International Journal of Emerging Technologies in Learning (iJET), 2017
Social network sites (SNSs) have become strategic networking tools for employment-related activit... more Social network sites (SNSs) have become strategic networking tools for employment-related activities. They shape professional identity and influence professional and career practices, providing new paths for career, employment and recruitment processes. Students’ professional identity is influenced by their career management and work experience. There is a lack of research on the use of SNSs for students’ on-line career management competences. A survey was conducted to examine students’ attitudes regarding the use of SNSs for career management competences and professional identity development. The students’ attitudes manifested career control, networking for learning, career reflection, self-presentation and work exploration. These attitudes have been identified as predictors for students’ actual use of SNSs for career management and professional identity development. For the career competences the main influencing predictors were found to be students’ beliefs that SNSs support work...
This article addresses how developing caring relations with students at a community college effec... more This article addresses how developing caring relations with students at a community college effectively supports students’ needs and ultimately success. At the same time, I discuss my own personal dilemmas while creating relationships that focus on students’ needs. I use Nel Noddings’ ethic of care theory to discuss how her ideas and the idea of others have challenged me to think about and develop an ethic of care enriched by my own teaching and interactions with my students. In this paper, I use three vignettes to illustrate: the profound difference caring can have on one student; sometimes one’s caring will lead a student to remove herself from academe; and the power of caring in terms of community. I conclude cautiously, knowing that the demands involved in developing caring relations is complicated by the needs of many: the students’, my own and the institutions’.
—Social network sites (SNSs) have become strategic networking tools for employment-related activi... more —Social network sites (SNSs) have become strategic networking tools for employment-related activities. They shape professional identity and influence professional and career practices, providing new paths for career, employment and recruitment processes. Students' professional identity is influenced by their career management and work experience. There is a lack of research on the use of SNSs for students' on-line career management competenc-es. A survey was conducted to examine students' attitudes regarding the use of SNSs for career management competences and professional identity development. The student's attitudes revealed career control, networking for learning, career reflection, self-presentation and work exploration as predictors for stu-dents' actual use of SNSs for career management and professional identity development. For the career competences the main influencing predictors were found to be students' beliefs that SNSs support work exploration, processes of self-presentation and career control. For professional identity development, the main influencing predictors were students' beliefs that SNSs support career control and students' engagement in professional events through networking for learning. Findings could contribute to understanding and facilitation of the SNS-related career management competences.
This article addresses how developing caring relations with students at a community col- lege eff... more This article addresses how developing caring relations with students at a community col- lege effectively supports students’ needs and ultimately success. At the same time, I dis- cuss my own personal dilemmas while creating relationships that focus on students’ needs. I use Nel Noddings’ ethic of care theory to discuss how her ideas and the idea of others have challenged me to think about and develop an ethic of care enriched by my own teaching and interactions with my students. In this paper, I use three vignettes to il- lustrate: the profound difference caring can have on one student; sometimes one’s caring will lead a student to remove herself from academe; and the power of caring in terms of community. I conclude cautiously, knowing that the demands involved in developing car- ing relations is complicated by the needs of many: the students’, my own and the institu- tions’.
International Journal of Emerging Technologies in Learning (iJET), 2017
Social network sites (SNSs) have become strategic networking tools for employment-related activit... more Social network sites (SNSs) have become strategic networking tools for employment-related activities. They shape professional identity and influence professional and career practices, providing new paths for career, employment and recruitment processes. Students’ professional identity is influenced by their career management and work experience. There is a lack of research on the use of SNSs for students’ on-line career management competences. A survey was conducted to examine students’ attitudes regarding the use of SNSs for career management competences and professional identity development. The students’ attitudes manifested career control, networking for learning, career reflection, self-presentation and work exploration. These attitudes have been identified as predictors for students’ actual use of SNSs for career management and professional identity development. For the career competences the main influencing predictors were found to be students’ beliefs that SNSs support work...
This article addresses how developing caring relations with students at a community college effec... more This article addresses how developing caring relations with students at a community college effectively supports students’ needs and ultimately success. At the same time, I discuss my own personal dilemmas while creating relationships that focus on students’ needs. I use Nel Noddings’ ethic of care theory to discuss how her ideas and the idea of others have challenged me to think about and develop an ethic of care enriched by my own teaching and interactions with my students. In this paper, I use three vignettes to illustrate: the profound difference caring can have on one student; sometimes one’s caring will lead a student to remove herself from academe; and the power of caring in terms of community. I conclude cautiously, knowing that the demands involved in developing caring relations is complicated by the needs of many: the students’, my own and the institutions’.
—Social network sites (SNSs) have become strategic networking tools for employment-related activi... more —Social network sites (SNSs) have become strategic networking tools for employment-related activities. They shape professional identity and influence professional and career practices, providing new paths for career, employment and recruitment processes. Students' professional identity is influenced by their career management and work experience. There is a lack of research on the use of SNSs for students' on-line career management competenc-es. A survey was conducted to examine students' attitudes regarding the use of SNSs for career management competences and professional identity development. The student's attitudes revealed career control, networking for learning, career reflection, self-presentation and work exploration as predictors for stu-dents' actual use of SNSs for career management and professional identity development. For the career competences the main influencing predictors were found to be students' beliefs that SNSs support work exploration, processes of self-presentation and career control. For professional identity development, the main influencing predictors were students' beliefs that SNSs support career control and students' engagement in professional events through networking for learning. Findings could contribute to understanding and facilitation of the SNS-related career management competences.
This article addresses how developing caring relations with students at a community col- lege eff... more This article addresses how developing caring relations with students at a community col- lege effectively supports students’ needs and ultimately success. At the same time, I dis- cuss my own personal dilemmas while creating relationships that focus on students’ needs. I use Nel Noddings’ ethic of care theory to discuss how her ideas and the idea of others have challenged me to think about and develop an ethic of care enriched by my own teaching and interactions with my students. In this paper, I use three vignettes to il- lustrate: the profound difference caring can have on one student; sometimes one’s caring will lead a student to remove herself from academe; and the power of caring in terms of community. I conclude cautiously, knowing that the demands involved in developing car- ing relations is complicated by the needs of many: the students’, my own and the institu- tions’.
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