This is my third post on the best websites in the tertiary education sector – full details are here.  I’ll assume that all websites provide an electronic brochure to what courses are on offer, so I’ll be looking for:

• effective use of Facebook, Twitter or other social media (and if I can’t find links to them on a homepage, that’s not very effective – hmm, after reviewing some that are student-focused, I can see why they’re put on sub-pages);
• an x-factor that makes people come back to the site; and
• some way to engage broader stakeholders, such as employers or the community.

This post is about the three wananga.

1. Te Whare Wananga o Awanuiarangi - This site is just a brochure.
2. Te Wananga O Aotearoa - TWOA has a FB page (380 fans) that has limited interaction. They’re also on Twitter (53 fans – use mainly for jobs ads), Flickr (not updated recently) and YouTube (some good waka videos). The site itself is mainly a brochure.
3. Te Wananga o Raukawa - This site is just a brochure.

The wananga sites are fairly basic and I won’t put any of them forward for best in the tertiary sector, but they obviously choose to put their resources elsewhere, which is fine.

I am wondering about how to deal with some of the remaining sectors and would welcome feedback. I might choose the 20 or so largest PTEs, by SAC funding, and just review those that have interesting sites. With ITOs, I can probably use the same criteria (although I might not review all of them in depth), With sector groups and government agencies I might just focus on social media, x-factor and effective delivery of information. Feedback would be welcome.