Course Overview:
This three week short course will examine the challenges faced by student affairs professionals as we extend our notion of campus community into cyberspace. The course is divided into three one-week modules. The course first covers some of the challenges raised by student use of technology such as file sharing, privacy, plagiarism, and Internet addition. During the second week, we will examine how to effectively deal with the aforementioned challenges through policy and educational programs. The final week, we will reflect on how our online experience can be translated into better serving our students and peer into the future of technology.
This course is designed for all levels of student affairs professionals, but those in policy formation positions may find it of particular interest.
Participant Expectations:
It is necessary that participants access the course with at least a 56K modem or faster internet connection.
To get the most out of the course you will need to participate often (experience has shown that 5 hours a week is a minimum).
Assignments will include selected online readings and both synchronous and asynchronous discussion
Course Objectives:
Upon completion, participants will be able to
- An understanding of the various challenges raised by student use of information technology.
- An understanding of policy responses to these challenges.
- An understanding of how technology can be leveraged to help address these challenges.
- An appreciation of the ongoing challenges due to the evolution of technology.
Individuals registering for CEUs will receive 1.0 CEU upon successful
completion of the course.
Instructor Bio:
Cary Anderson, Ed.D., is the Dean of Students and adjunct professor in the College Student Personnel Masters Degree Program at Canisius College in Buffalo, NY. For more than five years, he wrote a monthly column for the NASPA Forum entitled "Building Community in Cyberspace" and has presented numerous conference programs on technology-related issues.
He is a member of the editorial advisory board of The Journal for Computing in Higher Education and former chair of the NASPA Information Technology Learning Community.
