Browsing by Subject "advising"

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    Advising the whole student: eAdvising analytics and the contextual suppression of advisor values
    (Springer, 2018) Jones, Kyle M. L.; Library and Information Science, School of Informatics and Computing
    Institutions are applying methods and practices from data analytics under the umbrella term of “learning analytics” to inform instruction, library practices, and institutional research, among other things. This study reports findings from interviews with professional advisors at a public higher education institution. It reports their perspective on their institution’s recent adoption of eAdvising technologies with prescriptive and predictive advising affordances. The findings detail why advisors rejected the tools due to usability concerns, moral discomfort, and a belief that using predictive measures violated a professional ethical principle to develop a comprehensive understanding of their advisees. The discussion of these findings contributes to an emerging branch of educational data mining and learning analytics research focused on social and ethical implications. Specifically, it highlights the consequential effects on higher education professional communities (or “micro contexts”) due to the ascendancy of learning analytics and data-driven ideologies.
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    The Biography of the Undecided Student
    (2020-03-06) Henninger, Lauren; Lewellen, Courtney
    Advisors play a vital role in the case of the “undecided student.” As Lead Advisors for the Indiana University School of Medicine, every student matriculates with the career goal of becoming a doctor, but with a myriad of specialties to apply to and fellowships galore post residency, our students often only they know they want to "help people." As advisors, we are given the opportunity to coach students through the process of developing self-authorship in accordance with choosing their career path. Based on Magolda's Theory of Self-Authorship, advisors can act as a thought partner in helping students learn to find answers to their own questions. Within our poster presentation, participants will learn how we incorporate career coaching within our advising sessions and come away with tips for incorporating into their own practice.