1. 60 Minute Special:
Innovative Advising Practices
Using Technology
NACADA Region 8 Conference
March 19, 2012
Niki Libarios, Denise Abara, Karen Wilson

2. University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa
College of Education
Office of Student Academic Services (OSAS)

3. Presentation Outline
• Introduction and Welcome
• Why is this Topic of Interest?
• Rationale for Embracing & Utilizing Technology
• Supportive Factors and Characteristics
• OSAS Technological Practices
• Future Directions
• Challenges
• What's Happening On Your Campus

4. Why is this topic of interest?
It is critical that advising offices utilize all
means available to them to support students.

5. Why is this topic of interest?
Face-to-face advising sessions are
not always possible.

6. Rationale for Embracing and
Utilizing Technology
• Reduction of Advising Faculty
• Limited budget
• Space constraints….go paperless!!

7. Rationale for Embracing and
Utilizing Technology
• Allowing students to access information on-line
• Allowing advisors to access student information on-line
o Satellite advising
o Evening & weekend advising
• Fall 2012.....COE freshmen admission with mandatory
advising.....projected increase of 700 students
annually

8. Supportive Factors and Characteristics
• Very supportive administration
o For example:
funding to support
development of
online advising
modules
• Change in office leadership and
organizational structure
• Recognition that we were at a turning point
• Willingness to embrace technology
• Development of a Technology and Distance Programs Support Unit
in the College of Education

9. Current OSAS
Technological Practices
SIS (Student Information System)
• Electronic student files
• Linked with official
student records (Banner)
• Linked with online applications
& graduation audits
• Online accessibility with
Virtual Private Network (VPN)
• Live Demonstration of SIS

10. Current OSAS
Technological Practices
Online Advising Modules
• To satisfy the University's mandatory advising
requirement
• To meet the needs of an anticipated 700 additional
students to the College of Education
• Assist students in selecting a major, understanding
program requirements, and learning how to use
registration and degree journey programs (online course
planning)
• Live Demonstration of Online Advising Modules

11. Current OSAS Technological Practices
• Blackboard Collaborate (web conferencing advising)
o Live Demonstration of BC
• Second Life (virtual world advising)
o Live Demonstration of SL

12. Current OSAS Technological Practices
• OSAS Wiki
• On-line Applications
• Skype Advising
• Google docs
• COE Facebook and Twitter

13. Future OSAS
Technological Practices
Future Directions:
• Pu‘uhonua - Hale for Native Hawaiian Student Support
• On-line Appointment Scheduler
• Touch Screen Dashboard
• iPad 2
• Live Chat

14. Challenges
• Keeping up with
technology
• Separating work & home
• Teaching user
new technology
• Technical issues
• Security

15. What's happening
on your campus?

16. Mahalo!
(808) 956-7849
osas@hawaii.edu