Higher-ed institutions should try to invest more in digital presence and digital student recruitment strategies, according to a new survey. More...
21 décembre 2018
18 décembre 2018
Indiana U. to demo single-channel 400G link in new network for research and education
Staff and faculty from Indiana University aim to make history this month by building the world’s first single-channel 400-gigabit-per-second capable network for research and education. More...
16 décembre 2018
Amplifying Research Engagement with Social Media
By Eric Stoller. UK universities conduct world-leading research on a daily basis. With so much research taking place, it's vital that institutions/academics are strategic, intentional, and creative in showcasing research impact. Social media are obvious avenues for storytelling, concise (or in-depth) explanations, and sharable content. More...
16 décembre 2018
Decline Found in Colleges That Check Applicants' Social Media
By Scott Jaschik. Admissions officers have become less likely than in recent years to check on the social media accounts of applicants, according to a new survey by Kaplan Test Prep. More...
16 décembre 2018
Survey: Drop in Colleges Checking Social Media
By Scott Jaschik. A survey of colleges by Kaplan Test Prep finds, for the third year in a row, a decline in the share of colleges (25 percent this year) that check applicants' social media profiles during the admissions process. The figure was 40 percent in 2015. More...
14 décembre 2018
LinkedIn Learning Opens Its Platform (Slightly)
Techno-News Blog. So far LinkedIn Learning plans to work with five partners: Harvard Business Publishing, getAbstract (which includes book summaries and TED talks), Big Think, Treehouse (which features courses on coding) and Creative Live. More...
13 décembre 2018
Network EducationWare
Network EducationWare
Scott Leslie finds the Holy Grail: an open source audio-visual web conferencing system. As Leslie notes, it was developed by Mark Pullen and others at George Mason University and has been around since 2002. More...
13 décembre 2018
Pew On Teen Social Media Practices (with Interesting Bits On Class)
Pew On Teen Social Media Practices (with Interesting Bits On Class)
Social media critic danah boyd comments on the recent Pew study on internet use (I wish Pew would expand its horizons and look beyond U.S. borders - there's some weird political agenda here that I don't like). More...
13 décembre 2018
Twitter Announces Vine. But How Could Higher Education Use 6-second long Videos?
Twitter Announces Vine. But How Could Higher Education Use 6-second long Videos?
Brian Kelly, UK Web Focus, January 25, 2013
Twitter's response to the popularity of animated GIFs is the six-second long video. I'm not sure they really capture the essence of the format (it's not the short length; animated GIFs are sometimes quite long, it's that they can be sent and embedded anywhere, most manifestly not like Twitter content these days). More...
12 décembre 2018
Grom Social: Why An 11-Year-Old Built His Own Social Network
Grom Social: Why An 11-Year-Old Built His Own Social Network
Jeff Dunn, Edudemic, January 3, 2013.
OK, let's be clear: an 11-year old did not build his own social network. This design team did. The 11-year old thing is a marketing angle. I really dislike stuff like this - 11-year olds are capable of some pretty great stuff on their own, but their potential to contribute is actually diminished when they are given credit fr stuff they did not create. More...
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