And BTW Higher Ed, Facebook’s Changing Again
Unlike previous major updates to Facebook, they are showing progress in terms of updating users of major changes and releases before they take place to allow people to prepare. This is a practice that every service provider should aspire to master. And at Inigral, we’ve taken some queues from the team at Facebook ourselves in terms of keeping our community up to date.
Student Clubs, Virtually: A Reply to an Inside Higher Ed Editorial
Community is one of the most influential factors to a student’s persistence at an institution, and has the largest effect (outside of financial reasons) on student retention as well.
Sports on Facebook: A Collegiate Sports Directory
Aggregation seems to be a common theme today, as Facebook just launched Sports on Facebook just in time for March Madness. The Facebook page, co-designed with design firm Involver, boasts a neatly organized (yet not comprehensive) directory of collegiate sports teams with Pages on Facebook.
Facebook Pages for Schools: Customers vs. Community Members
The organizations that are satisfied with Facebook Pages are brands with a uniform audience, not a multi-faceted community.
Social Networking: Use-Cases for the Classroom
There is an increasing number of college professors finding success with putting social networking tools to work for them inside of the classroom, including Facebook, Twitter, Wikis, and social bookmarking sites.
The Classroom Backchannel: Professors love the “chatter”
Purdue University recently unveiled Hotseat – a social networking-powered mobile Web application that allows students to provide feedback via Facebook, Twitter, and mobile devices during class and enables professors to adjust the course content and improve the learning experience.
Facebook Facebooks About Schools on Facebook
For the past few months, Facebook has focused marketing efforts on the education community. And since that shift, they have spent time identifying the real movers and shakers using Facebook to add practical value to educators around the world. We were interviewed by their marketing team to learn more about how our application, Schools, benefits [...]
Texas A&M Making Waves on Facebook
Texas A&M has found an outlet for their audience to engage in dialogue with prominent campus figures on Facebook, in a program they’re calling “Face 2 Face”.
Lifecycle Engagement Platform℠: A New Category in Higher Ed
So, you’ve finally just settled on a CRM, upgraded your ERP and SIS, and you’re thinking about why your LMS isn’t more like Google Apps or Facebook. You’ve probably got a portal, and if you’re lucky students think it’s not ugly. Maybe your school just decided to go with Google Apps. Let’s face it, your [...]
Community Colleges in the Spotlight
With 44% of all U.S. undergraduates enrolled in community college programs, the spotlight is finally hitting this population and shining light on the success that these programs have, not only in awarding degrees themselves, but in helping students graduate from 4-year schools.
UPDATE: Are Facebook Pages and Groups Merging?
According to AllFacebook.com, it appears that Facebook is possibly merging Pages and Groups. Some groups saw the changes on Tuesday, October 13th, but their Group layouts reverted back to the old design within 24 hours. Is Facebook merging the two? Do you think they should?
Facebook for Retention: An Annotated Bibliography
As more and more colleges and universities dive into using social media and social networking to attract and keep students, there is an increasing body of literature on the topic. The following is a collection of resources showing the success of using Facebook to keep students engaged and to increase retention in higher ed.
Students Want Existing Connections Uncovered On Campus
The freshman experience has always been an elusive target for higher ed institutions, primarily because it’s clear how to engage with high school students, and it’s clear how to engage with college students. But it’s the transition between high school and college that is consistently awkward for the student, the instructor, and the mentor. Entire departments are dedicated to this cracking the code on this one phenomenon.
Professors Increase Engagement With Facebook
Arizona State Professor Lisa Rodrigue McIntyre seized this opportunity to try something new with her students last semester. She joined about 50 other Arizona State professors to use Schools in an attempt to reach their students within Facebook. Lisa had one goal in mind when using the application, and it was to increase engagement with students through a means of communication that they were comfortable with.
Are Schools Ready to Live With Social Media? A Resounding Yes!
This morning, the Baltimore Sun declared that colleges and universities are finally ready to live with social media. The article focused on the use of social networking sites – mostly Facebook – throughout the process of admissions and enrollment. The fact is that 86% of college-age students have profiles on Facebook, and they expect schools [...]
NC State is Ahead of the Game on Twitter!
By now, many schools have joined the Twittersphere, using the tool to help broadcast campus news, post athletics updates, and even promote themselves to prospective students. It’s a great place to reach a wide audience, easily, and start some really important conversations.
Easily Build Your PLN and Your Knowledge
Personal Learning Networks, or PLNs, have been around forever. Originally, they were your family and friends, maybe people you worked with, but as the internet and web 2.0 tools have become nearly ubiquitous, PLNs can include tons of different communities – social networking sites like Facebook, blogs, Twitter, nings, social bookmarking tools, LinkedIn, and so many more. Basically, anyone that you [...]
Using Facebook to Teach History
A friend recently contacted me about an idea she had to use Facebook to teach history, by having students pick political thinkers from the enlightenment to today and have them friend each other and talk.
Thoughts on Social Media Being Banned From College Stadiums
Jack Welch said that when the rate of external change exceeds the rate of internal change, your company is on a road to death. Controlling threats will buy you time. But ultimately, it will lead to death. The story “Social Media Banned from College Stadiums” is another small chapter in Higher Education’s relationship with Social [...]
Retention, An Intro
In the higher education arena, retention is a popular topic of discussion. This is primarily because it yields the most return on investment amongst the other stages of the student lifecycle. But also because it’s a common problem amongst all types of colleges and universities.
