Interviews with eduStyle blog award nominees

edustyle-awards-banner.gifKarine Joly at College Web Editor has posted her recent email interviews with the folks behind four of the six blogs nominated for the eduStyle Awards for best student blogs and best institutional blogs.

Disclaimer: I am the person behind one of the blogs in contention, Missouri S&T’s Name Change Conversations, and my interview is included in Karine’s post. My responses were articulate, well-reasoned and succinct, but please, don’t let that sway your vote. *wink wink nudge nudge*

Seriously, though. The interviews offer insight into the motives behind each of these outstanding blogs. Each entry seeks to achieve different goals, focusing on different audiences, and each seems to have made strides toward achieving the stated goals. I encourage you to read these interviews and then vote for the blog of your choice. While you’re at it, cast your vote in all the other eduStyle web categories.

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Voting now open for the eduStyle web awards

The nominees for the first-ever* eduStyle Higher-ed Web Awards have been selected. From a list of 1,800 potential nominees, the list has been winnowed down to 37 schools in 18 categories. It looks like some very good designs are in the running. Go to the People’s Choice section and cast your vote. (You must be an eduStyle member to vote, but it’s easy to sign up. There’s no excuse not to, really.)

* I call this the first-ever eduStyle awards rather than first annual -- which is what eduStyle calls it -- because something cannot be annual until it recurs. (Old journalism habits die hard.)

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