virtual orientation for incoming exchange students
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VIRTUAL ORIENTATION FOR INCOMING EXCHANGE STUDENTS. Raisa Saviaho at University of Warsaw Oct 12th, 2007. Laurea Units. Laurea University of Applied Sciences. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
VIRTUAL ORIENTATION FOR INCOMING EXCHANGE STUDENTS
Raisa Saviaho at University of Warsaw Oct 12th, 2007
Laurea Units
Laurea University of Applied Sciences• Bachelor and Master degree
programmes - Business, Hospitality and Security Management, ICT, Nursing, Physiotherapy, Social Services, Natural Resources and Media- in Finnish and in English
• Operating model: Learning by Developing (LbD)Progressive inquiry learning, i.e. learning that takes place through research and development in working life development projects
• A wide range of international activities
• Approximately 200 incoming exchange students per academic year
International Laurea
Background: Previous orientation provided for incoming students• www-pages • info letters• personal advice
(e-mail)
• supportive e-learning studies
• arrival days• student tutoring• orientation week
and camp
Background: Need for development• Good orientation = successful
exchange • Information provided beforehand ->
problem prevention, shorter adjustment time
• Personal advice takes up a lot of resources and can be frustrating to adviser
• Online orientation and guidance is cost affective and allows wider participation
Objectives• Well orientated incoming
exchange students• Sharing information and
getting to know one another, also among arriving students
• Levelling and decreasing workload
• Ensuring correct and good quality information for everyone
Welcome to Finland• An e-learning
workspace• Platform for
sharing information
• Discussion forum
• Shared login and password
Orientation schedule• Information at www.laurea.fi• Information at home institution• Application and acceptance• -> Access to
’Welcome to Finland’• Arrival days• Face-to-face tutoring• Orientation week
and camp
Experiences so far: Success• positive feedback• some active users• continuance• open
communication• feeling welcomed
-> less stress
Experiences so far: Challenges 1/2• ICT skills• language skills• previous experience• chatting culture• credibility issues: written info vs.
”spoken”, info for everyone vs. individual advice
• censoring messages (unwanted attention)
Experiences so far: Challenges 2/2• The platform /
system used (technical application)
• Problems in ICT and language skills, virtual culture etc. with the people giving guidance
Future development• Continuance by using
the same workspace• Guidance also from
previous year’s students to next year’s students
• Workspace layout -> more user friendly
• Increasing the involvement of tutors
VM-BASE• Virtual Mobility Before
and After Student Exchanges
• Activities include research and piloting
• http://vm-base.europace.org/• http://www.europace.org/
Laurea’s pilot
• Orientation and guidance study unit for Laurea’s students going abroad
• Based on feedback and experiences - and the need to update
• Before, during and after the exchange phases
• Face-to-face meetings, group meetings, assignments, discussion and diary/blog
• Offline and online
APPLICATION
MARKETING OF
STUDENT MOBILITY
GROUP MEETING
FACE-TO-FACE MEETINGS
BEFORE THE EXCHANGE
ONLINE ASSINGNMENTS
AND DISCUSSION
GROUP MEETING
GROUP MEETING
FEEDBACK
DURING THE EXCHANGE
ONLINE ASSINGNME
NTS AND DISCUSSION
AFTER THE EXCHANGE ONLINE ASSINGNMENTS AND
DISCUSSION
Laurea’s pilot• Good
experiences so far with a small pilot group
• Assessment -> Dissemination of the practice to all outgoing students
