2004 StudentAffairs Virtual Case Study

1. 2004 StudentAffairs.com Virtual Case Study Student Affairs and Technology Class Proposal Presented by Dawn Weaver, Celeste Williams & Heather Edwards Mississippi State University

2. Change in Education “In the next 50 years, schools and universities will change more and more drastically than they have since they assumed their present form more than 300 years ago when they organized themselves around the printed book.” Peter Drucker

3. What the Future Holds • Web from 377 million users to 1 billion users by 2005 • Internet traffic doubles every 100 days • 2 in 5 households to be hi-speed by 2005 • Over 1.2 Billion Web pages (doubles each year – 38 pages a second) • Over 25% of stock trades take place online • 760 Million messages daily (2x the USPS) • 24% of US. Organizations use e-learning to train employees

4. What the Future Holds cont. • Over 70% of adults use a computer • 91% of adults projected online by 2005 • Over a third of “wired” adults shop online • More than ½ of Americans send an e-mail each day • Average E-mail received per year: Grow from 1,800 to 5,600 by 2005 • Consumer E-Commerce $300 Billion by 2002 • B-to-B E-Commerce $2.7 Trillion by 2004

5. The practice of student affairs must shift from a campus-based model to a learner-based model, wherever the learner is.M. Barr and Mary Desler

6. Need for a Technology Course • Enhances collaboration between Academic Affairs and Student Affairs. • Knowledge and understanding of technology provides flexibility for future change. • Allow graduates to take an active role in technology decision making with respect to strategic objectives, policy issues, & level of standards in their respective departments. • Gain exposure to technology terminology and etiquette that will enhance their level or professionalism. • Expose students to the highest quality learning environment.

7. Get Ahead • Understanding Technology will keep practitioners ahead of the game. • Students are moving more towards technology as time continues. • Finding the balance will keep the new professional ahead in the changing world as well as sensitive to the needs for students. • The need to be more knowledgeable of technological uses and limitations and of influences on student learning is essential to fulfill student affairs obligations.

8. Technological Needs • As information technology becomes more and more a vital element in people’s daily lives, prospective students are looking more closely at the way colleges and universities provide and support technology resources for their students. ~EDUCAUSE

9. Student Affairs Policy and Practice • Legal and ethical ramifications • Affect of technology on departmental mission statements • Adaptive technology • Future implications of technology in Student Affairs.

10. Technology in Student Affairs Fall 2004 Course Syllabus

17. Course Adaptability Flexibility and the ability to change how various aspects of the course are taught are based on the resources available at the respective university and within the Student Affairs departments.

18. Our View The Campus is a student affairs practitioner’s classroom and the Web and technology is the gateway that gets students onto our campus.

19. References Barr, M., Desler, M & Associates (2000). The handbook of student affairs administration. Jossey-Bass. Kendall, J. R. & Moore, C. (Eds.), (2001). Student services for distance learners: A critical component. NASPA’s Net Results(http://www.naspa.org/netresults/index.cfm Komives, S., Woodward, D. & Associates (1996). Student services: A handbook for the profession. Jossey-Bass. http://www.educause.edu/consumerguide/ http://www.league.org/league/projects/digital_divide.htm