forster educ 513 assignment 7
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Forster EDUC 513 Assignment 7TRANSCRIPT
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Alexa J. Forster June 11, 2014
SOCIAL MEDIA
IN STUDENT AFFAIRS
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Impetus for CPE
Assignment 6: Online education
96% of universities have online course
Personal area for growth
Do not engage in professional social media, but wish I
did
Market we are not utilizing
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Impetus for CPE
College Students and Social Networks
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How Can Social Media be Used?
Practitioner Centered Student Centered
Engage with other student affairs
practitioners
Market institution & departments
Learn best practices Reach out to students
Professional development Engage students
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Structure: Workshop
1 Various social media tools and how to
use them
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Utilizing technology: professional centered and student centered approaches
3 Best practices for using social media in
student affairs
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Sponsoring Organization
NASPA or ACPA
Webinar
Conference session
Facilitation at Individual Institutions
In person workshop
Institution mini-conference
Webinar
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Target Audience
Student Affairs practitioners Housing, Career Services, Student Services, First Year
Programs, Recreational Sports, Athletics, Student Leadership, student government, etc.
Those with access to technology device and social media sites
Those who are willing and committed to learning how to best use social media as a tool
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Connections to Course
Changing demographics (Merriam, Caffarella, & Baumgartner, 2007)
International student population
Commuter students
Non-traditional students
Technology (Merriam, Caffarella, & Baumgartner, 2007)
Kolbs learning styles (The Kolb Learning Style Inventory, 2007)
Assignment 6: Online education
Why is student affairs behind the curve?
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Course Feature: Pre-Assessment
Understand baseline knowledge of target
population
Changing demographics & technology
Hard to gauge familiarity with social media baseline
without assessment
Send out via email to registered participants
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Course Feature: Pre-Assessment
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Course Feature: Hands on Engagement
Logging in to social media site to create
professional account
Ex: Twitter
Explore social media site to gain familiarity
Look for profiles of people/organizations/groups
that you would like to follow
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Course Feature: Hands on Engagement
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Course Feature: Future Plans
Small group dialogue with colleagues in same unit
and/or department
Creating plan for social media engagement with
students
Creation and sustained engagement
Realistic plan that can be implemented and
maintained
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Resource: YouTube Videos
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Resource: Books
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Resource: Institutions Webpages
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Resource: Social Media Sites
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Conclusion
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QUESTIONS?
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References
24 Tips and uses for social media in student affairs [Online image]. (2014). Retrieved June 10, 2014 from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SbLm-N9Z_IM.
College Students and Social Networks [Online image]. (2012). Retrieved June 10, 2014 from http://alivecampus.com/tag/social-media/.
FSU Division of Student Affairs [Online image]. (2014). Retrieved June 10, 2014 from http://studentaffairs.fsu.edu/students/social-media-listing.
Junco, R. (2014). Engaging students through social media: Evidence based practices for use in student affairs. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass Publishers.
Merriam, S.B., Caffarella, R.S., & Baumgartner, L.M. (2007). Learning in adulthood: A comprehensive guide (3rd ed.). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers.
MHK Marketing. (2013). Facebook expert [Online image]. Retrieved June 7, 2014 from http://www.flickr.com/photos/mkhmarketing/8686686679/in/photostream/.
MHK Marketing. (2013). Keep calm and tweet on [Online image]. Retrieved June 7, 2014 from http://www.flickr.com/photos/mkhmarketing/8686686679/in/photostream/.
MHK Marketing. (2013). Twitter expert [Online image]. Retrieved June 7, 2014 from http://www.flickr.com/photos/mkhmarketing/8686686679/in/photostream/.
MHK Marketing. (2013). Social media class [Online image]. Retrieved June 7, 2014 from http://www.flickr.com/photos/mkhmarketing/8686686679/in/photostream/.
Singh, S. & Diamond, S. (2012). Social media marketing for dummies. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.
Student Affairs. (2014). Student Affairs twitter page [Online image]. Retrieved June 10, 2014 from https://twitter.com/The_SA_Blog.
The Kolb Learning Style Inventory. (2007). Boston, MA: Gay Group, Inc.
http://www.exacttarget.com/blog/social-media-best-practices-for-brand-engagement/.