Ever wonder what the Insitutional Research office does at your school? Want to know what IPEDS stands for? How about NSSE? A CIRP survey? How do schools make decisions about their budgets, their curriculum, their student services? It all starts with data, and the IR folks are the ones who fetch.
Infoneer Pulse
Infoneer pulse is a re-blogger of posts about everything having to do with higher education. It is not clearly organized but is searchable.
Infoneer Pulse is like a Reader's Digest of all the Higher Ed News from The Chronicle for Higher Education, HigherEd News, and others. This prolific blogger breaks it all down - on subjects ranging from assessment in the classroom to the future of the Web.
How long has the blog been in existence? ---since June 2009
How relevant are the post to your over all topic? ---Although his reach is broader, most of the posts are relevant to my topic in some way.
What helpful features does the blog provide? ---RSS and Mobile feeds, a fun "Ask me Anything" box, which the blogger uses for future posts, and a useful visually organized archive. However, the blogger is no longer accepting outside submissions, so that link no longer works.
Does it provide support as well as information? --- a reader may contact the blog owner.
How easy is it to locate information? --- there is a search feature, but I am not sure if it is based on tags or key words within posts. It seems meagre.
What is the average frequency of posts? ---very frequent. Sometimes twice a day.
Would you recommend this blog to others interested in your topic? ---Yes.
Infoneer Pulse is like a Reader's Digest of all the Higher Ed News from The Chronicle for Higher Education, HigherEd News, and others. This prolific blogger breaks it all down - on subjects ranging from assessment in the classroom to the future of the Web.
ReplyDeleteHow long has the blog been in existence?
---since June 2009
How relevant are the post to your over all topic?
---Although his reach is broader, most of the posts are relevant to my topic in some way.
What helpful features does the blog provide?
---RSS and Mobile feeds, a fun "Ask me Anything" box, which the blogger uses for future posts, and a useful visually organized archive. However, the blogger is no longer accepting outside submissions, so that link no longer works.
Does it provide support as well as information?
--- a reader may contact the blog owner.
How easy is it to locate information?
--- there is a search feature, but I am not sure if it is based on tags or key words within posts. It seems meagre.
What is the average frequency of posts?
---very frequent. Sometimes twice a day.
Would you recommend this blog to others interested in your topic?
---Yes.