The #Selfie : Modeling Your Online Persona to Support Student Success #NACADAmelb Conference 2015, Melbourne, Australia June 26, 2015 #AdvSelfie digital handout: http://bit.ly/advselfie and Slide Deck Our students are sharing their lives online with friends, family, and peers. Often times they’re willing to share their lives with us too. But many advisors are hesitant to heed the invitation. Developing your own online persona can help to create an open atmosphere for starting conversations, addressing mental health issues, and growing a network of support. So... go ahead, take that selfie. Post it up and put it online... you may be surprised what comes of it!

1. The #Selfie:
Modeling your Online Persona to
Support Student Success
Laura A. Pasquini, Ph.D.
Lecturer – University of North Texas, USA
Postdoctoral Researcher – Royal Roads University, Canada
@laurapasquini
#AdvSelfie #NACADAmelb

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3. [Eh?]

4. #AdvSelfie Resources http://bit.ly/advselfie
Follow me @laurapasquini
https://about.me/laurapasquini

5. What’s a “Selfie”?
Syllabification: sel·fie
Pronunciation: /ˈselfē /
NOUN (plural selfies)
INFORMAL
A photograph that one has taken of
oneself, typically one taken with a
smartphone or webcam and shared via
social media
#AdvSelfie

6. • It’s a picture with your face in it.
• You took the photo yourself. (Or with
your neighbor who has a mobile.)
• It is shared on the internet.
Use the hashtag for today’s workshop:
#AdvSelfie
….and … GO!
Selfie Rules

7. #AdvSelfie
Post your pictures!

8. Let me take a #selfie…
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9. Exhibit A – Perpetual Celeb #Selfie
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10. Exhibit B
Dangerous
Adventure
#Selfie
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11. Exhibit C – What I’m Doing Now #Selfie
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12. Exhibit D–
Now
Everyone
Snaps a
#Selfie?
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13. Exhibit E– The New Family
#Selfie Photo
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14. Exhibit F – The NACADA #Selfie FTW!
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15. @charlienutt takes his 1st #Selfie
(9 May 2014)
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16. Center for #Selfie Improvement
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17. #Selfie Research
http://www.selfieresearchers.com/
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18. What does the #selfie Mean for
Academic Advising today?
“changing self-representations
and how they connect the
individual to national and global
identities.” ~Uimonen, 2013
Seeing Ourselves Through Technology
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19. The 7 Vectors: Identity Development
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1. Achieving competency
2. Managing emotions
3. Moving through autonomy toward
interdependence
4. Developing mature interpersonal
relationships
5. Establishing identity
6. Developing purpose
7. Developing integrity
(Chickering & Reisser, 1993)
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Why do you
share a #selfie
or about yourself
on social media
Higher Ed?
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21. Why do you share a #selfie or about yourself on
social media Higher Ed?
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22. Why do you share a #selfie or about yourself on
social media Higher Ed?
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23. Why do you share a #selfie or about yourself on
social media Higher Ed?
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24. Will this happen when the end is nigh?
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25. “Self-authorship is a
strong basis to advance
learning outcomes,
prepare our students,
and include reflection for
our learning experience.”
(Baxter Magolda & King, 2004)
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26. Model & Mentor Identity
• Do you like spam?
Do you like “bots”?
Customers don’t
either.
• What is your
organizational brand?
• What information do
you want to share?
• Start with these
questions, and then
add in personality
and variety.
@julieclarsen
Via @julieclarsen
#AdvSelfie

27. #AdvSelfie

28. #AdvSelfie
Make it
informative
& fun!
Thanks,
Shu!

