why a beautiful campus but a digital wasteland
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Brian Hawkins@iuxc
1861
1850
1840Fifth US Census: Pop 17M Colleges: >100
Sixth US Census: Pop 23M Colleges: ~150
Seventh US Census: Pop 32M Colleges: >200
Source: http://americanphilosophy.net/american_colleges.htm
1861Seventh US Census: Pop 32M Colleges: >200
600+ Colleges had
FAILED
Source: http://americanphilosophy.net/american_colleges.htm
–Thomas A. Gaines
“In their haste to open these new schools, most administrations forgot that a concern for aesthetic vitality is crucial to developing any cultural center.”
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Higher_education_in_the_United_States
4,599 Colleges &
Universities
60% Visual
Environment the Most
Important
Source: Carnegie Foundation
Our digital campus is becoming the gateway to our physical campus.
–Peter Morville
“What we find changes who we become.”
The Learning Management System
WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON?!
Bad strategy.
1. Immediate need 2. Administration said to 3. Chance
Reasons we make websites:
What would our physical campus look like if we used our digital strategy?
How did we get here?
Arts & Letters
Dean
Faculty StaffWEB!
Business School
Dean
Faculty StaffWEB!
Music School
Dean
Faculty StaffWEB!
Biology Department
Dean
Faculty StaffWEB!
Chemistry Department
Dean
Faculty StaffWEB!
German Department
Dean
Faculty StaffWEB!
Libraries
Dean
Faculty StaffWEB!
Academic Advising
Director
Advisor AdvisorWEB!
Information Technology
Director
Staff StaffWEB!
Athletics
Director
Staff StaffWEB!
Office of the President
President
VPs StaffWEB!
Office of the Provost
Provost
Staff StaffWEB!
Architect’s Office
Director
Staff StaffWEB!
A CMS, a few web developers, and varied ideas don’t make digital
beauty (or effectiveness).
It's time to bring the discipline and lessons from physical beauty to the
digital campus.
Brian Hawkins@iuxc
