NACADA TechTalk No. 4 Blogging in Academic Advising
1. Thursday, August 9, 2012
Advising Reflections & Sharing: Blogging
to Support our Profession and Student
Learning Outcomes
NACADA TechTalks
Sponsored by the Technology in Advising Commission
Laura Pasquini, Chair
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3. HTTP://NACADA8.WORDPRESS.COM
SALLY GARNER
Director of Student Services
School of Journalism and Communication
University of Oregon [GO DUCKS!]
NACADA Region 8
Communications Coordinator
sgarner@uoregon.edu | @sally_garner | 541-346-0117
9. Jason Barkemeyer
Academic Advising Coordinator
University of Utah, David Eccles School
of Business
Blog: Ruminations & Pontifications of a
Higher Ed World
http://advisorbark.wordpress.com
Twitter: @jbarkemeyer
10. Advising experience
• Advising for large public universities
• Six years departmental business advising
• Three years student-athlete advising
Education
• Master of Education
• Bachelor of Journalism
Professional Affiliations
• NACADA
• N4A
• UAOA
Background
11. Research Interests
• Advisor development
• The occupation of academic advising
• Use of technology in advising
Publications experience
• News, sports and entertainment reporter, 1993-2000
Blogging experience
• Pop culture
• Food
• Advising & Higher Education
Background
12. • Departmental advisor to all business majors in the David Eccles
School of Business.
• Caseload of roughly 500-525 students.
• Director of the school’s undergraduate peer advising program.
• Liaison to the Department of Athletics.
• Member of the Utah Advising Research Committee (UArc).
• Transitioning out of co-chair of campus advising committee.
Current Role
13. • Covers mainly my random thoughts on advising and
happenings around campus.
• Geared towards professionals in the field not students.
• Not academic by any means. Definitely not based in
research.
• Conversational in tone.
My Blog – Ruminations & Pontifications
of a Higher Ed World
14. • Personal outlet to continue to write.
• My way of giving back to the pool of knowledge for
academic advising.
• To possibly help others who may stumble across the
blog.
• Serves as a testing ground for topics that may lend
themselves to a more academic approach.
• A blog doesn’t cost money.
Why Do I Do It?
19. • Pick a theme for your blog.
• Find a consistent voice.
• Write to your wanted audience.
• Set aside some time to write.
• Post fairly consistently.
• Be your own editor.
• Don’t be a stranger to others’ blogs.
• Realize that traffic will be slow.
• Have fun.
Tips To Starting Your
Own Personal Blog
22. Who Am I?
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Esther Chung E-Lin Chen
Academic Advisor Career Counselor
Academic & Learning Skills Career & Employment
EstherChung2
http://utscace.blogspot.ca
http://ca.linkedin.com/in/estherchung
23. University of Toronto Scarborough
• Enrollment growth
(53% increase since
2002)
• Experiential education
• Internationalism (11%
international students)
• Diverse student
population
• Commuter students
28. What Do We Blog About
Popular posts include:
• Grad school, professional school, or post-grad diploma?
• Extra-curricular activities and my sanity
• Social media, job killer extraordinaire
• Study tips to prepare for your finals
• Fancy shmancy interview prep
• Enrolment 101
29. About the Blog
Blogger
• Analytics
• Page views
• Referring URL
or Sites
• Audience
http://utscace.blogspot.ca
30. What Did We Learn
• Great way to engage with students
• Students like to read posts from their peers
• Do not do it alone
• It takes time
• Find ways to promote the blog
Region 8: Eight states and provinces covering the largest geography. “NACADA near you” isn’t so near for some of our members.Region 8 website: static, hard to update, not a lot of room for the “human factor”Steering committee meeting in spring 2009: a blog sub committee was form.
At least once a month; more when we’re building up to a conference.Initially: announcements, deadlines (trying to find voice)Lately: More of the human factor: profile of Joslin, award winners, behind-the-scenes of planning meetings
Stats and how we promote the blogWhat’s next for this blog?
Intro -Academic Advisor at the University of Toronto Scarborough-Other interests include: peer mentoring, learning skills, and e-resources development-Recent ventures include projects in website development, online chat, blog, social media, and cyber counseling.
