Title
Faculty as Online Learners: Developing and Implementing Virtual Advising Toolkit at the University of North Carolina in Charlotte
Topic
Technology and Teaching
Panel Title
Serving Students
Session Abstract
In 2016, the University of North Carolina in Charlotte (UNC-C) established the Advisor Institute to provide onboarding (orientation), consistency in training, and professional development and leadership opportunities to both full-time and faculty academic advisors. The Advisor Institute emerged from a UNC General Administration grant called “Optimizing Advising for Student Success.” This grant was awarded to five institutions in the UNC system, which is made up of 17 campuses and serves over 220,000 students.
While UNC-C had experienced improvements in student enrollment and retention from 2004-2014, the four and six year graduation rates, key metrics for the University, have remained steady over the same period. University leaders identified enhanced expectations and opportunities for orientation, training and professional development for academic advisors as a key element to improving student success (and retention and graduation rates) at UNC Charlotte.
As part of the grant, the grant implementation team of the Advisor Institute decided to create a Virtual Advising Toolkit to assist faculty members and full-time advisors across the University to gain greater facility with academic advising processes, policies and resources. The modules for the online tool are being developed with the assistance of the Center of Teaching and Learning. Canvas, the University Learning Management System is used to deliver the online modules.
In this session, I will present the key reasons for the establishment of the Advising Institute at UNC-C. I will also share how the tasks and activities taken place through the Institute are aiming to increase the quality of academic advising at the University. I will also delineate the work that I have been doing, as a Graduate Assistant at the Advisor Institute since fall 2016, to build the online modules for the Virtual Advising Toolkit.
Keywords
Faculty Development, Instructional Design, Undergraduate Advising
Location
West Center 221
Start Date
24-3-2017 3:30 PM
Faculty as Online Learners: Developing and Implementing Virtual Advising Toolkit at the University of North Carolina in Charlotte
West Center 221
In 2016, the University of North Carolina in Charlotte (UNC-C) established the Advisor Institute to provide onboarding (orientation), consistency in training, and professional development and leadership opportunities to both full-time and faculty academic advisors. The Advisor Institute emerged from a UNC General Administration grant called “Optimizing Advising for Student Success.” This grant was awarded to five institutions in the UNC system, which is made up of 17 campuses and serves over 220,000 students.
While UNC-C had experienced improvements in student enrollment and retention from 2004-2014, the four and six year graduation rates, key metrics for the University, have remained steady over the same period. University leaders identified enhanced expectations and opportunities for orientation, training and professional development for academic advisors as a key element to improving student success (and retention and graduation rates) at UNC Charlotte.
As part of the grant, the grant implementation team of the Advisor Institute decided to create a Virtual Advising Toolkit to assist faculty members and full-time advisors across the University to gain greater facility with academic advising processes, policies and resources. The modules for the online tool are being developed with the assistance of the Center of Teaching and Learning. Canvas, the University Learning Management System is used to deliver the online modules.
In this session, I will present the key reasons for the establishment of the Advising Institute at UNC-C. I will also share how the tasks and activities taken place through the Institute are aiming to increase the quality of academic advising at the University. I will also delineate the work that I have been doing, as a Graduate Assistant at the Advisor Institute since fall 2016, to build the online modules for the Virtual Advising Toolkit.
