodcasts
It didn’t take too long to the University of Nebraska-Lincoln to repurpose its admission-oriented streaming videos available on the Admission website, “Real Nebraska” As reported in “UNL podcasts reach out to prospective students” an article published in The Daily Nebraskan, this show is “modeled after The Daily Show staring Jon Stewart. Real Nebraska is a […]
3 questions to a higher ed blogger: Sean O’Key, Student Blogcaster for Ball State University at Spokey’s STUDIO 360
Sean O’Key is a sophomore majoring in telecommunications at Ball State University in Muncie, IN. Sean has been blogging for a while on personal blogs such as The O’Key Factor before starting to post for his university’s admission office at Spokey’s STUDIO 360. Sean is one the 12 student-blogcasters who have been blogging and podcasting […]
Mansfield University’s admission podcasts get promoted on the radio
As you’ve probably noticed, I’ve been blogging a lot about podcasting lately. Right now, I’m doing research on the topic for another project of mine. I’ll tell you more about it soon. Thanks to this research (and Dan’s College Podcast News), I’ve come across the very professional admission podcasts produced by Dennis Miller, the director […]
(Almost) Live from HighEdWebDev 2005 in Rochester: How to integrate Podcasting into your higher ed website
Paul Kruczynski, Senior Web Implementation Specialist and Brett Essler, Web Publications Editor from Buffalo State College presented a very interesting case study at HighEdWebDev 05 on how they implemented and integrated podcasting in their university website. They also had the terrific idea to make a podcast out of their presentation available from the impressive podcasting […]
How to use the new possibilities offered by the iPod Video? Have a look at SCAD on demand
Since the launch of the iPod Video about 3 weeks ago, a couple of announcements have been made about its possible academic uses in higher education. But, what about the possibilities offered by the new portable RSS-enabled video device for admission offices? Think about the popularity of the admission video in colleges and universities. On […]
3 questions to a higher ed blogger: Emily Hambidge, journalism senior at Purdue University, from Serendipitous Intention and Purdue University Beat
Emily Hambidge studies Journalism at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana. Emily has been blogging since last January on her personal blog, A Serendipitous Intention, and since this semester at Purdue University Beat, her news writing class blog. Emily has accepted to offer us some insights on a student’s viewpoint when it comes to blogging […]
How to educate your director, VP or president about Podcasting
As a higher web professional, I’m sure you’ve already heard and read a lot about podcasting. Your director, VP and President have not, so it might be a good idea to share this post with them. The past week has witnessed a lot of media coverage about podcasting in higher education. A few interesting articles […]
Drexel, iPods and videos: good PR coup or cutting-edge academic initiative?
As you know – unless you’ve been on a deserted island for the past week – Apple orchestrated a nice press campaign for the brand new member of the ever-popular iPod family, the iPod Video. With the right mix of secrecy and leaks before the official unveiling by Apple’s CEO Steve Job last Wednesday, the […]
Do you Poooodcast? Yahoo! wants your feed
The search engine company has just launched the beta version of Yahoo! Podcasts, a new portal entirely dedicated to podcasting and podcasts. Lee Ott from Yahoo! Podcasts Team announced late yesterday on the company’s blog that, “Yahoo! Podcasts offers a comprehensive directory of podcast series and individual shows from across the Web, complete with detailed […]
IPods, Podcasting and Duke, Part 2: Podcasting Symposium on September 27-28, 2005
Duke University does it again. After its well-covered iPod First-Year Experiment last year, Duke keeps playing its cards very nicely at the ever popular Podcasting table by organizing, this month, a conference about the topic. “On Sept. 27-28, Duke University’s Information Science + Information Studies (ISIS) program is holding what organizers believe to be the […]
Duke University iPod first-year experience: So, was it worth it?
You’ll have to read the 15-page final report about this initiative (see my post “iPod, you Pod, we all Podcast in higher ed…. Really?” for some background information on iPods and Duke) released yesterday by the Center for Instructional Technology at Duke University to find out. No, I’m just kidding. Although this report available in […]
iPod, you Pod, we all Podcast in higher ed…. Really?
Ok, the title of this post is not really informative (and won’t get me anywhere in terms of search engine optimization or in any writing classes), but I couldn’t resist… Unless you work on another planet (or at least not anywhere near a campus), you have already heard about/seen/touched/bought an iPod. College kids love this […]
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