Study Abroad: Borrowing Ideas, Design, & Strategy from Beyond the Walls of Academia

Presented at #heweb13 in Buffalo, NY. This talk encourages higher education professionals to own their good ideas and keep talking about them.

Transcript

1. #mpd7 @joelgoodman
   STUDY ABROAD
   

   View Slide

2. AUSTIN, TEXAS
   ★ Tacos
   ★ Tech
   ★ Music
   ★ Design
   

   View Slide

3. Borrowing
   Ideas, Design, & Strategy
   From Beyond Academia
   

   View Slide

4. Do You Consider
   Yourself A
   designer?
   

   View Slide

5. mathematics training
   legal precedent
   Engineering
   psychological research
   social issues
   city & urban planning
   Economics & Business
   Medical Research
   public health
   education training
   Science Advances
   media & cultural analysis
   divinity & religious issues
   communication theory
   

   View Slide

6. BUT DESIGN IS
   ALWAYS OWNED BY
   SOMEONE ELSE.
   

   View Slide

7. truth?
   we Beg, Borrow,
   & Steal our
   web strategies
   

   View Slide

8. LET’S LOOK AT
   TECH BLOGS
   

   View Slide

9. View Slide

10. View Slide

11. View Slide

12. View Slide

13. View Slide

14. LET’S LOOK AT
    mobile
    providers
    

    View Slide

15. View Slide

16. View Slide

17. View Slide

18. View Slide

19. View Slide

20. View Slide

21. The Sad News
    

    View Slide

22. we like...
    Sliders
    lots of jargon
    all the navigation
    giant hero images
    

    View Slide

23. We Got
    trolled
    

    View Slide

24. View Slide

25. View Slide

26. A change in thinking.
    

    View Slide

27. Think like a hacker
    

    View Slide

28. WAIT, WHAT?
    

    View Slide

29. It was like a game to me; like a
    hacker, trying to find new ways
    to do things.
    Photo by Michael Bulbenko
    7 October 2013 / #heweb13
    

    View Slide

30. ...using your mind to come up
    with original actions. Thinking
    instead of always following what
    the book says—that’s real
    thinking. Deep thinking.
    Photo by Michael Bulbenko
    Steve Wozniak
    7 October 2013 / #heweb13
    

    View Slide

31. View Slide

32. View Slide

33. This from a
    commercial
    company
    

    View Slide

34. #hustleishope
    

    View Slide

35. @plautmaayan
    Oberlin
    @timnekritz
    SUNY Oswego
    

    View Slide

36. @jesskry
    hamilton college
    

    View Slide

37. Creative thinking breeds risky
    ideas (in a good way).
    

    View Slide

38. If you take a risk and it works,
    everyone will copy it.
    

    View Slide

39. Interesting Things.
    

    View Slide

40. INSPIRATION
    http://dribbble.com
    http://smashingmagazine.com
    http://alistapart.com
    

    View Slide

41. How can your
    institution set
    itself apart?
    (and your other questions)
    

    View Slide