Advising Online
Students
Donna M. Schaeffer,
PhD
Marymount University
Donna.schaeffer@marymount.edu
Patrick C. Olson, PhD
National University
polson@nu.edu
The 2011 Survey of
Online Learning
Over
6 million students (1/3 of all students nationwide) take at least one course
online.
Sixty-five
percent of all respondents said that online learning was a critical part of
their long-term strategy.
Cameron Evans, CTO of
Microsoft Education:
“Pre-PC
environment” would allow students to move throughout space and time without
having to worry about where their data is or how they’re accessing it
IT
is used to enhance the main periods of an average undergraduate’s career
o
high school students recruited in a
socially enabled environment.
o
student outcomes can be monitored and
responded to on-the-fly using next-generation CRM technologies for student
information management.
o
work can be produced collaboratively and
online.
Implications for
Advising:
WHO
can be advised online?
Marymount
Freshmen Business Majors
Their
Parents
Our
Colleagues
WHAT
media is used for advising?
Texting
For Short Communications, e.g. 30 or 40 words
Twitter
and Texting For Reminders
Facebook for Building Community
Blogs
to direct advisees to the info they need
YouTube
videos
WHERE
does advising happen?
Anyplace
WHEN
does advising happen?
Anytime
WHY
College
students send or receive an average of 3,339 texts a month (Neilsen).
89%
of college students have cell phones (AOL).
College
students spend $864 dollars per year on their cell phones, for most of them
this is more than what they spend on anything else (Neilsen).
Students
work (sometimes at two jobs) and may not live in dorms (personal observation).
Students
and parents respond!
63%
of new jobs or those vacated by retirees will require a college degree by 2018.
Read more: http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-04-11/unemployment-falls-fast-in-u-dot-s-dot-if-men-get-college-degrees-jobs
Last
Day to drop classes with a grade of “W” is March 24.
Sophomore Year Registration starts at 12:01 AM
Monday, April 16. Send me your degree plan and what you'd like to take so I can
lift your registration hold. send email to Donna.schaeffer@marymount.edu
School of Business Administration is collecting all types of new
and used shoes in good condition from April 10th to 20th at various locations
around campus. Shoes collected will be donated to Art for Humanity
(artforhumanity.org), a local non-profit. Sizes up to men’s
size 11 and women’s size 9. For more info, contact sba@marymount.edu
Thursday,
June 9, 2011
As your advisor, I promise to help you create a coherent
educational plan based on your abilities, aspirations, interests, and values
(and of course, the University’s rules)!
- synthesize
complex information from various sources to set and achieve your goals,
and to make decisions along the way
- learn the
policies so you will meet the academic requirements of your major and
minor and general University requirements
- understand
Marymount’s mission and the philosophy of the School of Business
- cultivate the
intellectual habits that lead to a lifetime of learning
- become a citizen
who engages in the wider world around you
These
objectives were developed by the National Academic
Advising Association. I look forward to working with each of you to meet these
objectives during your first semesters at Marymount's School of Business.
Posted by SBA Freshmen Advising at 10:38 AM
Thursday,
March 15, 2012
As you may have discovered, Marymount School of Business
undergrad programs require an internship. Time Magazine provides a very
realistic look. Nearly half of all internships are not paid positions,
according to National Association
of Colleges and Employers.
Interrnships are described as the principle point
of entry for young people into the white collar world.
We do believe that internships can have
value whether they are paid or not, and as the Time article concludes
"The young people who get that work experience will, of course, be more
likely than those who don't to move up the ladder."
Source: Intern Nation by Andrea Roches. Time,
September 12, 2011. http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,2091366-1,00.html
Posted by SBA Freshmen Advising at 8:25 AM
work boots, dress shoes,
kid’s, adults’, athletic shoes, heels, and sandals. We can only accept up to a
men’s size 11 and a women’s size 9. For more information on the shoe drive,
email the School of Business Administration at sba@marymount.edu.t based in Arlington, Virginia.