Online Education: Academic and Student Services
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Table of Contents
Issue No. 14
October 2006
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Online Education
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Editor’s Overview of the Fall Edition
The editor provides an overview of the submissions for this edition of the iJournal.
By Edward J. Shenk, Ed.D.
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ACT's COMPASS: A Computerized Placement and Assessment System
Our long time friend of the iJournal, ACT, and this edition’s sponsor provides an outline of the benefits of COMPASS and how to access information on this excellent product for higher educational institutions.
By Jennifer Kelly
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Higher Education in the 21st Century: The Impact of Online Instruction and Services
What will be the face of higher education in the 21st century? What will be the fate of brick-and-mortar institutions in the wake of rapid digitization of education? Consider some possible scenarios on what may become of online education and what impact that transformation will have on traditional schooling.
By Omid Pourzanjani
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Open Educational Resources: Toward a New Educational Paradigm
The reported purpose of open educational resources (OER) is to provide centralized access to materials and support the conditions under which new OER can be created globally and across disciplines. This article highlights the challenges to realizing these possibilities, discusses models that are emerging to address them, and calls for future research into OER use and reuse as a necessary next step in sustaining OER. .
By Lisa Petrides, Ph.D. and Cynthia Jimes, Ph.D.
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Online Counseling at a Community College: Grassroots to the Web – One Counselor’s Journey
In this article, the author details the evolution in a community college of online counseling into a full blown service for students at Grossmont College.
By Mary Rider
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Online High Touch: Using Technology to build Student Connections with the University
The author details a system developed at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo to allow members of the campus community to communicate directly with prospective students and applicants in a highly personalized fashion. The net result is a high touch web based student recruitment format.
By James Maraviglia
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California Launches Entirely Redesigned College Info Website
California recently launched its comprehensive, redesigned Website that helps students, parents and counselors to navigate the challenges of planning, applying and paying for college in California’s diverse higher educational system.
By Michael Burton
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General Interest
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Student Services Leaders and Equity: Your Campus is Changing, Are You Ready?
The author provides the reader with the ways that community colleges can embrace access, diversity and equity, and further identifies student service professionals as leaders in the effort. This is effort is exemplified using the Campus Change Network experience.
By Pamela T. Luster
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Staff Development
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CSSO Annual Fall Drive-In Workshops in October (10/13, 10/20)
The Annual Fall drive-in workshops are a must for new and old CSSO's. This is a good place to learn what is going on relative to enrollment and new Chancellor Office programs. It also provides an opportunity for Administrative Assistants to connect and be better informed to support the student service unit. Plan to attend. |
NCSD 2006 Conference in Tacoma, Washington (10/20-24, 2006)
Dick Roberstson, a long time member of the National Council of Student Development, has stated that this is one of the best community college oriented conferences he has attended. The workshops are very good and very stimulating. You are urged to check it out as the conference this year is on the West Coast. |
NASPA Regional Conference for Regions 5 & 6 (11/8-11/2006)
Information and access to the registration for NASPA’s Region 5 & 6 Conference in San Francisco on November 9-11, with pre-conference retreats on November 8-9. Over 350 student service professional from the western states and Hawaii will be attending. |
End Notes
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Make College Count: Changes needed in Terms and Attitudes towards Students
The Author identifies the subtle ways that college terms and attitudes can hurt student’s chances to succeed and challenges us to be better.
By John Thurlow Baker, Ed.D.
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Submissions Requested for Winter, ’07 Edition on Leadership Development: Where are our Future Leaders?
The editor provides a preview of next edition’s topic on Leadership Development and the submission deadline of February 16th. The article requirements are also included.
By Edward J. Shenk, Ed.D., iJournal Editor
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