Section
1: Identify the leadership within your unit.
List
members of your steering committees, committee members, task force
members, conference chairs, etc. & their emails.
| Name of Committee
|
Name of Committee
Member |
Email |
| Technology in Advising Steering
Committee |
Andrea Irby |
Andrea_Irby@ncsu.edu |
| Technology in Advising Steering
Committee |
Michael Leonard |
mjl3@psu.edu |
| Technology in Advising Steering
Committee |
Charles (Chuck) Haberle
|
chaberle@providence.edu |
| Technology in Advising Steering
Committee |
Wes Lipshultz |
wpl100@psu.edu |
| Technology in Advising Steering
Committee |
Renee Babcock |
r.babcock@mail.utexas.edu |
| Technology in Advising Steering
Committee |
Mark Suazo |
msuazo@unm.edu |
| Technology in Advising Steering
Committee |
Anita Carter |
aa4208@wayne.edu |
| Technology in Advising Steering
Committee |
George Steele |
gsteele@oln.org |
| Technology in Advising Steering
Committee |
Don Woolston |
woolston@engr.wisc.edu |
| Technology in Advising Steering
Committee |
Lauren Wass |
Lauren.Wass@fiu.edu |
| Technology in Advising Steering
Committee |
Paula Dollarhide |
Paula.Dollarhide@stockton.edu |
Section
2: Outline your annual activities as they relate to the NACADA
missions and strategies.
Mission 1
: Address the academic advising needs of higher education.
Strategies:
1-A
Identify, prioritize, and address critical issues facing academic
advising. Through surveys and needs assessments, identify the
issues facing academic advising in higher education and propose
methods for addressing these issues - from recognition of advising
as a critical component of student success to the recognition
of advisors as critical to the educational/developmental process.
| Task (Activities Planned) |
Person/committee assigned the task |
Target Date |
Date Completed |
Assess progress or completion |
| Educate members on accessible (web)design
|
Andrea Irby, Les Hemphill (DSS Commission
Chair), "Accessibility Consultants" identified from both commissions |
2005-03-30 |
0000-00-00 |
|
| Increase hands on learning opportunities
for members |
Technology in Advising Steering
Committee |
2005-09-15 |
0000-00-00 |
|
1-C
Ensure effectiveness of NACADA organization. Activities or recommendations
for ensuring the growth and vitality of the organization - from
restructuring to operation &, policy development, to procedural
changes.
| Task (Activities Planned) |
Person/committee assigned the task |
Target Date |
Date Completed |
Assess progress or completion |
| Add one person from Technology Steering
Committee to National Conference Committee |
Andrea Irby |
2005-01-05 |
0000-00-00 |
|
| Increase size and talent of Technology
in Advising Steering Committee |
Existing Steering Committee Members
|
2004-12-15 |
2004-11-15 |
4 new members were added to the
Technology in Advising Commission Steering Committee. They
represent a wide range of talent with respect to technological
issues. They are Paula Dollarhide (accessible, universal design,
assessment with respect to learning outcomes) Don Woolston
(multimedia), Lauren Wass (chat, vendor products in the academic
setting), and Renee Babcock, (electronic files, chat, publishing).
|
| Reexamine Projector/LCD payment
issue for National Conferences |
Technology in Advising Steering
Committee |
2005-03-01 |
0000-00-00 |
|
1-D
Provide comprehensive professional development opportunities to
the academic advising community. Identify, develop, and deliver
professional development activities and resources to meet the
needs of the academic advising community - including institutions,
central administrators, full-time advisors, faculty advisors,
and peer advisors.
| Task (Activities Planned) |
Person/committee assigned the task |
Target Date |
Date Completed |
Assess progress or completion |
| Update design of Commission display
board. Display board is used at National and Regional conferences
to promote Commission and to share knowledge related to technology
with members |
Andrea Irby; graphic designer to
be named |
2005-02-28 |
0000-00-00 |
|
| Explore creation of Innovations
Fair at National Conferences |
George Steele and Steering Committee
Members |
2005-09-15 |
0000-00-00 |
|
| Review Proposals for National Conference
in 2005 |
Chair and subset of Steering Committee
|
2005-03-01 |
0000-00-00 |
|
| Revamp ATECH part of Commission
website. Solicit additional contributions, change nature of
contributions in some areas |
Michael Leonard, Andrea Irby, Chuck
Haberle, Steering Committee, Commission volunteers |
2005-09-15 |
0000-00-00 |
|
Mission 2
: Advance the body of knowledge of academic advising.
