Advising Online StudentsAdvising Students Online

In 1837, the Massachusetts Board of Education devoted part of its first annual report to praising a recent classroom

innovation called…the blackboard. This “invaluable and indispensable innovation enabled the “rapid and vivid

communication of knowledge.” It created opportunities for teachers to engage learners in ways that had been

unimaginable just generation earlier.

The same and more will be said of tools that allow interactive learning online. While one outcome of this revolution

has rightly caught the world’s attention – the power to democratize access to education on a scale never seen in history

– we are just as exited about the promise that these new tools hold for colleges and universities throughout the world.

Drew Faust, President, Harvard University

L. Rafael Reid, President, MIT

TechnologyEconomy

EnvironmentEvolution of Education

By 2020, 50% of all high school courses will be taught online.

International Association for K-12 Online Learning

• 10% growth rate of online enrollment far exceeds the 2% growth rate of campus enrollment.

• 32% of all students are taking at least one online course.

• 65% of institutions now say that online programs are critical to their long term strategy.

Changing Course: Ten Years of Tracking Online Education in the United StatesSloan Consortium, 2012

Efficacy of Online Learning…Both first year and senior online learners reported more deep approaches to learning in their coursework.

2008 National Survey of Student Engagement

Online learning exceeded face to face classroom learning in effectiveness. Hybrid learning environments outperformed both face to face and online only learning environments.

A Meta Analysis and Review of Online Learning Studies, 2010,US Department of EducationEvaluation of Evidence-Based Practices in Online Learning Studies

77% of Academic Leaders rate the learning outcomes the same or superior to those in face to face.

Changing Course: Ten Years of Tracking Online Education in the United StatesSloan Consortium, 2012

Changing Course: Ten Years of Tracking Online Education in the United StatesSloan Consortium, 2012

Looking to the Future

MOOC: Massively Open Online Course

Coursera

edX

Udacity

What will an online student look like in the future?

Johnny Manziel, freshman at Texas A&MHeisman Trophy Winner

Advising Online

BenefitsMeet student demand for service

Timely, Convenient Access to Information

Efficient use of advisor time

More Effective Advising Appointments

ChallengesStudent uncomfortable with technologyAdvisor uncomfortable with technologyTime differencesPrivacyMaintaining Student RecordsConnecting students to the Institution

Synchronous ToolsPhoneInstant MessagingSkypeWeb conferencingWeb Presentations

Asynchronous Tools

PodcastsBlogsWebpagesSocial MediaEmail

Resources and Support for OSU studentsEcampus Student Services

Online EventsOpen HouseOrientationsOffice HoursOnline TourCareer Fair

BrandingThe power of a decal and snail mail

Personalizing CommunicationCongratulatory Emails Photos

AvatarsMentors

Panel DiscussionBrandy Hoel

Dawn Marie GaidNoreen Siddiqui

ResourcesOnline Learning UpdateA newsfeed that is updated daily with three articles, papers, or news items related to online learning.http://people.uis.edu/rschr1/onlinelearning/

Sloan ConsortiumThe Sloan Consortium (Sloan-C) is the leading professional online learning society devoted to advancing quality e-Education learning into the mainstream of education through its community. Sloan-C is dedicated to providing access to high quality e-Education to individuals, institutions, professional societies and the corporate community. Originally funded by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Sloan-C is now a non-profit 501(c)(3), member-sustained organization.http://sloanconsortium.org/

EducauseEDUCAUSE® is a nonprofit association and the foremost community of IT leaders and professionals committed to advancing higher education.http://www.educause.edu/

NACADA Distance Learning Listservhttp://www.nacada.ksu.edu/Community/Commission-Interest-Groups/Theory-Practice-Delivery-of-Advising/Distance-Education-Advising-Commission.aspx