The Higher Ed blogosphere is filled with informative, interesting, and thought-provoking pieces on a myriad of subjects affecting the field. Instructors, administrators, and tech professionals are constantly posting articles for students and professors, but only a small group of those blogs focus on Higher Ed IT. It can be difficult to dig through the sea of blog posts to find content that’s relevant to your work, but we’re more than happy to showcase our favorite picks for the best blogs that cater to Higher Ed IT project team members.
7. eCampus News »
The eCampus News branch of the eSchool Media network specifically caters to Higher Ed IT. They discuss the latest news from a wide array of topics from mobile technology to elearning. The site also provides webinars, Higher Ed job listings, and a large library of whitepapers for their readers─in short: there’s bound to be something that can help you in your current Higher Ed IT project on eCampus News.
Follow @eschoolnews
6. Falmouth University’s Educational Technology Team blog »
If you work in Higher Ed, you know how useful it can be to hear about what teams at other universities are doing. There are many different sources for news or resources, but rarely do you find a blog that’s written by a Higher Ed IT team for other IT professionals. Falmouth University’s Educational Technology blog provides exactly that, acting as a window into the day-to-day of their Ed-tech team. The blog houses a library of long-form pieces ranging from updates on the team’s current projects to discussions on topics specific to their work. The advice and information from Falmouth’s blog is all the more useful because it comes directly from a team of your peers.
Follow @ET_Falmouth
5. Hack Education »
Audrey Watters, the owner and primary contributor to Hack Education, is one of the most popular bloggers in the Ed-tech community. She posts long-read articles about education technology with a personal touch that sets Hack Education apart from the other blogs on this list. However, not all of the content on Hack Education is designed to tackle specific topics; Watters also publishes a weekly news post, collecting the most important topics of the week with useful links for further reading.
Follow @hackeducation
4. Inside Higher Ed, Technology »
Inside Higher Ed is one of the most popular websites for university news for good reason; they appeal to every possible demographic, from students to teachers to IT professionals. All you need to do is search through their technology section to find hundreds of articles, surveys, and job listings related to your current project. Even the pieces written for non-IT people could be of use to you and your team; imagine having a direct feed to the topics that matters most to your users. In most cases, a refined focus ensures that a blog will provide information that’s relevant for its readers, but in some cases, Inside Higher Ed’s broad audience is its best asset.
Follow @insidehighered
3. EdTech Magazine »
EdTech Magazine is one of the most technology focused Higher Ed IT websites out there (imagine the Verge, but for Higher Ed IT). While not every piece is aimed at IT professionals specifically, it would be difficult to find an article from EdTech that doesn’t touch on subjects that affect the field in some way. Their large library of videos, op-ed pieces, and resources compliment their news reporting well, making EdTech a go-to site for any Higher Ed IT project team member.
Follow @EdTech_HigherEd
2. Educause »
If you’re looking for a database of Higher Ed IT information and tools, it doesn’t get much better than Educause. Not only do they have their own publication, the Educause Review, but their main site also houses one of the largest portals of useful articles, reports, templates, webinars, ebooks, and other resources related to Higher Ed technology. They also host a community of Higher Ed professionals from thousands of different universities through their membership program, allowing people from many different backgrounds to network and share their expertise.
Follow @Educause
1. Campus Technology »
As we come to the last entry on this list, it’s clear that there is a pattern among many of our favorite blogs; most of them report on breaking news in the field and supply resources for their readers. Campus Technology deserves the top spot not because it is leagues ahead of the other blogs in terms of overall quality, but because it is the most tailored specifically for Higher Ed IT professionals. Their arsenal includes op-ed pieces, how-tos, news articles, surveys, resources, case studies, and newsletters, offering their audience a plethora of content designed to help with their work in Higher Ed IT.
Follow @Campus_Tech
If you’d like to read more articles from Higher Ed IT blogs, we have aggregated several RSS feeds that bring together the most relevant content for your convenience.
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