.mobi Universities going to dot mobi ?

[jacpar]

I would like ton know if dot mobi will be popular for universities : student or the universities names themselves.
Do you know if some universities have already regged their dot mobi ? If yes, which ones ?

 

[gemulder]

I would like ton know if dot mobi will be popular for universities : student or the universities names themselves.
Do you know if some universities have already regged their dot mobi ? If yes, which ones ?

I think they prefer a subsite on University.mobi :gn:

 

[seanboy]

The only one that I've seen so far is the University of Texas: http://utexas.mobi

 

[-REECE-]

Most universities seem to be very late adopters. It's kind of funny that they portray themselves in some kind of elitest way -- that people are somehow more intelligent because they're professors and have several degrees, yet with all their intelligence (whose definition, I believe, is the application of knowledge, not knowledge per se), none of them (or at least very few) ever had the idea of investing in internet real estate.

I don't see it being any different this time -- regardless of how much dotmobi succeeds, I really don't see them starting to adopt it until, like dotcom, it becomes blatantly obvious that their is no possible chance of failure.

 

[acc]

Most universities seem to be very late adopters. .... yet with all their intelligence (whose definition, I believe, is the application of knowledge, not knowledge per se), none of them (or at least very few) ever had the idea of investing in internet real estate. ... I really don't see them starting to adopt it until, like dotcom, it becomes blatantly obvious that their is no possible chance of failure.

Very good observation. More to the point though, rather than them "investing" in internet realestate, they should be "embracing" any expansion of the internet space. Because by its nature the growing internet - desktop first, laptop next, and now mobile - all help expand awareness, knowledge, discussion, and hopefully vetting of any and all areas of interest.

Another possibility is that academics can often be myopic, so knowledgeable and focused on their area of study, and frankly too busy or uninterested to venture out of their niche. Don't get me wrong, I absolutely respect, admire, and appreciate their years of effort (often lifetimes of effort). Everyone should be so fortunate - to find their passion and niche in life as many professors and other intellectuals do.

But being a risk-taking entrepreneur is very different than living under the safety-net of academia. Living with fierce competition, making a payroll, working at getting and keeping customers, cutting budgets, etc. in the business world is foreign to academia. Contrast that with rich endowments or tuitions and budgets that increase at multiples of actual inflation.

The "free" use of their .edu email accounts, campus-wide wifi/broadband, and use of subdomains under the college's .edu domain have all help set the blinders to the adoption and use of other possible domain extensions.

Ultimately, the students will bring .mobi to the campus world.

-acc

 

[-REECE-]

Very good observation. More to the point though, rather than them "investing" in internet realestate, they should be "embracing" any expansion of the internet space. Because by its nature the growing internet - desktop first, laptop next, and now mobile - all help expand awareness, knowledge, discussion, and hopefully vetting of any and all areas of interest.

Another possibility is that academics can often be myopic, so knowledgeable and focused on their area of study, and frankly too busy or uninterested to venture out of their niche. Don't get me wrong, I absolutely respect, admire, and appreciate their years of effort (often lifetimes of effort). Everyone should be so fortunate - to find their passion and niche in life as many professors and other intellectuals do.

But being a risk-taking entrepreneur is very different than living under the safety-net of academia. Living with fierce competition, making a payroll, working at getting and keeping customers, cutting budgets, etc. in the business world is foreign to academia. Contrast that with rich endowments or tuitions and budgets that increase at multiples of actual inflation.

The "free" use of their .edu email accounts, campus-wide wifi/broadband, and use of subdomains under the college's .edu domain have all help set the blinders to the adoption and use of other possible domain extensions.

Ultimately, the students will bring .mobi to the campus world.

-acc

Well said Bill

I'm a firm believer in internet education and truly believe that the future of education in developing countries and even global superpowers will one day be done mostly online. From a cost/benefit perspective, it just makes sense. Why have 10 professors at a university teaching the exact same course, when we could have 1 professor teaching it? How about all the people who can't afford universities? Online education could clearly decrease costs substantially and with the progress the internet is making -- and initiatives such as Wikipedia, it may be very well possible for all, not only the gifted, to challenge their way through school/university.