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 […]
Archive for the ‘Information Technology’ Category
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 […]
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 – Head in the Cloud: On-Demand Solutions for Processing, Storage and Content Delivery Needs by Mike Richwalsky and Josh Tysiachney from Allegheny College
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. The cloud is cheap, easy, distributed […]
eduWeb 2008 in 140 words – Your CMS Implementation Can Be a Success by Tonya Price, Director of Marketing and Web Operations at Worcester Polytechnic Institute
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. Setting expectations are crucial for a […]
eduWeb 2008: my corner office with a view, cloud computing and outsourcing
After taking 2 airplanes to get to Philly and a ride with Mike Richwalsky & Josh Tysiachney from Allegheny College and Brad Ward from Butler University (and BlogHighEd) to Atlantic City, I checked in yesterday around 4:30 pm. My room has a gorgeous view, but the $12.50 Internet wireless connection could definitely be better. I’m […]
Are you hiring? Post your higher ed job ad for free at www.higheredexperts.com/jobs
Happy Independence Day to my readers in the US! If you’re looking for independence, a new job (or a new skilled team member) might be the way to go (I know that’s kind of a lame transition). It’s been a few months since I decided to work on a better solution than the Higher Ed […]
Thinking about outsourcing email and other apps at your institution? Submit your questions for the main players, Google and Microsoft
Sorry for my light blogging, but I have been working on a few projects lately… and something had to give. One of these projects is a feature-long article for the August issue of University Business (it’s due June 1st – it’s a magazine, not a blog ;-) about email outsourcing in higher education. If you […]
Portal 2008 at Gettysburg College: Mark your calendar and submit a proposal
I meant to write about this conference earlier this month, but things have really been crazy. The Portal 2008 Conference will take place at Gettysburg College on June 3-6, 2008. And, this year it’s all going to be about measurement and assessment as explained in the official announcement about the conference: While very few documented […]
From outsourcing email to outsourcing IT?
Today, Inside Higher Ed has a great well-researched and well-written piece about a trend that will change the face of IT departments on most campuses in a few years: “When emailed is outsourced.” (Don’t forget to share it with your IT folks!) In his article, Andy Guess, Mr. Technology at IHE, gives a very good […]
Want to find out how to promote academic excellence at your institution to potentially 25 million people? Register for “Podcasting Made Easy” Webinar Series by Friday!
Reach 25 million people via podcasting??? Ok, there is a bit of marketing hype in the title of this post, but I got your attention – right? Besides, it’s not all hype since this upcoming 3-webinar series by Higher Ed Experts includes a session about iTunes U, Apple’s free audio and video streaming hosting service […]