#7 in the 23 Things - Blog about Technology

Hello All,

This week I am completing #7 in the 23 Things an am blogging about Technology. My thoughts about technology this week are:

1) How much is too much and
2) How do you balance those that do not prefer technology with those that are excited about it?

I am a Recruiter for the College that I work for and we are always trying to figure out ways to make the admissions information avaialable for those that can't come on campus to attend group information sessions, etc. Especially for our online students, it doesn't make sense to require them to come to campus to learn about ways to apply to the College when their entire life as a student will practically be spent away from the College. So....we created all sorts of ways "for more information." Now on our website http://health.usf.edu/nocms/nursing/AdmissionsPrograms/rnBSN-ms_Application.html, we have TONS of ways for people to find out more info. Now, what we're trying to figure out is: is this too much? are there smarter ways of listing the information? could we or should we even add more?

On the second topic, it seems that I am running into alot of people who want more and more technology in the ways that courses are delivered, the way we communicate, etc. Then, there are also those that feel that we are losing our personal touch and are de-valuing things we are communicating by "putting them all online." I tend to feel both ways, depending on the content and the context. What do you all think?

Signing out,

Marcia