CASE web meeting on Blogs, RSS, Podcasts and Wikis

Created by Michael Guentzel (University of Texas at Austin) on November 1, 2005

Like me, some of you might have participated in a great "webinar" put on by the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) this past Thursday.

Public Relations representatives from a number of different colleges and universities viewed the presentation of a WebEx session. Even though I knew much of the subject area (Blogs, RSS, Podcasts and Wikis), I found it extremely useful to see how other higher ed entities are using these new technologies.

We had several of our PR reps from McCombs in attendance and we had an interesting discussion after the seminar. We had a few people wanting to jump in with both feet and we had others who wanted to wait and see. We're already doing some limited blogging and limited RSS. I think we could probably use wikis internally, I'm not sure we would use them for the general public; I guess I would have to see some more ideas.

Podcasting has been somewhat controversial here. While some faculty are comfortable with the idea of recording their lectures to be disseminated via a podcast, there are many others who don't like the idea. "If you podcast, students won't come to class," they argue. Others don't want to give the clearance to use their material because it's copyrighted. It will take some time, but I think podcasting will come around.

You can find more information about the webinar from The Future of PR website.

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		CASE web meeting on Blogs, RSS, Podcasts and Wikis Created by Michael Guentzel (University of Texas at Austin) on November 1, 2005 Like me, some of you might have participated in a great "webinar" put on by the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) this past Thursday. Public Relations representatives from a number of different colleges and universities viewed the presentation of a WebEx session. Even though I knew much of the subject area (Blogs, RSS, Podcasts and Wikis), I found it extremely useful to see how other higher ed entities are using these new technologies. We had several of our PR reps from McCombs in attendance and we had an interesting discussion after the seminar. We had a few people wanting to jump in with both feet and we had others who wanted to wait and see. We're already doing some limited blogging and limited RSS. I think we could probably use wikis internally, I'm not sure we would use them for the general public; I guess I would have to see some more ideas. Podcasting has been somewhat controversial here. While some faculty are comfortable with the idea of recording their lectures to be disseminated via a podcast, there are many others who don't like the idea. "If you podcast, students won't come to class," they argue. Others don't want to give the clearance to use their material because it's copyrighted. It will take some time, but I think podcasting will come around. You can find more information about the webinar from The Future of PR website. Podcasting \| RSS \| Wiki \| wikis Mike's blog Login or register to post comments 3457 reads
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