The document discusses the importance of networked advising within higher education, emphasizing the need to break down silos and foster collaboration among advisors, students, and faculty. It highlights the role of personal learning networks (PLNs) and community engagement in supporting sustainable advising practices. The author advocates for open sharing and relationship-building as essential components for effective advising.

1. Why Networked
Advising Matters
University of Hawaii Advisor
System Workshop
Laura Pasquini
October 2011

3. http://bit.ly/UHAdvising2011

4. about.me/laurapasquini

5. Aloha!

6. [Eh?]

8. Don’t forget to write!
[Or just send me an e-mail so your mother doesn’t worry!]

9. Where In The
World
is Laura?

12. Map Your Own: inmaps.linkedinlabs.com

14. Connecting to an Advising Network

15. Why do
advising
networks
matter?

16. Why are we rethinking advising?
How can advisors make connections to
students, faculty & staff?
How do advising networks support
sustainable advising practices?

17. Connect

18. Networks have always existed.

19. “... networks reconfigure themselves in
real-time, on a global local scale, and
permeate all domains of social life. This is
why we live in a network society, not in an
information society or a knowledge
society.”
Castells, 2004

21. Dr. Alec Couros eci831.wikispaces.com
@courosa & #eci831

22. Personal Learning Networks (PLNs)
• Mentors
• Challenges
• Listens
• Educates
• Shares
• Engages
YouTube Video: PLN Functions

23. Who or What Connects You?
Flickr photo c/o hoodlumper

25. Community

26. Higher
Education
as we
know it is
changing.

27. We Need to Break Down
Silos in Higher Ed
Flickr photo c/o dsearls

28. PLEs & PLNs

29. dailyshoot.com

30. Real time
information,
feedback
and news.
http://search.twitter.com

31. http://www.utexas.edu/staff/aca/

32. Community Around A
Hashtag

34. Question for #AcAdv:

35. Answer

36. Answer

37. #AcAdv Chat
•Tuesdays 12-1 pm CST
•Facebook Page
•Follow @AcAdvChat
•#AcAdv Chat Blog & Archives
•http://acadvchat.posterous.com
•

40. Collaboration
Flickr photo c/o furiousgeorge81

41. 35
wordle.net

45. Podcasting

47. Share

48. A Little Help With the Social Web
• community
• share
• collaborate
• web-based
• interaction
• user-centered
• design
•

50. NACADA EO Social Media
Bootcamp

53. nacada.wordpress.com

54. #NACADA11 & #AcAdv Tweet Up

55. http://bit.ly/NACADA11TweetUp

56. http://tweetchat.com/room/acadv

59. Be Open

60. #nacada11

61. nacada11p6.pbworks.com

62. http://www.slideshare.net/ucanatunt

64. Don’t Be A Sharing Fail Whale.

65. Peer Mentoring for Advising
utscace.blogspot.com

66. “Quick” Questions
facebook.com/utscace

67. Advising Support
http://gradefirstaid.wordpress.com/

68. Grow

70. A Professional Development Plan

72. Common reading & discussion
google.com/reader

73. delicious.com

74. P.S. Things Change on the Social Web
[NEW Beta Delicious] delicious.com

75. Creating
a List of
Advisors

76. Lists, pages, groups & feeds...
OH MY!

77. Filter your interests.
hootsuite.com

78. Ask or
Respond
to a
Question

79. Advising Reflection
undecidedlyadvising.blogspot.com

80. Focus

81. Learner Centered Advising

82. “Community cannot for long feed on
itself; it can only flourish with the coming
of others from beyond, their unknown and
undiscovered brothers [and sisters].”
Howard Thurman

85. Participation =

86. http://youtu.be/aXV-yaFmQNk
Engaged Learning

87. c/o Alec Couros

88. c/o Alec Couros

89. So What Can We Learn From
Advisor Networks?

90. Cultivate your advisor networks for
smooth sailing.

91. It’s Okay to Share.
[No Really. It is]

92. The sky is the limit when we are open.

93. Building relationships supports
sustainable advising practices.

94. We need to put our learners first.