Several months ago, Thomson Peterson’s began using RSS on our main web site for college-seeking students as a way to improve the flow of information among schools and students.
Among other initial efforts, we’re using RSS feeds embedded in client school profiles as a way to deepen dynamic connections with the school’s own web site and provide a way for readers to gain an at-a-glance impression of the latest events taking place on campus.
Feeds are scanned for new items each time the page loads, and headlines are hyperlinked to the school’s web site for those interested in reading the full article. Readers don’t need any special software to take advantage of this feature. Below is a shot of Duke’s University’s feed (taken Jan. 20) as published on their profile on Petersons.com. Schools can publish a blog or podcast feed in the same manner.
Plans and preparations for HigherEd BlogCon 2006, an all-online event exploring the impact of new media in higher education, are progressing nicely. I’m sure you’ll want to take note of the dates.
Teaching - April 2-8, 2006
Library and Information Resources - April 10-14, 2006
Admissions, Alumni Relations, and Communications & Marketing - April 17-21, 2006
Websites and Web Development - April 24-28, 2006
The event site itself is up and running. This feed will include everything posted to the conference site, including all presentations and announcements. (Track-specific feeds are forthcoming.)
There are more than forty presentation proposals listed on the planning wiki. Each proposal has a page supporting comments, so please feel free to offer your thoughts on what you see there. Until further notice, we are continuing to accept proposals.
Just a reminder that all presentations posted on the conference site will be publicly viewable, for free, and registration will not be required.
Keep an eye out for chats and podcasts leading up to the event.
Finally, in case you are interested in being part of the event by highlighting the event on your blog or website, a badge is available in the lower left corner of the HigherEd BlogCon home page.
The Technorati tagging system has the effect of building (in some cases) mighty small worlds, where, no surprise, it’s easy to notice your neighbors. Syndication for Higher Ed is one of two blogs tagged “college admission” (There are five tagged “college admissions.”) The other blog tagged “college admission” is College v2, a blog run by a student from Temple University named Sean Blanda. The term “College v2″ rings of Web 2.0, and I can see where Sean is going with it. Sean’s college v2 is a place where students learn to take advantage of the myriad of learning technologies available.
The collegiate education experience becoming increasingly reliant on technology these days. Yet our high schools and universities have failed to educate their students with the means to take full advantage of the tools available. College v2 aims to arm students with the tricks, tips, and knowledge to put them ahead of the pack.
Seems like he’s found a niche. He’s doing a great service to his fellow students by explaining how Facebook will get you fired, which Firefox extensions are useful for students, and using Flickr tags to keep tabs on what’s going on at your school.
Technorati tags: college admission, college admissions, facebook
Karine Joly at Collegewebeditor.com is posting full-length interviews she did in preparation for her recent University Business story on podcasting. So far, she has posted interviews with Mike Richwalsky and Dennis Miller, among others.
Technorati tag: college admission
Weber State University is podcasting business lectures “designed to acquaint students with successful executives, their personal styles and philosophies as leaders, and the keys to their effectiveness. ” Here’s the RSS feed.
Wikis and podcasts were highlighted as new media tools being used around Columbia University, at the school’s third biennial conference on new media.
Technorati tags: new media; Columbia University
As highlighted in this article from the JHU Gazette, Johns Hopkins University recently launched Hopkins Interactive, an admission-oriented page featuring links to blogs by staff and students blogging on behalf of the school. All the blogs are hosted on TypePad.
Technorati tags: college admission; Johns Hopkins; student bloggers; admission blogs
… a feed for “verified resources for finding information on global events and EHS Library,The Ohio State University, news.”
Westminster College (Utah) is podcasting updates from around campus. Here’s the RSS feed.
