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2004 StudentAffairs.com
Virtual Case Study
Heather Barbour, Daniel Doerr, Kunwar
Umesh Vig, & Michael Violette
University of Connecticut
February 15, 2004
Proposal for a Course on Student
Affairs and Technology
Why?
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Student affairs and technology
Students and technology
What?
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Skills and Issues
Information Technology
&
The Role of Student Affairs
Professionals
Four Key Roles
Architects
Facilitators of Change
Educators and Learners
Policymakers
(Ausiello & Wells, 1997)
Information-Age Mindset
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Computers aren’t technology
The Internet is better than TV
Reality is no longer real
Doing is more important than knowing
Learning more closely resembles Nintendo than
logic
Multitasking is a way of life
Typing is preferred to handwriting
Staying connected is essential
There is zero tolerance for delays
Consumer and creator are blurring
(Frand, 2000)
Why a Course in
Technology?
 Undergraduate college students using sophisticated
applications of technology
 Incoming graduate students’ demand for technology to
be fully integrated across the graduate preparation
curriculum
 Students will choose graduate program based on the
quality of the program’s information technology
resources
 To prepare future student affairs professionals with
technology skills to understand and meet the needs of
the students they will eventually serve
(Engstrom, 1997)
Desired Outcomes
Skills
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Web design
Desktop publishing
Assessment
Issues
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Today’s digital students
Ethical and legal concerns
Technology resource management
Basic Course Description
“Skills” lessons
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Learning specific software
Learning the potential applications of specific
technologies in the higher education and
student affairs environment
“Issues” lessons
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Learning about specific technology-related
issues
Problem solving around specific issues
Student Performance Assessment
Related to outcomes
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Ability to use software and understand its
applications
Degree and depth of understanding of
technology related issues
Project-based assessment
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Weekly group analysis
Semester project
Tailoring the Course
To current technology issues
To students
To resource availability
To instructor preferences
Week One: Issues Class
Lesson Plan
Introduction to class
structure, desired
outcomes, and class
members
Overview of technology
issues and skills and how
they relate to student
affairs profession
Introduction to first
technology issue
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Today’s digital students
Desired outcomes
Understanding of course
content and structure
Basic understanding of
today’s college student
mentality
Week Two: Skills Class
Lesson Plan
Distance learning
technology
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WebCT
University Listservs
Video conferencing
Multiple Object
Oriented Structures
(MOOS)/ chatrooms
Desired outcomes
Basic understanding
of various distance
learning technologies
and their application
potentials
Week Three: Issues Class
Lesson Plan
Today’s digital
students
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Distance learning and
community
Student web pages
Isolation and
Involvement
Desired Outcomes
Ability to understand
and anticipate specific
effects of increased
technology on
students
Week Four: Skills Class
Lesson Plan
Web design
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Features of an
effective student
affairs website
Introduction to using
WYSIWYG web
programs
Desired Outcomes
Understanding of the
features that make an
effective student
affairs website
Ability to construct a
basic HTML page
Week Five: Issues Class
Lesson Plan
Ethical issues
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Technology &
academic integrity
Student web pages
Downloading software,
music, etc.
Desired Outcomes
Understanding of
basic ethical issues
and ability to analyze
and anticipate ethical
implications of
technology use
Week Six: Skills Class
Lesson Plan
Web design
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Intermediate design
skills
Making sites
accessible
Desired Outcomes
Ability to construct a
multi-paged web site
with internal and
external links
Week Seven: Issues Class
Lesson Plan
Legal issues
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Institutional
responsibility for
student technology
use
The Digital Millennium
Copyright Act
Free speech & digital
harassment
Desired Outcomes
Understanding of
basic legal issues and
ability to analyze and
anticipate legal
implications of
technology use
Week Eight: Skills Class
Lesson Plan
Desktop publishing
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Basic print design
principles
Introduction to using
desktop publishing
programs
Desired Outcomes
Understanding of, and
ability to apply, good
design techniques
Ability to construct
basic one-page
document
Week Nine: Issues Class
Lesson Plan
Technology resource
management
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Staff related issues
Staff training
Outsourcing IT
Keeping technological
parity
Desired Outcomes
Understanding of
basic technology
resource
management issues
and ability to analyze
and anticipate
budgetary and human
resource implications
Week Ten: Skills Class
Lesson Plan
Desktop publishing
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Intermediate design
skills
Desktop printing and
packaging for outside
providers
Desired Outcomes
Ability to construct a
multi-page document
and an understanding
of printing techniques
Week Eleven: Issues Class
Lesson Plan
Technology resource
management
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Infrastructure issues
Understanding
networks
Bandwidth usage
Keeping up with
technology
Wireless campus
Desired Outcomes
Understanding of
basic campus
technology
infrastructure and
ability to analyze and
anticipate budgetary
implications and
usage
Week Twelve: Skills Class
Lesson Plan
Assessment
technology
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Data Management
Constructing a
database
Extracting information
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Data Analysis
Desired Outcomes
Ability to construct a
basic database,
perform queries and
produce reports
Basic understanding
of the use and
potential application
of data analysis
programs
Week Thirteen: Skills Class
Lesson Plan
Web design
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Designing forms
Using forms for data
collection
Dynamic web design
Desired Outcomes
Ability to construct a
simple web-based
form
Basic understanding
of the potential uses
of forms as related to
data collection and
web applications
Week Fourteen: Capstone
Lesson Plan
Student presentations
of their final projects
Desired Outcomes
Opportunity for
students to articulate
their understanding of
technology related
issues and
demonstrate the skills
they have acquired
over the course of the
semester