Archive for the ‘Web 2.0 Best Practices’ Category

How to get a branded YouTube channel for your institution in just a few easy steps

Up until today, the best way to get a branded university YouTube channel was still a mystery for many (including yours truly). Since a few months several institutions (Duke University, UC Berkeley, Vanderbilt, among others) have rolled out branded YouTube channel without the ads displayed on the regular YouTube accounts. However, there were no clear […]

Higher Ed Experts Update: The registration deadline for â€œStop the Pressesâ€ has been postponed to Friday June 20, 2008 at 9PM ET.

Last night, I received a couple of emails asking if it was still possible to register for (there’s definitely a pattern going on, here) next week’s webinar series: Stop the Presses (the initial registration deadline was yesterday 9PM). As a result, I decided to postpone the registration deadline until this Friday (June 20) at 9PM […]

Higher Ed Magazines: Gone Digital, Going Paperless?

My third UB column for 2008 is now available in the June issue as well as online: “Magazines: Gone Digital, Going Paperless?” You’ll find in this column 4 tips from several of your peers (including Karl Bates from Duke University and Bonny Griffith from Ithaca College) to get you started. With the help of this […]

Don’t upload your higher ed video to YouTube (or other video-sharing websites) before doing these 5 simple things

Yesterday morning, I spent a couple of hours reviewing the 3 nominated websites for the eduStyle Awards in the “Best Use of Video” category: Boston University, NJIT and University of Notre Dame. I watched all the videos accessible from the 3 websites and even checked out the YouTube channels of these 3 institutions. After spending […]

Planning to go digital with your magazine/newsletter (or wish you would)? Sign up for “Stop the Presses”, a 3-webinar series on June 24-26

I’ve been working on this new webinar series for some time now. That’s why I’m very pleased today to announce that registration is now opened for “Stop the Presses: Why and how to go digital with your magazine or newsletter” at www.higheredexperts.com/stopthepresses This series taking place on June 24, 25 and 26 has a great […]

Higher Ed Experts Update: The registration deadline for the “911 Website” webinar has been postponed to Friday May 2, 2008 at 9PM ET.

This morning, I received two emails asking if it was still possible to register for the May 7 webinar about crisis/emergency websites presented by Mike Dame from Virginia Tech (the initial registration deadline was yesterday). As a result, I decided to postpone the registration deadline until this Friday (May 2) at 9PM ET. If you […]

Today Virginia Tech remembers – so does its website

At Virginia Tech, Mike Dame and his team have been working on this day of remembrance on the Web for a while and the result is another beautiful piece of Web design on the homepage: A dedicated website has also been created for the event at www.remembrance.vt.edu: . This is how Virginia Tech remembers, how […]

The State of Higher Ed Podcasting in the US: Thoughts, links and a recording

I had a very interesting experience this morning presenting a session about higher ed podcasting in the US to a room full of people at the University of Warwick in the UK. No long flight or dreadful jet lag required (but no nice sightseeing in the UK either :-). I did my presentation using WebEx […]

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

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

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 […]

Wake Forest University students blog their alternative spring break in New Orleans

Earlier this week, Reader Kimberly McGrath, Web Content Editor at Wake Forest University, emailed about an interesting blogging experience taking place at her institution: This week we have seventeen students on a service trip to New Orleans. Thought you might be interested in seeing the blog. The students are doing an awesome job writing about […]

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

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 […]

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 […]

Want to work with/for one of the most Web 2.0-friendly directors of communications in higher education?

It’s your lucky day… Andrew Careaga at UMR (well, actually, Missouri S&T – starting January 1st, 2008) is looking for his right (actually, left) arm: Iâ€™m currently searching for an assistant director of communications to help us move forward as we make the transition from the University of Missouri-Rolla (UMR) to Missouri University of Science […]