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TECHNOLOGY AND ACADEMIC ADVISING: STUDENT USAGE AND PREFERENCES (PDF)

Trudi Gaines gives us a deeper look into social media and advising and how it impacts Generation Net. A comparative analysis of advising through technology and face-to-face interactions. 

Link to PDF:

https://www.nacadajournal.org/doi/pdf/10.12930/NACADA-13-011

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ONLINE STUDENT RESOURCES

Photo: Brainstorm what resources may be useful for online students. 

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LEARN YOUR AUDIENCE: ONLINE LEARNERS

Online Learning Consortium (OLC) is an institutional and professional leadership organization dedicating to integrating online education into the mainstream of higher education. Becoming part of the OLC community gives you access to professional development opportunities, publications, advising resources, and more! Stay informed on the latest trends in online learning and student support.

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ZOOM MEETINGS: UTILIZING VIDEO TO MAKE ADVISING ACCESSIBLE TO ALL TYPES OF STUDENTS

Zoom is a video conferencing tool that allows participants to join from anywhere on any device and offers real-time messaging and content sharing. Academic Advisors can use Zoom for one-on-one advising sessions, or for group sessions. Best of all, this resource is FREE! 

Learn more about Zoom for Academic Advising here. 

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Zackary W. Underwood and Melinda Anderson, University of North Carolina Wilmington

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5 GREAT STUDY TIPS FOR ONLINE STUDENTS

Photo: This is an excellent infographic from Elearninginfographics.com to share with online learners. Offering tips and best practices can help build rapport and set online students up for success. 

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THE INNER STUDENT

Kathleen Shea Smith shares her experiences and stories about Academic Advising and Coaching in this meaningful TED Talk. It begs the question: How can we make meaningful connections with online students as well as face-to-face students? 

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CALENDLY APPOINTMENT SCHEDULER

Calendly is a user-friendly online appointment scheduler that you can sync to your Outlook or Gmail calendar! Say goodbye to e-mail appointment requests! I have directed my students to Calendly to schedule their appointments for over a year now and the feedback has been nothing but positive. 

Learn more by reading 5 ways to create an advising process students will actually take part in on Calendly’s blog page. 

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Bret Hirsch and Eddie Bobbitt, University of Louisville

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CONNECT WITH OTHER ADVISORS

NACADA: The Global Community for Academic Advising. Becoming a member of the NACADA community gives you access to advising resources, publications, professional development opportunities, e-mail lists, involvement opportunities, job opportunities, and more! Additionally, NACADA provides a quarterly electronic publication called Academic Advising Today, free to the global community. 

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CREATE A WELCOME VIDEO

Creating a Welcome Video for students is a fun and creative way to show them who you are and what you do as an Advisor. In the video, you can review important policies and procedures, highlight interesting facts about a program or college, and insert some personalized information about yourself to help build rapport. Below is a Welcome Video that I created. I provide a link to this video in my initial Welcome E-mail to students. 

Here is a helpful list of the 6 Best Free Video Editing Software Programs for 2019, courtesy of Lifewire.com. 

Meet Your Advisor Welcome Video

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WELCOME TO MY BLOG!

My name is Melissa and I am an Academic Advisor at the University of Arizona! Here, you will find resources that I have tailored for Academic Advisors who work with online students. With online education and emerging technologies on the rise, old fashioned face-to-face advising sessions have become a thing of the past for many online learners. As an Academic Advisor, I find that the majority of my students prefer to communicate through e-mail via their smartphones. There has to be a better way! This blog space was created to help answer the question: How can Advisors leverage technology to build meaningful and lasting connections with online and distance learners? 

My hope is to help Advisors like myself utilize tech tools to establish better connections that improve the online student experience and raise student retention rates.