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The ADE Community Network: An Innovative eAdvising Tool to Facilitate Adult Education Graduate Student Success
Type of Presentation
Concurrent Session (45 minutes)
Session Abstract
This presentation will explore the unique challenges professors of adult education face in meeting student advisement demands in an online adult education master’s degree program. An online advising tool is presented.
Target Audience
Educators who serve adult learners in an online learning environment
Learning Outcomes
Participants will:
•Learn about the ADE Community Network online faculty advisement tool
•Implementation strategies
•Learn about lessons learned in the development of the ADE Community Network, an innovative online student eAdvising tool
Session Description
Online faculty advisement is critical to student success. Access to online degree programs (graduate and undergraduate) has grown exponentially over the past decade resulting in faculty seeking innovate tools to support student success. The presenters share lessons learned in developing a unique advising tool for online adult education graduate students. Through strategic use of a course management system, the ADE Community Network offers an online alternative to the traditional advising approaches by providing a central location for students to access and share information as well as build community with their advisers, faculty, and other students. In addition, the ADE Community Network as an innovative advising system features numerous advantages including rich communication tools and enhanced access to online advisees, essentially equipping an entire department’s faculty with a powerful tool to promote advising excellence.
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Wednesday November 6