Strategies:
2-A
Promote, support, and conduct research related to the enhancement
of academic advising through further understanding of the student,
the campus environment, advising processes, or other related areas.
| Task (Activities Planned) |
Person/committee assigned the task |
Target Date |
Date Completed |
Assess progress or completion |
| ATECH articles on Technology Commission
website |
Steering Committee members; solicit
Commission volunteers/writers |
2005-05-30 |
0000-00-00 |
|
| Review and select Advising Technology
Innovation Awards |
Chair, Anita Carter, Paula Dollarhide,
one additional steering comm. member and several award winners |
2005-04-28 |
0000-00-00 |
|
| Chapters in First Year Monograph
related to Technology Joint NRC for FYE and NACADA effort
|
Andrea Irby, George Steele |
2005-08-01 |
0000-00-00 |
|
Mission 3
: Champion the educational role of academic advising to enhance
student learning and development in a diverse world.
Strategies:
3-A
Identify and develop strategies for fostering collaboration with
various advising constituencies. Seek collaborative relationships
with academic and student services related associations, discipline
specific organizations, higher education associations, and accrediting
agencies to promote the importance of academic advising.
| Task (Activities Planned) |
Person/committee assigned the task |
Target Date |
Date Completed |
Assess progress or completion |
| Innovations Fair at National Conference
|
George Steele and Steering Committee
|
2006-10-01 |
0000-00-00 |
|
| Joint proposals, conference presentations,
volunteer efforts with Disability Student Services Commission
|
Andrea Irby, Les Hemphill, members
of both commissions |
2005-10-01 |
0000-00-00 |
|
3-B
Enhance NACADA's global visibility and credibility as the resource
for concerns and needs involving academic advising. Identify and
educate other professionals in higher education that NACADA has
valuable information to help institutions enhance student development,
student success, and institutional success through the dissemination
of credible and supported data.
| Task (Activities Planned) |
Person/committee assigned the task |
Target Date |
Date Completed |
Assess progress or completion |
| Write Supervisors and Administrative
Principals of those joining Steering Committee |
Andrea Irby |
2005-01-30 |
0000-00-00 |
|
| Publish selection of new steering
committee members in local campus papers/bulletins |
Andrea Irby |
0000-00-00 |
0000-00-00 |
|
Mission 4
: Affirm the role of academic advising in supporting institutional
mission and vitality.
Strategies:
4-A
Influence leaders and decision-makers in higher education to support
quality academic advising. Impress upon institutional leaders
that quality academic advising is important to institutional success.
| Task (Activities Planned) |
Person/committee assigned the task
|
Target Date |
Date Completed |
Assess progress or completion |
| Solicit for nominations for a Service
to Commission Award. Request $50 for award plaque. |
Andrea Irby |
2005-06-30 |
0000-00-00 |
|
Mission 5
: Promote the involvement of diverse populations in the Association.
Strategies:
5-A
Assess member needs and talents. Identify representatives of diverse
groups and plan for ensuring their successful involvement in association
activities.
| Task (Activities Planned) |
Person/committee assigned the task |
Target Date |
Date Completed |
Assess progress or completion |
| Universal Design (Accessible technology
design for all users) |
Andrea Irby, Les Hemphill, others
as identified |
2005-10-01 |
0000-00-00 |
|
5-C
Expand growth opportunities. Identify and promote opportunities
for involvement by new members and leaders. Identify methods for
reaching new populations with advising professional development
opportunities.
| Task (Activities Planned) |
Person/committee assigned the task |
Target Date |
Date Completed |
Assess progress or completion |
| Expand number of volunteer opportunities
in Commission |
Chair, Steering Committee Members
|
2005-10-01 |
0000-00-00 |
Going on now. New opportunities
have been created, now we need to get members working in those
areas. |
| Encourage experienced commission
members to register with Consultant's Bureau. |
Andrea Irby |
2005-03-30 |
0000-00-00 |
|
| Use Technology in Advising Commission
Display at Regional and National Conferences |
Andrea Irby, Wes Lipshultz, Steering
Comm. members attending Regional Conferences |
0000-00-00 |
0000-00-00 |
On going each regional and national
conference cycle |
| Technology in Advising list serve.
