by Mark Greenfield | Aug 11, 2010 | Blog, highedwebflat
I rarely allow guest posts on this blog but today I am making an exception. Pat Lynch is someone who I have followed for many years and someone I deeply respect. His book “Web Style Guide”, co-authored with Sarah Horton, was one of the first web books I...
by Mark Greenfield | Nov 21, 2008 | Blog, highedwebflat
Yesterday the DOW closed at 7,552.29, losing 5.56% of its value for the day. We are hearing this news all too often over the last few weeks. This is the worst economic environment we have seen in quite some time. And it’s not just the financial institutions and the...
by Mark Greenfield | Feb 1, 2008 | Blog, highedwebflat, management
As we prepare for higher ed web development to get flattened, what is the one thing that can not be outsourced? The answer comes from my colleague Diane Kubarek from Cornell. When I posed this questioned to her during lunch at HighEdWebDev 2007, her immediate answer...
by Mark Greenfield | Jan 29, 2008 | highedwebflat
Last year I was one of several thought leaders who were asked by the 2006-07 National Association of Colleges and Employers Future Directions Task Force to write an essay on “how college students and employers will interact and connect in the year 2017”....
by Mark Greenfield | Nov 15, 2007 | Blog, highedwebflat
Part of my presentation on higher ed web development getting flattened explored the importance of developing your right brain. I came across this intriguing visual of a dancer. If you see her spinning clockwise, then you use more of the right side of the brain and...
by Mark Greenfield | Nov 7, 2007 | Blog, highedwebflat, management
I just finished reading A University for the 21st Century. The author is James Duderstadt, President Emeritus at the University of Michigan. I would recommend this book for anyone interested in the challenges and opportunities for higher education in the new...