Full-Time students now qualify for a special ticket price of $175. There are a limited number of these tickets available so tell any students you know and share this with anyone you think might want to take advantage of this deep discount for students while it lasts. Register now to … Continue reading »

The edUi Program Team is busy reviewing the many very compelling proposals we received.  The deadline to submit a proposal has passed but that means we’re one step closer to publishing the full conference program. We hope to announce the program in early August.

The call for proposals deadline is less than a week away. Time to get those ideas submitted!

We’re entertaining the idea of some sort of pre-conference outing on Wednesday October 12th.  What would you be interested in doing? What times would or wouldn’t work for you (hotel check in is around 3:00)? Would you be willing to pay a little extra or should we shoot for something … Continue reading »

We’ve scheduled edUi 2011 right up against one of the greatest folk festivals on the east coast. Come for edUi and stay for the Richmond Folk Festival. The Festival is absolutely free and the conference hotel is about a 15 minute walk from the Festival grounds that saw 190,000 attendees … Continue reading »

edUi 2011 will take place at the Marriott hotel in downtown Richmond, VA. In the heart of downtown, the newly renovated Richmond Marriott offers a blend of luxury and Southern charm. Connected via skywalk to the Greater Richmond Convention Center, the well-appointed guest rooms and suites at this Richmond hotel … Continue reading »

Web sites serve three primary functions; to sell; to entertain; to inform. These three ideals come together in sites of beauty and clarity, which are crucial to the usability and longevity of the web. However, many sites within an institution or organization have a singular purpose: to inform. During a time of tightened budgets, stretched resources, [...]

Convincing clients that their web sites are more than pretty vessels for information dumping can be surprisingly difficult, but that is what Ben does. His hardscrabble life consists of working, with clients and developers, to help define a site’s purpose, structure its content and information flow, assess its usability, and all the while allowing for [...]

Michael has been Roanoke College’s Director of Web Services for over ten years, specializing in ColdFusion and MS SQL Server interactive web applications. He’s seen four complete website redesigns, including one over top of an existing CMS, and developed Roanoke’s first mobile site over a bowl of cereal. Michael’s interests have included mobile computing and [...]

TBA

Roanoke College created a mobile version of their website in 2009 by focusing on the stuff you really need when you’re on the go (like the lunch menu!) Melissa Beaver of NewCity and Michael Santoroski of Roanoke College will walk you through the steps they took to prioritize for mobile, plan the UI, design a [...]

Melissa is a user-experience guru from the Blacksburg-based New City. She’s traveled a fairly circuitous route to get here. Raised in Luray, VA (that’s LOO-ray for you non-locals), she went to Lynchburg College and then headed off to Bloomington, IN, for nine years. Along the way, she’s studied music and French, and is now finishing [...]

Learn straight from the source how to build applications for the iPhone OS, including iPad & iPod Touch.  In this session Apple Computers National Consulting Engineer Steve Hayman shows you the ins and outs of developing for one of the most popular mobile platforms around.

We’ll discuss and demonstrate Apple’s software development tools for the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch, and show how individuals and institutions are building innovative mobile applications for their organizations and the wider world. We’ll highlight and deconstruct some popular applications – both web-based, and native – and show you how to get started building your [...]

Facebook and Twitter are so–last year. In 2011, it’s time for institutions to integrate these and other social media and social networking tools into recruitment, fundraising, awareness-building and other types of campaigns. Today’s busy and sophisticated consumers (i. e., your prospective students, parents, alumni and other constituents) respond better when you use multiple channels, especially [...]

This CrowdVine site is a great way to start networking before the EdUI conference. There's no need to wait until we meet to start tapping one anothers' brains about knowledge and views we can share. To get the sharing started, I would like to ask: What do you think are biggest issues that large organizations like colleges and universities have to deal with regarding their web presence. Consistency across the whole web presence? Catering to the va... [read more]

Kelly Sattler: Your question is what is the biggest problem and I'm not certain I can say what is the biggest problem. All that you listed are definitely true - consistency, very varied user population. But all, I'd also add accessibility as a huge item that we're ... [read more]

Wendy Repass: Most critical issues: - Simplify the content for users. There's a ton of really bulky, fat paragraphs out there that no one is reading (internally or externally). - Declutter homepages - Navigations are made for internal stakeholders, rather than use... [read more]