Lessons learned from development of a software tool to support academic advising

Nicholas Mattei; Thomas Dodson; Joshua T. Guerin; Judy Goldsmith; Joan M. Mazur

doi:10.1109/ASEEZone1.2014.6820659

Lessons learned from development of a software tool to support academic advising

Nicholas Mattei, Thomas Dodson, Joshua T. Guerin, Judy Goldsmith, Joan M. Mazur

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Abstract

We detail some lessons learned while designing and testing a decision-theoretic advising support tool for undergraduates at a large state university. Between 2009 and 2011 we conducted two surveys of over 500 students in multiple majors and colleges. These surveys asked students detailed questions about their preferences concerning course selection, advising, and career paths. We present data from this study which may be helpful for faculty and staff who advise undergraduate students. We find that advising support software tools can augment the student-advisor relationship, particularly in terms of course planning, but cannot and should not replace in-person advising.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 2014 Zone 1 Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education - "Engineering Education
Subtitle of host publication	Industry Involvement and Interdisciplinary Trends", ASEE Zone 1 2014
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ASEEZone1.2014.6820659
State	Published - 2014
Event	2014 Zone 1 Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education, ASEE Zone 1 2014 - Bridgeport, CT, United States Duration: Apr 3 2014 → Apr 5 2014

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Name	Proceedings of the 2014 Zone 1 Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education - "Engineering Education: Industry Involvement and Interdisciplinary Trends", ASEE Zone 1 2014

Conference

Conference	2014 Zone 1 Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education, ASEE Zone 1 2014
Country/Territory	United States
City	Bridgeport, CT
Period	4/3/14 → 4/5/14

Funding

Funders	Funder number
U.S. Department of Energy Chinese Academy of Sciences Guangzhou Municipal Science and Technology Project Oak Ridge National Laboratory Extreme Science and Engineering Discovery Environment National Science Foundation National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center National Natural Science Foundation of China	1107011

Keywords

Computer science education
Educational technology
Engineering education

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Engineering (miscellaneous)
Education

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Mattei, N., Dodson, T., Guerin, J. T., Goldsmith, J., & Mazur, J. M. (2014). Lessons learned from development of a software tool to support academic advising. In Proceedings of the 2014 Zone 1 Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education - "Engineering Education: Industry Involvement and Interdisciplinary Trends", ASEE Zone 1 2014 Article 6820659 (Proceedings of the 2014 Zone 1 Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education - "Engineering Education: Industry Involvement and Interdisciplinary Trends", ASEE Zone 1 2014). https://doi.org/10.1109/ASEEZone1.2014.6820659

Mattei, Nicholas ; Dodson, Thomas ; Guerin, Joshua T. et al. / Lessons learned from development of a software tool to support academic advising. Proceedings of the 2014 Zone 1 Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education - "Engineering Education: Industry Involvement and Interdisciplinary Trends", ASEE Zone 1 2014. 2014. (Proceedings of the 2014 Zone 1 Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education - "Engineering Education: Industry Involvement and Interdisciplinary Trends", ASEE Zone 1 2014).

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Mattei, N, Dodson, T, Guerin, JT, Goldsmith, J & Mazur, JM 2014, Lessons learned from development of a software tool to support academic advising. in Proceedings of the 2014 Zone 1 Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education - "Engineering Education: Industry Involvement and Interdisciplinary Trends", ASEE Zone 1 2014., 6820659, Proceedings of the 2014 Zone 1 Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education - "Engineering Education: Industry Involvement and Interdisciplinary Trends", ASEE Zone 1 2014, 2014 Zone 1 Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education, ASEE Zone 1 2014, Bridgeport, CT, United States, 4/3/14. https://doi.org/10.1109/ASEEZone1.2014.6820659

Lessons learned from development of a software tool to support academic advising. / Mattei, Nicholas; Dodson, Thomas; Guerin, Joshua T. et al.
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Mattei N, Dodson T, Guerin JT, Goldsmith J, Mazur JM. Lessons learned from development of a software tool to support academic advising. In Proceedings of the 2014 Zone 1 Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education - "Engineering Education: Industry Involvement and Interdisciplinary Trends", ASEE Zone 1 2014. 2014. 6820659. (Proceedings of the 2014 Zone 1 Conference of the American Society for Engineering Education - "Engineering Education: Industry Involvement and Interdisciplinary Trends", ASEE Zone 1 2014). doi: 10.1109/ASEEZone1.2014.6820659

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