1. Academic Advising:
Supporting Online
Students
March 20, 2013
2:00 – 3:30 PM ET
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2. Panelist
• Laura Pasquini
• Academic Counselor
• University of North Texas
• Laura.Pasquini@unt.edu
• Follow @laurapasquini
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3. Resources from Webinar
http://bit.ly/AdvSOS
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4. Agenda
• Overview: Academic Advising & Technology
• Emerging Technologies to Engage Students
• Get Connected to Advising Students Online
Exemplars
• Current Practices in Online Advising
• Wrap Up: Q & A
9. Social Media
Definition:
“A virtual place where
people share;
everybody and
anybody can share
anything anywhere
anytime” (Joosten,
2012, p. 6).
From
2013 #sxswEDU #smHE Session
12. New Media Ecology Realities
• Media & gadgets are everywhere
• Internet = center of the revolution
• Easy to communicate
• Anywhere & anytime
• Multitasking is the norm
• More change is to come
• Adopted from L. Raine (2007)
• http://www.pewinternet.org/
13. “Focus on connecting
with the people, and
the tools will all make
sense.”
~Chris Brogan
Flickr photo c/o hoodlumper
14. Principles of Connectivism
George Siemens (http://www.connectivism.ca/):
•Being connected
•Learning from others
•Connecting information
•Various online interaction
•Diverse opinions & ideas
•Capacity to know more
•Nurturing connections
•On-going learning
•Making choices & decisions
16. Communities of
Practice
@nancywhite
http://www.ewenger.com/theory/
Wenger, 2006
17. There must
be others
ways to
support our
students
Image c/o The Out Sourcing Company http://www.theoutsourcingcompany.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/idea.jpg
24. -You choose your friends
-Network
-A very social space - family,
friends, etc.
-You choose “Likes”
-Users share content
-Groups & messages
-Fan Pages
-Updates on wall
-Newsfeed
41. Blogs
• Easy to writing and edit
• Integration of other tools
• Short posts – bullets with links
• Dynamic content
• Embed photos, video & presentations
• Reflective learning
• Exploration of ideas
• Comments & sharing with community
43. Why is Social Important
• 95.1% of 18- and 19-year-olds use social media, primarily Facebook
on a daily basis (Salaway, et al., 2009)
• 96% of undergraduates reported using Facebook (Smith & Caruso,
2010)
• 43% of undergraduate use Twitter (Smith & Caruso, 2010)
• 90% use mobile devices to receive and send text messages (Smith,
2010), over 1600 a month (Neilson, 2010)
• 92% of college-aged students watch YouTube (Moore, 2011)
From 2013 #sxswEDU
#smHE Session
45. What students are using today.
Facebook usage is nearly
double the closest
network!
From 2013 #sxswEDU #smHE Session
47. The Direction for Online Advising
• Share experiences for effective online advising delivery
• Get involved & contribute to academic advising
initiatives
• Review some key digital/online advising resources
• Introduce online advising projects examples
• Connect you to some savvy online academic advisors
48. The Horizon Report
New Media Consortium's (NMC) &
EDUCAUSE
• annual, research-oriented effort that seeks to
identify & describe emerging technologies
likely to have considerable impact on
teaching, learning, & creative expression
within higher education.
• Organized to project 1-5 years into the future:
o 2005 Report: ubiquitous wireless,
intelligent searching, & social networking
in the 1-4 year time to significant impact
o 2007 Report: mobile phones usage in
higher ed and user created content
(classify & tag to create & upload)
o 2010 Report predicts:
Open Content
Electronic Books
Gesture-based Computing
http://www.nmc.org/horizon
49. EDUCAUSE
http://www.educause.edu/
• EDUCAUSE is a nonprofit association
whose mission is to advance higher
education by promoting the intelligent use
of information technology.
• Advising Systems - 30 Resources
• Teaching and Learning
o - 924 Resources
o Applying Technology to Academic
Advising: A Vision Statement
o ECAR Study
51. Emerging Technology In Advising
Optimize Current
Resources
Share
Enhance Information
Student
Success
Online
Advising
Effective
Connect to More
Advising
Students
Appointments
52. NACADA’s
Technology in
Advising
Commission
The purpose of NACADA's Technology in Advising Commission is to
help academic advisors and advising administrators to understand the
impact that technologies such as:
•Online communication & virtual advising
•Degree audits & web registration
•Student information systems & electronic advising notes
•Social and connected spaces for innovative staff/faculty resources
•Understand the ideas and trends of how technology is being utilized in
higher education
http://www.nacada.ksu.edu/Commissions/C14/index.htm
53. The @NACADA #AdvTech
Commission
• Get involved!
• #AdvTech Technology in Advising Commission
Sign-up for 2012-13
http://advtech.pbworks.com
54. Predictions…
Technology in advising you might see in the future:
• Increased digital advising resources
• Mobile & BYOD on Campus
• Web & Video Conferencing
• Augmented Reality
• “On-Demand” Advising Options
55. How will online delivery shape your
best practices in academic
advising?
57. Impacts for Advising Delivery
• Connect to students
• Current resources
• Academic support in
multiple ways
• Out of the box ideas
• Purposeful & intentional
advising
59. • Consider your student population
• Performance Analysis
– Focus (Student View/Perception)
– Capability (Culture)
– Will (Change)
60. Online Advising Considerations
• Accessibility
• ADA Compliance
• Campus Environment
• Student Population
• Faculty/Staff Resources
Notes de l'éditeur
1. Social media = be social 2. Start the conversation Respond to others 3. Give thanks for sharing 4. Pay it forward = the learning 6. Personal branding & identity 7. Keep it up: make time
Open source technology Share PowerPoints, PDFs, Word docs, & others Integrate with blog, tweet, LinkedIn, etc. Provides organization
Conducting a Performance Analysis: Focus (Institutional Support) Capability (Culture) Will (Change)