In the two years since Northern Arizona University launched a virtual 360-degree campus tour, more than 30,000 people have explored the campus virtually. Those visits are translating to real-world action too. Chad Eickhoff, Northern Arizona's director of recruitment and orientation, says more than 4,000 students who accessed the virtual tour either gave the university their […]

Few of us would be surprised to learn that young adults have been the earliest adopters of social media. However, don't be fooled into thinking that older adults, particularly baby boomers, are not active users. In a 2017 study conducted by the Pew Research Center, nearly 7 in 10 Americans reported using social media "to […]

Watching students receive their degrees fills us with pride. However, the ceremony itself often leaves us with dread. How long will it be? Will the names of the students be pronounced correctly? After more than 25 years in higher education, I've seen plenty of ceremonies that failed to answer these questions ahead of time. The […]

The interest in live videos across social media platforms has accelerated over the past few months with a series of developments that bring high-quality video broadcasting to the masses. Instagram launched live video in Instagram Stories, an upgrade to the ephemeral format it borrowed from Snapchat. Periscope's live capabilities have been integrated into the Twitter […]