Online orientation sets grad students up for success

Let's learn about how to get connected to the technology, our peers and lecturers, different forms of support, and most importantly, our learning. This online orientation offers strategies for dealing with the challenges and opportunities around learning online. Let's get connected and learn how to learn online together!

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Designing Effective Online Orientation Programs for First-Year University Students

Journal of College Orientation, Transition, and Retention ◽

10.24926/jcotr.v28i2.3739 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 28 (2) ◽

Author(s):

Nicole Crozier

Keyword(s):

Literature Review ◽

Student Affairs ◽

Community Of Inquiry ◽

First Year ◽

Orientation Programs ◽

Orientation Program ◽

Online Orientation ◽

First Year University ◽

First Time ◽

Student Affairs Professional

While asynchronous, self-paced online orientation programs are not brand new in the field of orientation, transition and retention, COVID-19 forced many institutions to rapidly create a program for the first time to help welcome fall 2020 students. Using the community of inquiry model as a framework, this literature review explores the research related to orientation and online learning in an effort to identify the principles, practices and processes that can help a student affairs professional to design an effective and engaging online orientation program, or enhance an existing program.

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Case Study

Handbook of Research on Digital Content, Mobile Learning, and Technology Integration Models in Teacher Education - Advances in Educational Technologies and Instructional Design ◽

10.4018/978-1-5225-2953-8.ch003 ◽

2018 ◽

pp. 45-68

Author(s):

Sophia Palahicky ◽

Adrianna Andrews-Brown

Keyword(s):

Online Instruction ◽

Online Courses ◽

Orientation Programs ◽

Design Development ◽

Student Orientation ◽

Online Programs ◽

Online Orientation ◽

Instructor Presence ◽

New Students

Student orientation programs can enhance new student self-esteem, which is in turn a significant positive predictor of personal, social, and academic achievement (Hickman, Bartholomae, & McKenry, 2000). Furthermore, these programs can help students develop the basic technical skills they will need to be active learners. According to Dixson (2010), research into effective online instruction supports the argument that “online instruction can be as effective as traditional instruction, [and] to do so, online courses need cooperative/collaborative (active) learning, and strong instructor presence.” Likewise, online orientation programs for new students must provide opportunities for active engagement and strong facilitator presence to be effective. This chapter presents a case study that describes the design, development, implementation, and evaluation of the online orientation modules for new students at a Canadian postsecondary institution that offers primarily blended and online programs.

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Getting to Know You: Development of an RN-to-BSN Online Orientation

Journal of Nursing Education ◽

10.3928/01484834-20090828-04 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 48 (11) ◽

pp. 638-641 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Eileen Hansen ◽

Connie Lynn Clark ◽

Joan M. McCleish ◽

Joah R. Hogan

Keyword(s):

Online Orientation ◽

Rn To Bsn

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IT Management Issues in Digital Government

Encyclopedia of Digital Government ◽

10.4018/978-1-59140-789-8.ch171 ◽

2011 ◽

pp. 1130-1134

Author(s):

R. J. Freeman

Keyword(s):

Los Angeles ◽

Strategic Planning ◽

Social Services ◽

System Development ◽

It Governance ◽

Chief Information Officer ◽

Care Needs ◽

Municipal Governments ◽

Government Services ◽

Online Orientation

A common thread among municipal governments is that they harbor a variety of enterprises under one roof. For example, police, fire, public works, social services, assessor, recorder, health services, human resources, and so forth. may all be constituent parts. They all provide services to the public, and many of these services are rapidly acquiring an online orientation (i.e., they are becoming e-services). Since they are all part of a single governmental entity, there is a need to review these online offerings to assure that the level of service provided is satisfactory and that there is a common look reflective of the parent political entity. This is discussed in the section titled “E-Government Services Review”. The common look or adherence to standards on Web sites can be facilitated by having appropriate IT governance for the disparate departments in the form of a chief information officer (CIO) who represents the interests of the parent political entity on an overall basis. One mechanism the CIO can use to invoke an IT vision for the County is to develop a strategic IT plan that the operating departments can then use as a guideline to plan their IT actions. This is discussed in the section of the article titled IT Governance and Strategic Planning. In the development of e-government services, as well as other systems projects, care needs to be taken regarding a number of important factors in order to assure that development work is done within time, cost, and quality constraints. This is discussed in the section of the article titled “System Development Guidelines”. Los Angeles County has an annual budget of close to $17 billion, encompasses about 30 major operating departments, and expends more than $700 million each year on information technology operations. Providing review and counsel to this effort is a 10-member Information Systems Commission, of which the author has been Chairman for the past 10 years. The Commission has concerned itself with such topics as e-government services, IT governance and strategic planning, and systems development. This article presents managerial insights drawn from this experience that should be applicable to large public agencies across the country.

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