Podcast series 'Get Online…' offers students and faculty advice on adjusting to online education

“Get Online…" is a podcast produced by Great Plains IDEA that helps students and faculty align expectations around online education. Each episode includes expert advice and creative resources to inform and enrich the online educational experience. Participants can listen by clicking here or going through other podcast channels.

Adult learners are busy balancing work, family and graduate school. Faculty members  have many demands of their time and numerous students to teach. How can they meet in the middle? What should their expectations of each other and of themselves be? The “Get Online…” podcast will help both groups better understand how to navigate the online student experience.

In this three-episode series titled "Get Online with Academic Advising,” Great Plains IDEA will tackle the topic of academic advising. Participants will hear first-hand from faculty and students as they share their experiences, ask tough questions and get advice from an array of guests, including experts from several of the National Academic Advising Association’s advising communities. “Get Online with Academic Advising” will answer the following questions plus more.

• How is online advising different from on-campus advising from the student viewpoint? From the faculty viewpoint?

• How can students be proactive in their academic advising relationship?

• How can faculty advisors create a sense of community and belonging for online graduate students?

• What is the role of the academic advisor in regard to career development for graduate students?

• How can students take ownership in career advising?

“Get Online…” is brought to participants by Great Plains IDEA, a consortium of universities who collaborate to offer online, flexible, affordable degree programs for a virtual community of diverse learners. Auburn is a member of the alliance which offers high-quality, academic programs that are greater in reach and significance than any single university could offer alone by sharing resources in efficient ways.