NASFAA's 2002-2003 Technology Initiatives Committee has put together nine concurrent interest sessions focusing on technology issues at the upcoming annual conference in Salt Lake City. Every effort has been made to schedule these sessions so that there is at least one Technology Initiatives session scheduled at every time slot available.
If your major interest is technology issues and the latest technologies being used to support aid delivery in the financial aid office, you may want to print out this list and take it with you to the Conference, or, if you are unable to attend, the session handouts will be uploaded to the NASFAA Conference handouts page.
Schedule of Technology Initiatives Committee Concurrent Interest Sessions
Thursday, July 10, 2003
9:00 am - 10:15 am: FERPA 101. The basics of the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act in the financial aid office, presented by LeRoy Rooker of the Department of Education. This session serves as a foundation for the FERPA in a Technology Age session at 10:45 am.
10:45 am - 12:00 noon: FERPA in a Technology Age. The issues surrounding FERPA and ways to comply in the current technology environment, also presented by LeRoy Rooker of ED.
2:30 pm - 3:45 pm: Electronic Online Awards. A discussion of the benefits and opportunities for providing student award information on the Web using vendor-provided software, homegrown systems, and e-mail.
2:30 pm - 3:45 pm: Strengthening Security: Avoiding Technology Sabotage. A discussion for financial aid administrators of how the financial aid office can protect itself technologically from disgruntled students, suspicious employees, and curious hackers.
Friday, July 11, 2003
9:00 am - 10:45 am: COD Best Practices. A discussion by full implementation financial aid professionals of best practices in using the Common Origination and Disbursement (COD) delivery technology.
9:00 am - 10:45 am: The Technology Pyramid: Hierarchy of Basic Technology Needs in the Financial Aid Office. An exploration of the progressive implementation of technology in the financial aid office, with an emphasis on staffing and cost considerations. The "Technology Pyramid" is also the focus of a major technology article and the cover design of the upcoming spring issue of the Student Aid Transcript.
2:30 pm - 3:45 pm: Business Process Management and Web Services - Do it for Yourself! An introduction to two emerging technologies -- web services and desktop tools for automating business processes -- that can be built using standard productivity tools such as Microsoft Excel. This session is not designed for professional programmers!
2:30 pm - 3:45 pm: PDA+: Fall in Love All Over Again! A fun and informative demonstration of how you can extend use of your PDA from just a calendar to doing high school presentations and much more.
4:15 pm - 5:30 pm: Distance Education and Nontraditional Students: Delivering Financial Aid Anytime, Anywhere. A discussion of some of the obstacles created by our institutional delivery systems in delivering aid to nontraditional students, and ways that students who never enter the aid office can benefit from the same access to aid as classroom students.
By Ellen V. Blackmun
NASFAA Director of Electronic Services Projects
Posted June 30, 2003 on www.NASFAA.org, the Web Site of the
National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (NASFAA).
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