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Should you get a Facebook page for your university/college?

That’s the big question of the day with the launch of Facebook pages, a new feature of the popular social networking website introduced to Facebook users this morning on the company blog: You now have a way to connect with things you are passionate about. We’ve launched Facebook Pages, which are distinct, customized profiles designed […]

Let’s Build an Online Gallery of Crisis/Emergency “Lite” Web Page Templates for Higher Ed

Would you share your crisis ‘lite’ website homepage with your colleagues in higher education? Since the Virginia Tech Tragedy, we all have been building/updating the web template to be used in case of a crisis or an emergency. By nature, these web templates can’t be easily shared among different institutions. You don’t want the general […]

University Business Column: 10 steps to better blogs

My sixth UB column for 2007 is now available in the November issue (it was scheduled for the December issue, but apparently my editor couldn’t wait for an extra month — maybe, it’s because it’s especially good ;-) as well as online: “10 Steps to Better Blogs” This article is a good summary of the […]

eduStyle will keep you updated about the state of higher ed web (re)designs

Benchmarking is the name of the game in higher education. No matter the type of projects you plan to work on, you (or your boss) will always need to see what’s done in others institutions. Website (re)designs are no exception to this rule, and that’s why eduStyle, the website that aims to provide inspiration for […]

Check out the results from a survey about CMS in higher education

A couple of months ago, Elliot Lopez, Project Manager for University Communications at the University of California, Davis created a survey about CMS (as in Content Management System) in higher education. Elliot just emailed me to let me know that the results including answers from 129 institutions have just been published on his team blog: […]

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 […]

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

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 […]

Almost Live from HigherEdWebDev 2007: Building a Cohesive Website through a Collaborative Process

The conference is now over, but Dimitri, one of this year’s guest bloggers has sent a few more posts about interesting sessions including this presentation by another guest blogger, Seth Meranda, and his colleagues from UNL. What happens when you bring open source philosophy to your campus redesign? Success, according to the team presentation by […]

Live from HighEdWebDev 2007: Unifying Print and Web Publications, An Example from Missouri State University

Monday afternoon, a trio of presenters from Missouri State University (Stacey, Sara, & Amy ) stood before a packed room to discuss a topic breaking in University publication offices across Higher Education: “Unifying Print and Web Publications.” Jonathan Steffens covered this session. This is his second post. MSU was given the task of merging print […]

Live from HighEdWebDev 2007: Mark your calendar for the 2008 edition of the conference

This year’s conference isn’t over yet, but the organizers have just announced (just after Mike Dame’s keynote at lunch) that the 2008 edition will take place on October 5-8, 2008 (the date is still tentative – they said though) at Missouri University State in Springfield, MO. The really good news is that the Internet connection […]

Live from HighEdWebDev 2007: Monitoring Your Web Identity

This morning I really wanted to attend two sessions scheduled at the same time: Jay Collier’s presentation and the panel discussion about crisis communications and technology. So, when I saw Josh Tysiachney from Allegheny College in the “Social Applications and Content” room, I asked him if he could do me a big favor and blog […]

Live from HighEdWebDev 2007: Making the case for resources for web services

Martine Lafleur, one of this year’s guest bloggers, covered the session presented by Doug Ruschman from Xavier University: “Making the Case for Resources for Web Services. This is Martine’s first post. Doug Ruschman from Xavier University made a solid case for resources for web services in his presentation this afternoon. Drawing from his own experience: […]

Live from HighEdWebDev 2007: Let’s try Twitter to keep in touch

Besides the usual conference blogging — with the help of my dear guest bloggers –, I’m going to try to post short updates using Twitter at www.twitter.com/karinejoly to find what’s going on in Rochester.

HighEdWebDev 2007: Meet the (guest) bloggers!

Several weeks ago, I asked if a few of you would blog some of the sessions they plan to attend at HighEdWebDev in Rochester next week (starting Monday, actually) and Iâ€™m happy to report that 4 fine higher ed professionals have answered my call. This year, I’m going to Rochester to present, network, meet potential […]