About Being EDU™
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Being EDU™ Blogs
Being EDU™A weblog about strategic web design and development for college and university websites.
Design EDU™A showcase of well-designed college, and university websites.
About Being EDU™
Being EDU™ is a weblog about strategic web design and development for college and university websites. The weblog is co-authored and co-edited by Emily Chang and Max Kiesler, founders of Ideacodes, a strategic web design consultancy in San Francisco, California.
Our Mission
- To provide the best coverage and content related to web design and development in education websites, with a primary focus on collge and university websites.
- To provide timely information and a forum for discussion on topics related to user experience, web design, online communications strategy, web marketing, information architecture, usability, accessibility, trends and technologies — CSS, Ajax, content management systems (CMS), blogs and social software, web-based tools for project management, email newsletters, and more.
- To promote a philosophy of strategic design and user-centered design as a means of understanding today's audiences.
- To focus on user experience in creating solutions for business goals (communications, marketing, technology, ROI).
Getting Involved
Voice Your Opinions
We invite you to post relevant comments and opinions in the Being EDU™ weblog. By registering (or using your existing Typekey account) you can comment on topics in the blog.
Become an Editor
If you're interested in becoming an editor, please email us with your blog URL or some sample articles or posts.
Blogroll
1. If you want to have your site listed on the Being EDU™ Blogroll, please email the editors with your blog URL and a description of your site.
2. Promote Being EDU™ on your own site by adding www.beingedu.com to your Blogroll.
Stay Informed
If you want to stay up to date with the latest thinking, trends, and technologies in web design and development for college and university websites, sign up for the Being EDU™ Newsletter in the right sidebar of the site.
Submit Your School Site to Design EDU™
Design EDU™ invites you to recommend or submit a higher education website that you feel exemplifies the best in strategic web design and development.
Submissions can include any college, university or consituent organization website (e.g. professional school, research institute or center, alumni community, admissions, faculty, department, service organizations, student groups, portals, online learning, student services, news media and online publications).
We welcome submissions from around the world. If you have any questions, please email the editors.