http://www.samjackson.org/college/2007/11/09/why-students-keep-flunking-school-sites-reality-check/ all the exciting parts, none of the heavy debt burden Mon, 01 Dec 2008 18:29:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 http://www.samjackson.org/college/2007/11/09/why-students-keep-flunking-school-sites-reality-check/#comment-20826 Ryan Kellett Fri, 09 Nov 2007 18:53:50 +0000 http://www.samjackson.org/college/2007/11/09/why-students-keep-flunking-school-sites-reality-check/#comment-20826 This is such an accurate description of how higher ed websites are flawed. From my perspective, Middlebury is particularly behind the times and doesn't really even recognize the overwhelming needs of students who are increasingly bypassing on-campus technology by forwarding their email, using Google calendars, etc. My big push is convincing the administration that even though students are more "busy" online than before and don't necessarily have more schoolwork, students are finding themselves burdened by the inefficiency of navigating of online educational bureaucracy. Every time a student receives an unnecessary email or every time a student can't find that one critical scrap of thesis requirement info or every time a student spends time trying to schedule a meeting is time wasted and creates stressed students overloaded with simply existing in higher education. This is such an accurate description of how higher ed websites are flawed. From my perspective, Middlebury is particularly behind the times and doesn’t really even recognize the overwhelming needs of students who are increasingly bypassing on-campus technology by forwarding their email, using Google calendars, etc. My big push is convincing the administration that even though students are more “busy” online than before and don’t necessarily have more schoolwork, students are finding themselves burdened by the inefficiency of navigating of online educational bureaucracy. Every time a student receives an unnecessary email or every time a student can’t find that one critical scrap of thesis requirement info or every time a student spends time trying to schedule a meeting is time wasted and creates stressed students overloaded with simply existing in higher education.

]]> http://www.samjackson.org/college/2007/11/09/why-students-keep-flunking-school-sites-reality-check/#comment-20812 higher ed marketing » Friday Five: not that you asked, but… Fri, 09 Nov 2007 15:55:24 +0000 http://www.samjackson.org/college/2007/11/09/why-students-keep-flunking-school-sites-reality-check/#comment-20812 [...] web designers and managers: Sam Jackson’s take on why college and university web sites don’t make the [...] [...] web designers and managers: Sam Jackson’s take on why college and university web sites don’t make the [...]

]]> http://www.samjackson.org/college/2007/11/09/why-students-keep-flunking-school-sites-reality-check/#comment-20807 Zach Fri, 09 Nov 2007 14:50:11 +0000 http://www.samjackson.org/college/2007/11/09/why-students-keep-flunking-school-sites-reality-check/#comment-20807 How did they get any As if nobody scored 90s or 80s? Some sort of twisted curve? How did they get any As if nobody scored 90s or 80s? Some sort of twisted curve?

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