Get more to join even if they do not join the Commission.
|
Steering Comm. members |
2005-10-01 |
0000-00-00 |
Encourage registration with list serve
each regional and national conference. |
Section
3: Issues/Items for consideration by the Division, Council or
Board of Directors.
| Issue/Item |
Details |
| Projector Fee at National Conference
|
NACADA used not to charge a fee
for presenters needing a projector at National Conferences.
A $100.00 fee has been imposed during the last two National
Conferences. The Technology in Advising Commission has serious
concerns about this issue from both a historical and future
perspective. We look forward to reviewing information from
the National Office regarding technology costs for presentations
and coming up with a better solution to this matter. Anita
Carter is on the board as well as on our Steering Committee.
George Steele is on the Finance Committee and our Steering
Committee. Both will help bring our concerns and ideas forward.
|
| Technology Volunteers at National
Conferences |
We are looking to create a cadre
of Technology Volunteers at National Conferences. We want
to create a way to help presenters using technology to have
a smooth set up and have someone available to trouble shoot
or call for help in the event of set up problems so that presenters
can concentrate on getting ready to present. Budget Request
for 2004-2005: $400.00 for walkie-talkies for Technology Support
Volunteers |
Section
4: List Volunteer Opportunities Available in your Unit.
| Volunteer Opportunity |
Details |
| Technology Volunteers at
National Conferences |
New Idea for future National Conferences.
Establish a group of folks who are willing to help with set
up and trouble shooting for presenters using technology. To
do this, we need to work with the National Conference Committee,
the person in charge of volunteers, and the conference committee
to understand the hotel IT support. We don't want to step
on toes, but rather fill a niche that we think will be helpful
to other NACADA members. |
| Accessiblity Consultants
|
We hope to establish a group of
Accessibility Consultants. Soliciting volunteers from both
the Technology Commission and the Disabiltiy Students Commission
who are knowledgible in this area we hope to create a small
group of people who can advise others within NACADA on how
to make technology accessible to all users. |
| Advising Technology Education
Center (ATECH) |
Advising Technology Education Center.
Solicit volunteers to help us identify articles on the web
we can link to as well as ask folks to write for ATECH. Traditionally
it has been hard to get people to write for ATECH, but we
recognize that there is a wealth of articles already on the
web for other publications. We hope that by getting volunteers
to help us identify those articles (as well as encourage members
to write for this area) we can increase the amount of helpful
information that is there for NACADA members. |
| Regional Liasions |
People can volunteer to be a regional
liasion for the commission. Such a person would help encourage
Technnology presentations at regional conferences, be a voice
for technology matters in the region, and stay in touch with
the chair and steering committee regarding technology sessions
presented at conferences, or any other particular needs or
interests relative to that region. |
Section
5: Summary of Annual Commission Meeting
Technology
in Advising Commission - October 2004. We held two meetings
in Cincinnati.
Steering
Committee Meeting. Wednesday, October 6, 2004.
Technology in Advising steering committee members, Chuck
Haberle, Anita Carter, Wes Lipshultz, Andrea Irby, and George
Steele met to discuss matters facing the Commission. Items
discussed were:
- Expanding the steering committee to include more members.
- Redesigning the Electronic Publication Awards.
- Revamping aspects of our website, most notably: Student
Information Systems (SIS) and Advising Technology Education
Center (ATECH).
- The matter of charging for projectors at National Conferences
- Expanding the number of volunteer opportunities for
commission members, specifically: Technology volunteers
at national conferences; accessibility consultants; joint
presentations/articles with members of Disabilities Commission
- Having one member of our group serve on the National
Conference committee for several reasons: 1) Find reasonable
solutions to technology (projection charge) matters. 2)
Work with the volunteer coordinator and conference planning
committee to establish Technology Volunteers.
