This Online workshop will provide participants with the opportunity to
review current initiatives and research in student services which
support student learning in a 24/7 Cyber World. It will be presented in
three Modules over a three-week period. Participants with be provided
with background literature and "good practices" sites to review. An
integral part of the course will be an online discussion board,
facilitated by the instructor, for sharing information and ideas about
developing online student service programs. There will also be at least
one interactive group assignment.
Course Outline:
The first week will provide participants with background literature and
research on virtual learning supports for students. This first Module,
"The Nature and Type of Virtual Learning Student Services" will focus
both on the distance learner (i.e., the student who engages in learning
outside the traditional campus classroom) and the "on Campus" student
who utilizes student services web pages for service provision. A reading
list of articles on the web and other information downloaded onto WebCT
files will be provided.
The second Module, "Student Services and the Virtual Learning
Environment: Protocols and Practices," will provide participants with a
self assessment tool to reflect upon their respective campus
communities.
The third Module, "On Line Services Report Card" will assist
participants in the development of a strategy to define or refine
approaches to supporting students learning.
Course Objectives:
- Identify the nature of learning supports for students in a cyber world;
- Review the current literature on student services in supporting cyber learning;
- Provide student services professionals with practical resources and approaches to assess cyber learning supports within their respective institutions
Expectations of Participants:
Participants should plan to spend up to 10 hours in this course. This will include both time to read the
materials and to participate in the online discussions. This course will require participants to work with
other participants in an online interactive group assignment. An asynchronous discussion board, (this
means participants can log on whatever time and from whatever location they wish) will be an important tool for the course. Past Participants
have indicated that participation in these discussions enhanced the course.
Instructor Bio:
Dr. Donna Hardy Cox brings the unique perspectives of student services administrator and academic to the understanding of student learning and services. She has taught undergraduate and graduate courses in student affairs and services, (Administration of Student Services in Higher Education & Student Development Theory). She has developed and delivered Internet undergraduate and graduate courses. She has also directed the development of several on campus student services web pages and a national workshop titled - From Citizenship Laboratories to Virtual Reality: Impacts of Advancing and Emerging Technology for Student Housing. Recent works include a literature review for an Office of Learning Technologies Grant, Developing interactive student services using new media technology for distance education students, a presentation to the International Federation of Social Work Conference on the internet and social work education- Innovations in Social Work Education : Connecting the Global Village and an analysis of the distance versus the live classroom Evaluating Distance Education in Social Work Education: Internet versus Live.
Donna Hardy Cox is currently the past - president of the Canadian Association of College and University Student Services - CACUSS. After 15 years as Director of Student Development, Student Affairs and Services, she has returned to academics as an Associate Professor in the Faculties of Social Work and Higher Education at Memorial University of Newfoundland. Donna, who received her B.S.W. from Memorial University, M.S.W. from Carleton University (social policy and administration), and EdD. from the University of Maine, is one of a few Canadian specialists with a doctorate in student development and leadership in higher education. She has also served as president of the Atlantic Association of College and University Student Services, and the Student Affairs Division of CACUSS and is the founding Director of the Canadian Institute on Student Affairs and Services. She has been recognized nationally for advancing the profession of student affairs and services.
