1. Technology & Advising Series Advising 2.0: Engaging & Communicating with Students Online Oak Vichaikul, University of Nevada Las Vegas Laura Pasquini, University of North Texas

2. Introduction Laura Pasquini Academic Advisor II College of Business University of North Texas Oak Vichaikul Senior Academic Advisor Academic Success Center University of Nevada, Las Vegas

3. Agenda Defining Web 2.0 Online Tools & Resources Getting Started Advising 2.0 in Action Q & A

4. The Take Away Connect technology to student learning Identify web 2.0 tools for academic advising Understand how to advise using web 2.0 Consider online collaborative communities for your campus

5. The Power of Personal Web "...a growing set of free and simple tools and applications, it is easy to create customized, personal web-based environments — a personal web — that explicitly supports one’s social, professional, learning and other activities via highly personalized windows to the networked world. Online material can be saved, tagged, categorized, and repurposed without difficulty and without any special knowledge of how web pages are put together... tools to use, and any task — from creating and distributing content, to organizing one’s personal and professional time, to developing a library of resources that constantly refresh and update themselves.. The 2009 Horizon Report http://wp.nmc.org/horizon2009/

6. Defining Web 2.0 Web 2.0 online community share collaborate web-based interaction user-centered design social

7. Why Use Web 2.0? Information sharing Optimize resources Innovative problem-solving Enhance creativity Collaborate Simple

8. Question What web 2.0 tools do you use? Why? Do you use web 2.0 in Academic Advising? How?

9. Engaging & Communicating Online Facebook Blogs Twitter Flickr Web 2.0 Advising With... Delicious

10. Principles of Connectivism Being connected Learning from others Process of connecting information Different modes of online interaction Diverse opinions, ideas & concepts Capacity to know more, is more critical Nurturing connections on-going learning Making choices & decisions George Siemens, 2004

11. Information & Communication Travels

12. New Media Ecology Realities Media & gadgets are part of everyday life Easy to gather information & communicate Anywhere & anytime The internet is the center of the revolution Multitasking becomes a way of life Ability to be a publisher, creator or storyteller All will change in the coming years Adopted from L. Raine (2007) Pew Internet

13. Social Networking Online communities of people connected to share interests or activities.

14. Social Networking Profiles that can facilitate: sharing messages news posts videos pictures connect to groups personal updates

15. Social Networking Computer mediated social interaction.

16. Social Networking Connection to friends, classmates, family, co- workers, alumni, conference buddies, and MORE!

17. Social Networking Allows you to: support a cause disseminate news share common interests aggregate information have fun be introduced stay connected

18. Social Networking You can CHOOSE what & how you want to share => Privacy Settings are Important!

19. Social Networking Fan Pages allow students to connect to Advising Centers & Offices for: upcoming events dates & deadlines advising hours general academic info introduce advisors & staff

20. Social Networking myspace.com facebook.com linkedin.com

21. Demo

22. Blogs Web Log = blog

23. Blogs Log/ Journal / Diary

24. Blogs Regular Entries

25. Blogs Virtual vs. Physical

26. Blogs Always Open

27. Blogs Media Rich

28. Blogs Limited in subject

29. Blogs Feedback from viewers

30. Demo

31. Blogs blogger.com tumblr.com wordpresss.composterous.com

32. Microblogs Extremely small blog that is limited in size of content.

33. Microblogs How small is small?

34. Microblogs 140 Characters

35. Microblogs Updates limited to text only

36. Microblogs Do more with less

37. Microblogs Concise communication

38. Microblogs Headlines Teasers Trailers

39. Demo

40. Microblogs

41. Collaborative Software Software designed to help people involved in a common task achieve their goals.

42. Collaborative Software Document Collaboration

43. Collaborative Software Web Based

44. Collaborative Software Real Time

45. Collaborative Software Multiple Users

46. Collaborative Software Track History of Edits

47. Demo

48. Collaboration Software

49. Photo Sharing Publish & share digital photos online

50. Photo Sharing Kindergarten Rule #3: Share with others.

51. Photo Sharing Organize. Tag. Group.

52. Photo Sharing Make notable notes.

53. Photo Sharing Include an online reference. Web links are great!

54. Photo Sharing POST a comment. Give & get feedback.

55. Photo Sharing Join a group. Be part of the community.

56. Photo Sharing Private vs. Public images. You decide.

57. Photo Sharing Connect your images to your advising website, blog & social network.

58. Photo Sharing smugmug.com flickr.com photobucket.com shutterfly.com picasa.google.com

59. Demo

60. Social Bookmarks Save your online resources: o share o organize o search o manage

61. Social Bookmarks Save references & resources.

62. Social Bookmarks Tags are social. Search is social. Be social.

63. Social Bookmarks Build your network. Share information. Recommend resources

64. Social Bookmarks Categorize your content. Make information easy to find.

65. Social Bookmarks M is for Metadata. Detailed descriptions.

66. Social Bookmarks Accessible anywhere! Stored "in the clouds."

67. Social Bookmarks reddit.com delicious.com stumbleupon.com addthis.comsharethis.com

68. Demo

69. Advising 2.0 in Action Use in an Academic Advising Center

70. Communication

71. One Way Communication Notifications News source Noise

72. Two Way Communication Conversation Emphasize quality over quantity Mutually beneficial

73. Academic Success Center Approach Relate to students with technology they use Manage ASC content and its distribution Reference or re-direct as much as possible to ASC or official sites within UNLV

74. Demo

75. Getting Started With Web 2.0 Connect Experiment Explore Try It Out test & play set up an account be informed ask questions get involved take time to learn Join a Network meet new advisors collaborate share with peers link to information get help show & tell Develop a Plan establish a design team assessment learning outcomes pilot project implement review & evaluate

76. Common Concerns Start up & Help To friend or not to friend? Managing your identity Settings & Access FERPA & Privacy Concerns Walking the line Other questions??

77. Social Web Connects Students Advisor Be Social With Your Advising Share Connect Empower Discuss Collaborate Model

78. Advising 2.0 in Action " Go to where the students are." - Laura

79. Advising 2.0 in Action "If you build it they will come, but will they stay?" - Oak

80. Advising 2.0 in Action "Engage them and they will stay."

81. Questions or Final Thoughts?

82. Explore & Play with 2.0 No "Magic Bullet" Failure leads to success FREE to use! Participation is key Collaborate & connect Share resources

83. Stay connected... Oak: oak.vichaikul@unlv.eduoak.vichaikul@unlv.edu Laura: laura.pasquini@unt.edulaura.pasquini@unt.edu