Archive for the ‘Video’ Category

Higher Ed TV: How to promote your faculty’s scholarship – and sense of humor – to the YouTube crowd in 1 minute and 51 seconds

March 27th, 2008 Karine Joly 1 Comment

I’m currently wrapping up the presentation about the state of higher education (audio and video) podcasting in the US I’ve been invited to give at the Podcasting for Education Conference to be held next week at The University of Warwick in the UK (and no, I’m not the lucky gal you think I am as […]

Higher Ed TV: Find out more about YouTube plans for higher education with this 50-minute video… available on YouTube

March 18th, 2008 Karine Joly No Comments

A month ago in a blog post titled “More Colleges Show Interest in Hooking Up With YouTube,” Chronicle Senior Writer Jeffrey Young wondered why it was so difficult for higher ed professionals to get their answers to their questions about YouTube’s higher ed channels on the Campus Wired blog Since we wrote about professors on […]

Need some backup to explain why you can’t afford to ignore Facebook or YouTube?

February 27th, 2008 Karine Joly 2 Comments

Just forward this article published yesterday in the eMarketer newsletter (but hurry, these are usually only accessible for a limited-time only): “Student Noses Buried in Facebooks”. According to Youth Trends’ February 2008 “Top Ten List Report,” Facebook and YouTube are included in the top 3 picks for favorite websites – ahead of Google – named […]

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

January 31st, 2008 Karine Joly No Comments

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.

January 22nd, 2008 Karine Joly No Comments

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

January 14th, 2008 Karine Joly 2 Comments

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!

January 9th, 2008 Karine Joly 1 Comment

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!

December 21st, 2007 Karine Joly 2 Comments

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

December 20th, 2007 Karine Joly No Comments

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

December 11th, 2007 Karine Joly 2 Comments

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

December 5th, 2007 Karine Joly 3 Comments

‘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: Top 10 Fun YouTube Videos Featuring College/University Presidents

November 22nd, 2007 Karine Joly 1 Comment

To celebrate Thanksgiving with all this blog readers based in the US, I’ve prepared a selection of YouTube videos featuring 10 college/university presidents in unusual situations — i.e. they don’t give a speech or read a welcome message. Here are the 10 university/colleges presidents listed by order of appearance: Allegheny College President, Dr. Richard Cook, […]

“YouTube and Higher Ed” from Mr. Higher Ed at YouTube: Obadiah Greenberg

November 15th, 2007 Karine Joly 1 Comment

I’ve been trying for a while now to get in touch with the person in charge of higher education partnership at YouTube . So, when I saw that Obadiah Greenberg – who used to work at UC Berkeley – was scheduled to give a presentation at a conference in San Diego last week, I ask […]

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

November 1st, 2007 Karine Joly 3 Comments

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?

September 12th, 2007 Karine Joly 1 Comment

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.

September 3rd, 2007 Karine Joly No Comments

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 […]