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Debra Osborn

 

Thursday, March 8, 2012, 8:00 am Pacific, 9:00 am Mountain, 10:00 am Central, 11:00 am EST, 12:00 pm Atlantic, 5:00 pm Zurich, 6:00 pm Istanbul, Dubai 8:00 pm


The Tech Savvy Counselor: Enhancing and Extending Service Delivery With Technology

Often when counselors think of technology and counseling, the immediate thought is providing online counseling – but many other possibilities exist. In this interview, Dr. Deb Osborn will talk about technological tools such as email, chat (e.g., Elluminate, Skype), Second Life, apps, blogs and others as a way to enhance and deliver counseling services.

Bio


Dr. Osborn is an assistant professor in Psychological and Counseling Services at Florida State University and the 2011-2012 president of the National Career Development Association. She has been a counselor educator for 15 years, and a research associate in the FSU Center for the Study of Technology in Counseling and Career Development. She most recently co-authored The Internet: A Tool for Career Planning.  

 

Contact


Debra Osborn, PhD
President, NCDA
Assistant Professor
Educational Psychology & Learning Systems
3206-E Stone Building
1114 W. Call Street
PO Box 3064453
Tallahassee, FL 32306-4453
850.644.3742 (O); 850.644.8776(fax)
dosborn@fsu.edu

 

 

Exercise

 

Try using some of the above technology tools with a partner, noting what worked well and didn’t.

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Here is a Career Resources page that I co-created with a USF colleague, but wanted to mention the lab: http://careerresource.coedu.usf.edu/linkcareerlab/Careerlab.htm.

This is a link to many of the tools that I use: https://sites.google.com/site/debbieosborn/teaching-tools,

and finally, a link to the Center for the Study of Technology in Counseling and Career Development: http://www.career.fsu.edu/techcenter/

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Introduction


Dr. Osborn is an assistant professor in Psychological and Counseling Services at Florida State University and the 2011-2012 president of the National Career Development Association. She has been a counselor educator for 15 years, and a research associate in the FSU Center for the Study of Technology in Counseling and Career Development. She most recently co-authored The Internet: A Tool for Career Planning. Debra is the first of our speakers in this new Careerwell series on interesting career paths for career and other caring professionals. Welcome Debra!


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Interview Questions

 

  1. What is your opinion on the ethics of the place of technology in counseling? (SLIDE 2) How can technology enhance service delivery? (SLIDE 3)
  2. How can technology extend service delivery? (SLIDES 4 & 5)
  3. What distance delivery possibilities are available? (SLIDE 6)
  4. What is the value of email? (SLIDE 7) Example (SLIDE 8)
  5. What is the value of blogs/discussion boards? (SLIDE 9) Example (SLIDE 10)
  6. What is the value of websites? (SLIDE 11) Examples (SLIDES 12 & 13)
  7. What is the value of podcasts/videos? (SLIDE 14) Examples (SLIDE 15)
  8. What is the value of Facebook? (SLIDE 16) Examples (SLIDES 17 & 18)
  9. What is the value of Chat? (SLIDE 19)
  10. What is the value of Second Life (SLIDE 20) Examples (SLIDE 21)
  11. What is the value of Twitter (SLIDE 22) Examples (SLIDE 23)
  12. What is the value of Apps? (SLIDE 24) Examples (SLIDE 25)
  13. What is the value of Tablets (SLIDE 26)
  14. What is the value of Linked In? (SLIDE 27) Example (SLIDE 28) Do's and Don'ts (SLIDE 29)
  15. Could you summarize the valuable information that you have shared with us today about the place of technology in counseling? (SLIDE 30)

 

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Upcoming March Interviewees


  • Thursday, 3/15/12, 8:00 am Pacific,  Daniel J. Cunningham, Fiduciary, Vocation; Actor/Singer, Avocation - Interesting Careeer Paths for Helping Professionals
  • Thursday, 3/29/12, 8:00 am Pacific,  Roberta Floyd, Displaced Homemaker, Then Career Professional, Raising Three Children
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