I posed a question on of our wikis for the seminar…”What would make your academic advising work more manageable?” Several folks joined the wiki and contributed to that conversation prior to arriving at the seminar. Others worked in small groups to lay out a “manifesto” of unique academic advising needs for tech solutions. The resulting list indicates that there we need comprehensive solutions for academic advising. And despite some vendor acclaimations, there does not seem to be a product to meet those needs. Can web 2.0 type applications, interfaces with information systems, communication tools, records management, data access, and assessment tools be found all together? If not, can they be integrated so that they “appear” to be all together?

Yep, I am on a rampage…you can call it a quest. I am seeking an Advising Management System. I request that you check out the list that advisors have constructed before commenting on this post to tell me that your company has such a solution. I hope there are advisors out there who have discovered how to solve this need, and I hope you will also comment. But first check out the the wiki and the list.

Tags: advising management systems, advising specs

Learning Community Thurmond-Clearwater Clear Thinkers

What we are doing…What we want to do…What we dream…What we know

We want to connect with students

degree audits are a “pull” pull students into the resources

“Push” getting information out effectively   this is more of what we might have as a struggle…

ECONOMIC CRISIS – doing professional development in other ways that are interactive  without going to a conference…don’t have the money

BUDGET IN FLUX  admitting more students and losing staff members…how serve more students with less people

Helping  somewhat resistant experienced advisors to use the technology available to them

mashup for better advising, registration, and degree planning

online pre-orientation for freshmen and transfer students

portals and content management systems to connect advisors on the back end

need a plan for advising

online resource for faculty and staff advisors…handbook, manual

take the scary out of Facebook and everything for advisors

Tags: advising administration, communication with students, learning communities, learning outcomes for the seminar