Best Practices in Online Academic Advising Delivery
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Advising Technology Series: Best Practices in Online Advising Delivery Clay Schwenn, University of Washington Laura Pasquini, University of North Texas
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The Global Community for Academic Advising (NACADA) has identified the need to educate advisors on how to effectively implement technology into their practice. The NACADA Technology in Advising Commission continues to thrive to support new initiatives and tap into the advising needs for the profession. During the 2009 NACADA Winter Institute, the first hands-on, interactive NACADA Technology Seminar (Pasquini, Steele, Stoller & Thurmond, 2009) introduced participants to a conversation about technology in advising. NACADA continues to support online webinars to share expertise and resources throughout the United States, and across the globe. Other examples of online NACADA development and training initiatives can be found on commission group wikis, regional blogs, slide sharing websites, NACADA Facebook group page and daily on the NACADA Twitter stream.Overall, a renewed emphasis for collaborative, online engagement in the higher education community is evolving to develop new forms of interaction and assessment. Participants will learn and share examples of online advising delivery being utilized in the advising practice. Session facilitators will share their experience advising with social networks, IM, web conferencing, podcasts, slidecasting, and other online resources. The growing use of social media and online tools, combined with collective intelligence and mass involvement, is gradually but deeply changing the practice of learning (The Horizon Report 2008). Electronic technologies can create a change in pedagogy for students, staff and faculty connected to the advising process. Advising units need to think about online advising development that includes increased participation, self-paced learning design, and continual assessment and feedback.
Transcript of Best Practices in Online Academic Advising Delivery
Advising Technology Series:
Best Practices in Online Advising Delivery
Clay Schwenn, University of WashingtonLaura Pasquini, University of North Texas
Agenda
Overview: Tech in Academic Advising
Emerging Tech You Need to Know
Current Practices in Online Delivery
Get Connected to Digital Advisors
Questions, Thoughts & Comments
Introduction
Laura PasquiniAcademic Advisor II,College of BusinessUniversity of North Texas
Clay SchwennLead Academic CounselorGateway CenterUniversity of Washington
The Online Advising Direction
• 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
Are you currently advising online?
How?What?Why?
When?
(Tell Us More!)
Question
Online Portal
E-mailNew
Media
Website
Web 2.0
What Online Advising Can Be?
How Does Laura Advise Online?
How Does Laura Advise Online?
RedLantern - Degree Audit System http://www.redlanternu.com/
How Does Clay Advise Online?
Here's One Example
Current Practices in Online Delivery
UW Advising Podcast • Response to Interim Dean's call for "Anytime, Anywhere" advising• What is a Podcast?
o A subscription-based method for distributing media files, usually audio or video files, typically for playback on mobile devices (like an iPod) or computer.
• Started in June 2006 with 3 episodes• As of June 2010, nearly 100 episodes covering a wide spectrum of information for
studentso Academic Planningo Dates and Deadlineso Information about departmentso Perspectives from advisers from around campuso Pre-professional topics (pre-med, pre-law, etc.)o Student perspectiveso Outside the classroom opportunities and profileso Interviews with faculty
• Enhances Student Learning by:o Connecting with a Diverse Group of Learnerso Enhance Student Engagemento Extend the Classroom (or in this case, the Advising Office)
ExamplesUW Advising Podcast
Getting Started with Podcasting: Setup, Startup Costs, How to make it work for you, current iterations of advising podcasts
Demo
Looking Ahead for Advising
Emerging Tech in Higher Ed
How Can You Identify Emerging Technologies in
Higher Ed?
Emerging Tech in Higher EdNew Media Consortium's (NMC) & EDUCAUSE Horizon Report • 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
Emerging Tech in Higher Ed
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 Resourceso Applying Technology to Academ
ic Advising: A Vision Statement
Emerging Tech in Higher Ed
ACPA Technology Advisory Committee
(TAC) is a member-driven advisory committee charged by the Executive Director of ACPA with developing the association’s long term Information
Technology strategic plan & evaluating and recommending technology initiatives
aimed at furthering the association’s strategic initiatives. Evaluating large-scale IT project requests to determine
their applicability to long- and short-term association goals &, when necessary, to
priority rank IT initiatives.
Great blog post from Eric Stoller about Student Affairs & Technology Associationshttp://ericstoller.com/blog/2009/12/06/acpa-naspa-student-affairs-technology/
Navigating Technology in Advising
Online Advising
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Optimize Current Resources
Share Information
Connect to More Students
Emerging Tech in Advising
Effective Advising Appointments
Emerging Tech in Advising
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 the Web, e-mail, degree audits, online registration, and student information systems have on academic advising; use technology effectively in their work; and, appreciate the appropriate uses of technology in higher education. This commission seeks to serve as a central resource and clearinghouse for information about innovations and issues in academic advising technology. Through our commission Web site and electronic discussion forum (TECADV-L), as well as national and regional conferences, we actively seek to encourage NACADA members to engage in topical discussions and activities related to the uses of technology in advising."
http://www.nacada.ksu.edu/Commissions/C14/index.htm
Emerging Tech in Advising
NACADA's Technology Seminars
• Provides an opportunity for academic advisors to get hands-on experience with advising-related technologies. This exciting, interactive, and cost effective seminar is an opportunity for advisors to gain knowledge and skills they can use in developing strategies for enhancing their work with advisees and academic advising programs. Each participant has the opportunity to plan for the use of new technologies in their work, and get feedback on their plans.o http://nacada.ksu.edu/Events/Seminars/Technology/index.htmo http://www.nacada.ksu.edu/winterseminar/2009/index.htmo http://nacadatech.net/
Social Media in Academic Advising
Social Media in Academic Advising
o Academic Advising & Social Media http://ericstoller.com/blog/2010/05/13/academic-advising-social-media/
Emerging Tech in Advising
Advising Center at Texas Tech's Facebook Fan Page
Emerging Tech in Advising
Advisors Who Blog - University of Oregon o http://gradefirstaid.wordpress.com/
Emerging Tech in Advising
The Academic Success Center at UNLV uses Twitter: http://twitter.com/UNLV_ASC
Emerging Tech in Advising
Wikis for Advisor Training at The Academic Advising Center, University of Iowa: http://sites.google.com/site/advisortraininginthedigitalage/
Emerging Tech in Advising
Penn State World Campus
http://www.worldcampus.p
su.edu/advising-in-second-
life.shtml
Wish List for Advising Tech
What technology would you be interested in trying out for advising?
How do you want to advise online?
Predictions...
Technology in advising you might see in the future:• Geo-tagging, e.g. Foursquare, Google Maps• Digital Resources, e.g. Google Books• Mobile, e.g. Smart phones, Apps & bit size information• Virtual Worlds, e.g. Second Life• VoIP, e.g. Skype, Google Voice, video conferencing• Augmented Reality
Impacts for Academic Advising
How will online delivery shape your best practices in academic
advising?
Impacts for Academic Advising
• Connect to students• Current resources• Academic support in
multiple ways• Out of the box ideas• Purposeful &
intentional advising
Questions or Comments?