29. Digital Identity: Your Online Traces
What could an online persona do to help
your students?
- What’s on your
advising page?
- How do you support
students online or
beyond an
appointment?
- This does not need
to be social media!
#AdvSelfie

30. Online Identity IS Your Identity
Have you Googled Yourself Lately?
http://lmgtfy.com/
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31. Student - Advisor Relationships
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32. Image c/o http://blog.us.cision.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/SM-Policy-Image.bmp
Where do
your
advisees
connect?
#AdvSelfie

33. Digital Identity Development in The
#AcAdv Community
• Open honest
identities create
vehicles for
relationship building
• How are we bringing
an identity as we
advise and support
our students?
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34. Split Self
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35. Authentic #Selfie Interactions…
When interacting in these social spaces
students:
- Develop a rapport & connection
- Share major/career goals
- Identify issues and challenges on campus
- Establish a mentoring relationship
- See appropriate models for online behavior
- Reach out for help (cyberbullying,
harassment, etc.)
- Disclose personal wellness & mental health
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36. What Happens On Campus Goes On
YouTube [Or elsewhere.]
#AdvSelfie
Shout out to @ACPA & @equalman + MORE!
#ACPAdigital http://digitaltaskforce.myacpa.org/

37. How Do you Want to Support Digital
Identity Development?
How can you help your students with their
“digital stamp” in university?
What types of outreach and support are
available?
Where can they go for mentors and models
online at your campus?
Sample Book from #ACPA15
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38. #AdvSelfie–
Examples in Higher Ed
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39. Be who you want to be!
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40. Contest and Participatory
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41. Show your pride!
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42. Getting Connected to Advising
UNT’s goal to get FTIC students enrolled early
#UNTadvised contest

43. Meeting Students Where They Are
#DigitalAdvising @YourSchool!

44. #WIUnselfie movement: Focus on
the We and not the Me
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#ugstSTORY

48. SocialConnection

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50. #asbABQ13
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52. • Use of social media &
technology does not
mean sensitive data will
be shared. EDUCATE
your campus!!!!
• Like all things, proper
training & support are
needed:
• -protocols
• -privacy
• -challenges
• -suggested
practices
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53. And we learned…
-privacy concerns & questions
-limited institutional support
-lack of training/development
-the “one mic” approach
Joosten, Pasquini & Harness, 2013

54. Communities of Practice
http://www.ewenger.com/theory/
@nancywhite
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55. Image c/o Luke Mahan http://www.flickr.com/photos/kremovich/4471473109/
Find a
Space…
Web 2.0
#SocialMedia
Social Web
New Media
Platform
App

56. Connecting to the
Advising Network
a few NACADA & #AcAdv Tweeps I follow
on Twitter

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58. Reactions to said Charlie #selfie…

59. “It’s not about
the technology,
it’s all social”
- Tanya Joosten (@tjoosten)
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60. Or give them a hashtag…
#AdvSelfie

61. @tanyajoosten
http://tanyajoosten.com/
#edusocmedia
#edtech
#sachat
#highered
#AcAdv
#SApros
#AdvSelfie

62. Follow: #AcAdv & @AcAdvChat
About: https://acadvchat.wordpress.com/about/

63. The SA Collective https://studentaffairscollective.org/
About #SAcommits via @Kristen_Abell #sachat

64. 1. Be social
2. Respond
3. Share
4. Connect
5. Start the conversation
6. Keep it going: make time
Flickr photo c/o furiousgeorge81
Be a Participant

65. The #AdvSelfie Challenge
Mentoring/Modeling appropriate online and
digital identities.
Be the example
30 Day Social Media
Challenge via @Melissa_Venable perhaps?
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66. Here’s Your #AdvSelfie Challenge
1. Take a picture of your office.
2. Link to a motivating song or video.
3. Describe what you’re looking forward to.
4. Talk about something funny.
5. Try out a “Throwback Thursday.” #TBT
6. Share something inspiring.
7. Post an image.
8. Give a shout out.
9. Say thank you!
10. Share your story.
#AdvSelfie

67. Resources from this #AdvSelfie
Presentation http://bit.ly/advselfie
Let me know how your #AdvSelfie Challenge goes!
https://about.me/laurapasquini