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2017 Conference Technological Developments The Working World

TIE 1: “This is Not Fine: Working on the Web in Higher Ed in Uncertain Times”

University web, social and marketing workers have an important role to play in the turbulent political and social climate now gripping the country, Georgy Cohen argued Monday at HighEdWeb17. During a session titled “This is Not Fine” Working on the Web in Higher Ed in Uncertain Times” Cohen issued a call for universities to advocate […]

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2016 Conference Applications and Standards Content Creation Marketing Technological Developments

Easy, Affordable Digital Signs with WordPress

How to get relevant campus-related news out to students? Greg Marshall, Web Services Manager at Truman State University argues that the majority of scholars doesn’t read their emails, doesn’t read college print materials and due to different target audiences, is hard to reach on social media. “The best way to reach them is to reach students […]

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2016 Conference Content Creation Mobile Technological Developments Usability

360-Degree Video: We Live In The Future

Arielle Mari, Mark Lee, and Karen To from Colorado College presented a post-lunch session on 360-degree video. (You can find all their examples at 2cc.co/heweb16 — and looks great on mobile!) 360-degree video allows potential students a literal window The team’s first foray into 360 video used the Ricoh Theta; it’s a low-end device, less […]

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Mobile Responsive Design Technological Developments

More on RWD with Matt Klawitter

We dig deeper into Responsive Web Design by interviewing Matt Klawitter.

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Mobile Responsive Design Technological Developments

Behind the Grid: What’s the Big Deal About Responsive Web Design, Anyway?

Responsive web design! All the cool kids are doing it. Since Ethan Marcotte wrote the book on the topic in 2011, it’s become the new, hip way of approaching web design amidst widespread device proliferation and the rise of mobile. If you were at the HighEdWeb 2012 conference, chances are you attended a session either […]

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Responsive Design Technological Developments

Going Responsive: How UC San Diego Did It

UCSD’s deployment of responsive design transformed thousands of web pages to optimally function on any device on the market today– and makes them future-ready for devices yet to be developed.

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Applications and Standards Marketing Mobile Regional Conference Technological Developments Usability

#hewebSYR 2012

HighEdWeb Syracuse brought Web professionals from across five states and three countries for a packed day of sessions covering everything from crisis communications and student social media ambassadors to Wordpress plug-ins and mobile learning.

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Technological Developments

The Science of Games: Why the Game Layer is the (Present and) Future of the Web

The basic tenets of play enable us to explore new and innovative solutions in safe spaces, to experiment in ways perhaps not possible in “real” life, and to motivate one another (and ourselves) to take much-needed and desired actions.