This document discusses how technology can interface with existing career development theories to enhance career counseling. It presents technological tools that can be used for activities like assessments, communication, and exploration. Several career theories are reviewed, including Holland's RIASEC types, CIP, SCCT, Happenstance, and Life Design. Specific technological tools are demonstrated that correspond to elements of each theory. The document emphasizes connecting theory and tools, considering client needs and preferences, and focusing on theory to identify relevant tools.

1. Technology and Theory:
Make the Technology-to-Theory
Connection in Your Career Sessions
Deb Osborn, PhD Melissa Venable, PhD
Florida State University Center for Online Education
NCDA 2016 - Chicago, IL - #NCDAChicago
@TechnologyTwins - technologytwins.wordpress.com

2. Goals & Objectives
• Goal: Highlight how today’s technologies interface with
existing career theories.
• Objectives:
– Present various technological tools that can enhance
career counseling through activities such as automated
assessments, real-time communication, and web-based
exploration.
– Provide a review of critical components of several career
development theories, such as Holland's RIASEC theory,
CIP, SCCT, Happenstance, and Life Design
– Demonstrate how these technological tools fit in the
context of these theories.

3. RIASEC THEORY
Realistic Investigative
Artistic
SocialEnterprising
Conventional
1. Six main types.
2. Six main
environments.
3. We are most
content when we
are in an
environment that
accommodates our
main type.
4. Secondary
constructs.

4. RIASEC
THEORY

5. Cognitive Information Processing (CIP)
Theory

7. Self-Knowledge
Tools
What Holland Type?

8. Occupational
Knowledge
Tools

9. Decision-
Making
Tools

10. Overview of Unstuck

17. Metacognitive
Tools

18. Social Cognitive Key Constructs
Self-efficacy
Outcome
Expectations
Personal
Goals (guides
that sustain
behavior)
Gender,
race,
ethnicity
Experiences

19. Social Cognitive Key Constructs
Self-
efficacy

20. Overview of Stop, Breathe & Think

21. Emotionally

25. Social Cognitive Key Constructs
Outcome
Expectations

26. Social Cognitive Key Constructs
Personal
Goals (guides
that sustain
behavior)

27. Planned Happenstance
• Curiosity
• Persistence
• Flexibility
• Optimism
• Risk taking

28. 5 Skills of Planned Happenstance
Skills Technological Tools
Curiosity
Persistence
Flexibility
Optimism
Risk-taking

30. Career Construction/Life Design
• Start with a lifeline
• Emphasis on client story
– Sparkling moments
– Peopled stories
• Heroes
– Self, Stage, Script
• Early recollections

31. Career Construction/Life Design
• Lifeline
• Story
• Early Reflection
Vocopher.com

32. Overview of Dipity
Dipity is a free digital timeline website.
Users can create, share, embed and
collaborate on interactive, visually
engaging timelines that integrate
video, audio, images, text, links, social
media, location and timestamps.

37. Ethical Considerations
• Cost
• “On-ramp” time to learn the tool
• Confidentiality/privacy
• Client readiness to use
• Counselor competence
• How to integrate into counseling

38. Conclusion
• Most elements of career theories have at least
one potential corresponding technological tool.
• Many of these tools can be used across theories.
• Consider the context of each student/client,
his/her needs and preferences.
• Communicate benefits and challenges of
recommended tool(s) – how do they fit the need?
• Focusing on theory first can help you narrow the
list of relevant tools.

39. Summary of Tools
Access a list of theories, technology tools, and
online resources we’ve covered … online!
http://bit.ly/Theory-Tech

40. Connect With Us!
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• Deb Osborn
– https://twitter.com/dsosborn
– https://www.linkedin.com/in/debosborn
– dosborn@fsu.edu
• Melissa Venable
– https://twitter.com/Melissa_Venable
– https://www.linkedin.com/in/melissavenable
– https://www.pinterest.com/melissaavenable/
– melissa@onlinecolleges.net
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