virtual orientation for incoming exchange students raisa saviaho at university of warsaw oct 12th,...
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VIRTUAL ORIENTATION FOR INCOMING EXCHANGE STUDENTS
Raisa Saviaho at University of Warsaw Oct 12th, 2007
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Laurea Units
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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
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• A wide range of international activities
• Approximately 200 incoming exchange students per academic year
International Laurea
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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
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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
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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
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Welcome to Finland
• An e-learning workspace
• Platform for sharing information
• Discussion forum
• Shared login and password
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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
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Welcome to Finland
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Experiences so far: Success
• positive feedback• some active users• continuance• open
communication• feeling welcomed
-> less stress
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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)
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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
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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
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VM-BASE
• Virtual Mobility Before and After Student Exchanges
• Activities include research and piloting
• http://vm-base.europace.org/• http://www.europace.org/
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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
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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
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Laurea’s pilot
• Good experiences so far with a small pilot group
• Assessment -> Dissemination of the practice to all outgoing students