Presented by Kedron Taylor and Shane Young at the 2016 OCPA Annual Conference. In this presentation, we talk about a few of the technologies that we have used in our coursework and jobs to make us more efficient and better able to serve our stakeholders. We also discuss technology's affect on student development.

1. #SATECH: STUDENT AFFAIRS
TECHNOLOGY
PRESENTED BY:
KEDRON TAYLOR
SHANE YOUNG

2. KEDRON TAYLOR
• #SAGrad at Kent State University
• Associate Director of Advancement for the College or
Education, Health, and Human Services

3. SHANE YOUNG
• #SAGrad at Kent State University
• Graduate Assistant of First Year Experience and Leadership at
Notre Dame College

4. OUR AGENDA
• Student Affairs Technology
• Creating Infographics and Media
• Websites
• Social Bookmarking
• Learning Management Systems
• Technology and Student Development Theory
• Emerging Theory: Digital Identity Theory
• Self-Authorship and Technology
• Chickering’s Identity Development and Technology

5. CREATING INFOGRAPHICS AND MEDIA
• Please refer to this infographic
• (https://magic.piktochart.com/output/10326913-piktochart-and-canva)

6. WEBSITES
• Use of websites to curate real-time access to training or
operating materials:
• Professional (Wordpress)
• Presentation (Prezi)

7. WORDPRESS
• E-portfolios
• Create a publically available website to showcase your successes in class
and at work
• Presentations
• Did you present for class or for student training? If you created it from
scratch consider adding it to your website via SlideShare
• Documents
• Provide writing samples to demonstrate your ability to clearly and
concisely communicate your thoughts
• Embed on your website via Scribd or Cloudup so it pops up immediately
(Less clicking = more views)

8. PREZI
• Relationships
• Prezi is very good at showing relationships between “slides”
• Example
• https://prezi.com/plxn_kvgguhe/distance-learning-multimedia-
presentation/#
• This is Kedron’s example on the History of Distance Learning. It
demonstrates that there are connections between the previous and the
next slide in an apparent way

9. SOCIAL BOOKMARKING
• More than just wedding ideas
on Pinterest!
• Pin program ideas, training
materials, or ideas to save for
later (without taking up your
bookmark bar!)

11. LEARNING MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS
• Whether you have Moodle, Canvas, or Blackboard the principle is the same
• Kent State University
• Center for Teaching and Learning
• Posts presentations and other scholarly resources
• Notre Dame College
• Safe Zone Training
• Definitions explained in online module
• Title IX Training
• Series of videos explaining Title IX policy & other resources
• Falcon Leadership Application Portal
• Student leadership opportunities all housed in one location

12. DIGITAL IDENTITY THEORY
• 97% of adults 18-29 are on the internet
• 89% of adults 18-29 years old use social media
• 67% access it on mobile devices
Brenner & Smith (2013); Fox & Rainie (2014)

13. “Social Media is
increasingly
understood as a part
of the developmental
process”
Brown (2015)

14. DIGITIAL IDENTITY THEORY (CONTD)
• Self presentation vs. developmental process (Brown, 2014)
• Two ways to look at technology’s effect on student development
• Develop new theories
• Adapt existing theories
Evans, Forney, Guido, Patton, & Renn (2010)

15. SELF-AUTHORSHIP AND TECHNOLOGY
Definition:
• “the capacity to internally define a coherent belief system and identity that
coordinates engagement in mutual relations with the larger world” (Baxter
Magolda in Baxter Magolda & King, 2004, p. xxii).
• The ability to know yourself, know what you know, reflect upon it, and base
judgments on it
• Begins to evolve as students near graduation; more evident in their late
20s/early 30s
Davidson
(2011)

16. SELF-AUTHORSHIP AND TECHNOLOGY
4 Phases:
1. Following Formulas - allow others to define them, doing what
authorities suggest, following guidance from others to be successful
2. Crossroads – dissatisfaction with others’ definitions, see that
following doesn’t always work, but not yet able to act on desire to be
more autonomous
3. Becoming the Author of One’s Life – ability to choose one’s beliefs
and live them out (not without challenges), some renegotiation of
relationships, weighing their needs against others’
4. Internal Foundations – individuals become grounded in the sense of
who they are, develop a mutuality of relationships, recognize that
ambiguity and external influences exists, and base life decisions on a
strong inner core of beliefs and self-concept
Davidson (2011)

17. Davidson (2011)

18. CHICKERING
• Vectors
• Developing competence
• Managing emotions
• Moving through autonomy to interdependence
• Developing mature interpersonal relationships
• Establishing identity
• Developing purpose
• Establishing identity
Chickering and Reisser (1993)

19. DEVELOPING DIGITAL COMPETENCE
• Time management
• Using online tools
• Communication skills
• Building relationships
Brown (2014)

20. MANAGING DIGITAL EMOTIONS
• “Should I really post this angry status or reply to this enraging
status?”
• Not posting for the express purpose of getting a response from
others
• Exposes students to a variety of positive emotions, which helps
their own expression of these emotions
Brown (2014)

21. DIGITAL AUTONOMY & INTERDEPENDENCE
• Being able to discover information and resources
• Ownership of online life
• To Follow Back or to not Follow Back; that is the question
• Social media can be used as a tool to create action (petitions,
hashtags, or sharing)
Brown (2014)

22. MATURE DIGITAL INTERPERSONAL
RELATIONSHIPS
• Able to debate ideas freely
• Develops an understanding of the differences between online
and in-person relationship maintenance ought to be
• Begin to think about the impacts of a post
Brown (2014)

23. ESTABLISHING DIGITAL IDENTITY
• Identity exploration
• Finding communities with similar ideals or taking on personas
• Acting consistently across contents
• Developing acceptance and comfort with oneself (Let’s take a
selfie!)
• Beginning to take an active role in self-presentation, but with
purpose.
Brown (2014)

24. DEVELOPING PURPOSE
• Online networking
• Developing a career focus online
• Articulating how and why they use social media
Brown (2014)

25. DEVELOPING DIGITAL INTEGRITY
• Creating values through interacting with others online
• Being able to understand others’ beliefs through their posts
• Authentic self online and offline
• Using social media for social good
Brown (2014)

26. CONCLUSION
• Technology has permeated our careers for decades,
but we have not measured the impact of its affect on
student development nor have we, as a field, focused
our intent to use it to impact our students. We hope
this starts a conversation between us in this room, but
also that you take the tools we showed you and go
back to your institutions to have similar conversations.

27. REFERENCES
• Brenner, J., Smith, A. (2013, August 5). Pew Internet: 72% of Online Adults are
Social Networking Site Users. Retrieved from the Pew Research Center website:
http://www.pewinternet.org/2013/08/05/72-of-online-adults-are-social-
networking-site-users/
• Brown, Paul Gordan. (2014). Understanding Digital Student Development
[SlideShare]. Retrieved from
http://www.slideshare.net/paulgordonbrown/understanding-41619330
• Chickering, A., & Reisser, L. (1993). Education and identity. San Francisco:
Jossey-Bass.
• Evans, N. J., Forney, D. S., Guido, F. M., Patton, L. D., & Renn, K. A. (2010).
Student development in college: Theory, research, and practice (2nd ed.). San
Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
• Davidson, D. (2011). Teaching Tip #2: Self-Authorship & the Learning
Partnerships Model.
• Fox, S., & Rainie, L. (2014, February 27). Pew Internet: Part 1: How the internet