- Begin the discussion and design of an Innovations Fair
to be held at National Conferences.
Annual
Technology in Advising Commission Meeting
The Annual Technology
in Advising Commission meeting was held at 2pm, October
8 (Friday afternoon). Attendance was light (18 attendees)
given the timing of the commission meeting compared to years
past, probably due to the time of the meeting. Still we
had a good discussion. Andrea Irby provided a brief overview
of the commission, distributed fliers about the commission
and highlighted the commission's on-going projects. Andrea
also introduced steering committee members in attendance
(Chuck Haberle, Wes Lipshultz, Anita Carter, George Steele,
and Mark Suazo)
Andrea Irby and
Chuck Haberle, former Commission Chair and Service to Commission
winner, presented this year's Service to Commission award
to Mike Leonard (Penn State University). Mike is the recent
past chair of the Commission as well as a founding member
of the Commission and manager of its website. Mike has done
many, many things for the Commission over the past decade.
He served as commission chair from 2001-2003 and has served
for many years on the steering committee. He is the Webmaster
for the commissions comprehensive website since its initial
development in 1997 and he has co-managed the Technology
Commission list serve since 1996. Mike always has great presentations
to share with people at NACADA conferences and has published
chapters in NACADA's Technology related monographs. He currently
serves as the Managing Editor of The Mentor: an
online academic advising journal and has also been appointed
to the Steering Committee for Commissions and Interests
Groups. Mike was unable to attend this year's national conference.
Wes Lipshultz (Penn State) accepted the award for him.
Other items discussed
were volunteering opportunities within the commission. Members
last year wanted more volunteer opportunities, and we are
glad to provide them! We are looking for volunteers in the
following areas:
- (New) We are looking to create a cadre of Technology
Volunteers at National Conferences. We want to create
a way to help presenters using technology to have a smooth
set up and have someone available to trouble shoot or
call for help in the event of set up problems so that
presenters can concentrate on getting ready to present.
- (New) Along with the Commission for Students with Disabilities
we want to develop Accessibility Consultants. Because
of the importance of creating technology and websites
for all student users we want to help those creating web
pages, using technology to do so in an accessible manner.
We need people from both commissions who are willing to
advise other members from time to time when it comes to
making technology available to users of all abilities.
- ATECH articles and seekers of articles. The Commission
has long encouraged members to write short articles for
its Advising Technology Education Center (ATECH) page
on the web site (/www.psu.edu/ncta/atech.htm). We recognize,
however, that it is often hard for members to find the
time to write articles and we also recognize that there
are many quality articles out there that would be good
to link to from this site. We still want to encourage
writers from our membership, but would also like to work
with those who would be willing to find worthy articles
of interest to Commission members.
- Getting active in the Commission in the NACADA regional
groups. We are always looking for folks who want to be
more active in their regions with respect to Technology.
Activities include encouraging regional members to submit
technology presentations at regional conferences, presenting
at regional conferences and/or reporting back to the chair
on exciting technology related presentations seen at Regional
conferences.
We also discussed
what sort of pre-conference sessions people would like to
see in the future as a way to bring interactive, hands on-learning
opportunities to members. We also made those in attendance
aware of the different submission procedure for pre-conference
proposals. We will also reiterate this on our list serve
as we move closer to conference proposal time for next year.
Members in attendance also discussed what was working on
their campuses, what was not, in effort to help members
network and learn from each other. This has always worked
well at both regional and national conferences and this
time was no exception. Newer members in attendance said
they wanted to hear from those who had used different kinds
of degree audit, chat, on line calendaring systems and more.
They wanted to be able to compare various options to take
back to their home institutions. Steve Wilkins (Eastern
Kentucky Univ) did such a presentation on Adviser Appointment
Management Software that many found helpful on the last
day of the conference. He has also shared his information
via the list serve. Any that would like to volunteer with
the Commission should contact Andrea Irby, chair, at Andrea_Irby@ncsu.edu,
or 919-513-0292.
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