Learning Network Competencies for Student Affairs Professionals #ACPA11 Convention Monday, March 28, 2011 5:45-6:45 pm Session Program #320 Room #341

1. Emerging Technology for
Emerging Leaders: Online Tools
for Professional Development
Julie Larsen, Academic Advisor II,
University of Texas at Dallas
Laura Pasquini, Academic Advisor II,
University of North Texas

3. Networks have always existed.

4. If we need the extra push over the cliff,
you know what we do?
Spinal Tap, 1984

5. “... networks reconfigure themselves in
real-time, on a global local scale, and
permeate all domains of social life. This is
why we live in a network society, not in an
information society or a knowledge
society.”
Castells, 2004

6. The Personal Web "...a growing set of free and simple
tools and applications... 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...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

7. Learning Network Competencies
for Student Affairs Professionals
1. Explore the Network
2. Establish Your Identity
3. Personalize Your Learning Experience
4. Connect & Collaborate
5. Challenge Yourself

8. 1. Explore the Network

9. The Ol’ Skool Way to Connect

10. Social Media/Web photo c/o socialmedialinkedmedia
Flickr
• community
• share
• collaborate
• web-based
• interaction
• user-centered
• design
• social

11. What does your Student Affairs
Network look like?
5K Twitter Browser

12. “Community cannot for long feed on
itself; it can only flourish with the coming
of others from beyond, their unknown and
undiscovered brothers [and sisters].”
Howard Thurman

13. Let Us Google That For You...

14. Search on LinkedIn

15. What’s in a Hash Tag?

17. Other Places To Search
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wordle.net

18. 2. Establish Your Identity

19. Where do you log in on
social web?
[Discuss.]

20. In the Beginning...
[Ooh. Ooh. Let me try!]

21. The LinkedIn Profile
Customized URL e.g. linkedin/in/YourName

22. A Few Good Twitter Profile Bios

23. Google Profile Anyone?
profiles.google.com

24. Are there other social
networks for SA Pros?
Mendeley.com
Academia.edu
SlideShare.net
Others?

25. 3. Personalize Your
Learning Experience

26. Overwhelmed Yet?
Personalizing Your Learning Allows You to:
• Maintain online presence
• Filter & organize information
• Create categories
• Archive & save for later
• Share learning resources

27. Organizing The Streams
hootsuite.com

28. What’s In A List?

29. Save It For Later
delicious.com

30. Collect & Read List
google.com/reader

31. Professional Reflection
http://josephginese.wordpress.com/

33. Personal Learning Networks
(PLNs)
• Mentors
• Challenges
• Listens
• Educates
• Shares
• Engages
YouTube Video: PLN Functions

34. 4. Connect & Collaborate
Flickr photo c/o furiousgeorge81

35. Do You Have a Tech BFF?
[Tell Us About It.]
Flickr photo c/o hoodlumper

36. Making Connections
1. You do not have to know it all.
2. Start the conversation
3. Respond to others
4. Give thanks
5. Pay it forward
6. Social web = be social

37. What motivates you to
engage online?
Do you prefer specific web
platforms?
[Discuss.]

38. LinkedIn Groups
•Discussions: like, comment, reply, or flag
•Groups You May Like
•Group Directory
•Create a Group
•Active Members
•Connect to Others

39. The The SA Affairs Collaborative
Student Bloggers
http://thesabloggers.org/
• Group of peers & pros
• RSS - Blog resources
• SA Forum & Directory
• #SAChat Weekly Discussion
• Twitter: @The_SA_Blog
Hashtag: #SAChat

40. BreakDrink
http://breakdrink.com
• Student Affairs Podcast
• Campus Tech Connection
• Jamie & Ed On Duty
• FREE Online Conferences
• Bookstore
• StudentAffairs.tv
• Twitter: @BreakDrink
• Hashtags: #CTCX &
#BreakDrink

41. 5. Challenge Yourself

42. Have A Bit of Chat
Flickr photo c/o UrbanMuser

43. A Friendly Sounding Board

44. And Just Because...
Flickr photo c/o thomashawk

45. But we need to...
B’MORE!

46. Don’t Be A Fail Whale

47. You Have To Leave The Hive
Map Your Own: inmaps.linkedinlabs.com

48. Signal vs. Noise

49. Get Your Learn On Together
@SAGradMOD

50. Empower + Inspire = Sharing
#WLSalt

51. Contributions to the Field
@tomkrieglstein
@micala
@tjoosten
@reyjunco

52. Q&A

53. Thanks!
Stay Connected:
• Julie Larsen Flickr photo c/o souvenirsofcanada
• http://www.linkedin.com/in/julieclarsen
• Laura Pasquini
• http://about.me/laurapasquini