Archive for the ‘Information Technology’ Category

How are IT leaders doing more with less in higher education

January 23rd, 2009 Karine Joly No Comments

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

January 21st, 2009 Karine Joly No Comments

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 […]

Writing a Facebook Application in 5 days is hard. Can you help the University of Bath Web Services team?

August 20th, 2008 Karine Joly 3 Comments

The University of Bath Web Services team didn’t expressively request any help, but if any higher ed web developer can provide some tips, it looks like it would be more than welcome as Phil Wilson hints in this blog post: So, two days in, and dealing with FBML, the Facebook API and the low quality […]

Email, Gmail, Hotmail and Beyond: Outsourcing email for better and worse?

August 7th, 2008 Karine Joly 5 Comments

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

July 22nd, 2008 Karine Joly 2 Comments

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

July 22nd, 2008 Karine Joly 1 Comment

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

July 21st, 2008 Karine Joly 1 Comment

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

July 4th, 2008 Karine Joly 3 Comments

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

April 14th, 2008 Karine Joly 1 Comment

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 […]

Higher Ed Experts Update: The registration deadline for the “Facebook Apps 101 and Beyond” webinar series has been postponed to Thursday February 28, 2008 at 8PM ET.

February 26th, 2008 Karine Joly No Comments

This morning, I received a few emails asking if it was still possible to register for the March 4-6 webinar series about Facebook applications (the initial registration deadline was yesterday). As a result, I decided to postpone the registration deadline until this Thursday (Feb 28) at 8PM ET. If you want to learn more on […]

U.S. News & World Report to launch a Facebook application in March

February 18th, 2008 Karine Joly 3 Comments

According to a tip from a reader, I should be able to add a new entry to my higher ed facebook application directory soon. If this email from US News & World Report (that was forwarded to me this morning) is to be believed, this application will be launched along with a Facebook page for […]

Want to learn what it takes to build a Facebook application to engage students? Sign up for “Facebook Applications 101 and Beyond”, a 3-webinar series on March 4-6, 2008

February 6th, 2008 Karine Joly No Comments

I’ve just filled out an online survey from Jupiter Research about online social marketing with lots of questions about blogs, social networking websites, facebook widgets (or applications as they are called by facebook) and the likes. While more and more big brands are starting to engage their target audiences on facebook via these applications, only […]

Portal 2008 at Gettysburg College: Mark your calendar and submit a proposal

January 25th, 2008 Karine Joly No Comments

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?

November 27th, 2007 Karine Joly 3 Comments

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!

October 23rd, 2007 Karine Joly No Comments

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 […]

Learn more about WordPress, Facebook applications and Google maps with the free HighEdWebDev webinar series

October 22nd, 2007 Karine Joly No Comments

If you couldn’t make it to Rochester last week for HighEdWebDev, I’ve got good news for you: you can watch 3 of the presentations (including the best of the conference by popular vote) given at the conference courtesy of the conference committee, the presenters and Higher Ed Experts (yours truly) for… free! You’ll need to […]