I love conferences. Unfortunately, I can’t go to all of them – especially when they take place in Europe. So do most of you, I bet. That’s why I really enjoyed watching earlier this morning the live stream of the keynote given by Professor Derek Law (University of Strathclyde) at the IWMW 2009 conference held […]
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The ABCs of Mobile Marketing for Higher Education
My fifth UB column for 2009 is now available in the July/August issue as well as online: “The ABCs of Mobile Marketing: Words to know in exploring this new frontier in higher education marketing” The ABCs of Mobile Marketing I added a QR code to the column, but it got resized at printing time – […]
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: […]
Why do most colleges keep ignoring mobile web and text messaging marketing?
Even though I’m hosting “Writing Right for the Web” webinars this week, I’m working behind the scenes on the research for an upcoming University Business column about the mobile Web and other cell phone based initiatives. Thanks to a Twitter tip from @gilzow, I stumbled yesterday on the announcement of the MU iPhone Student Competition […]
1-1-1 Express Book Review: The eduStyle Guide to Usable Higher Ed Homepage Design by Stewart, Cody and Andy Foss
First, let me start with a disclaimer: I’ve just received and browsed my electronic review copy of The eduStyle Guide to Usable Higher Ed Homepage Design (email arrived a bit before 6AM this morning). I knew it was supposed to be released any day now, but I had no clue when it would hit my […]
More with Less: 7 ways to survive the budget crunch in higher education
My second UB column for 2009 is now available in the February issue as well as online (featured on the homepage of University Business today): “More with Less: 7 Ways to Survive the Budget Crunch” Here are the 7 ways/tips in a condensed form: Look more closely at your print publication budget Embrace (free) social […]
How are IT leaders doing more with less in higher education
Unless you’ve been on a very, very long vacation (or are one of the lucky few), you are currently facing budget cuts at your institution. I know I wrote a lot about this lately, but I’m trying to find ways to help you weather that storm. In a few days, my next University Business column […]
Mobiles, Cloud Computing, Geo-Tagging and the Personal Web will be widely adopted on campuses within 3 years
According to the 2009 Horizon report, while mobiles and cloud computing are already well established on many campuses across the world, geo-tagging and the personal web should be widely used in higher education by 2012. Released yesterday by The New Media Consortium and the EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative (ELI), an EDUCAUSE program, this report is definitely […]
Catch-up Date with Karine: HighEdWeb edition
After being away from this blog from some time – geez, almost 2 weeks, that’s what work can do to you sometimes – I’m back with a new edition of my “Catch-up Date with Karine” series. Unless, you were leaving on an unconnected deserted island last week, you’ve probably heard about all the great things […]
OSU’s new homepage includes a tag cloud for most popular links
That’s a pretty innovative way to deal with the put-me-on-the-homepage syndrome all higher ed web designers have to face when it’s time to redesign a university/college website. No fighting to find out which links to put there? Just go with what the web users want! Beautiful, don’t you think so? The new redesign is available […]
Email, Gmail, Hotmail and Beyond: Outsourcing email for better and worse?
As promised in one of my latest posts, blogging has been very light lately. Don’t worry, I’ll be back in full mode soon. In the meantime, you might want to have a look at a feature-long article I wrote for the August issue of University Business about email outsourcing: E-mail, Gmail, Hotmail, and Beyond. And, […]
eduWeb 2008 in 140 words – Vendor Free: Open Source Solutions by Nick Shontz from the University of Montana
Note from Karine: This year, I’ve asked all the eduWeb speakers working in universities/colleges to share in 140 words or less the biggest take-away from their presentation or table talk. If you’ve attended this session, feel free to weigh in by posting a comment, a question or a suggestion. Universities struggle to find all the […]
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