This presentation shows the results of research of best practices, technology, and services for a successful orientation for online students.

1. Orientation for Online Students

2. As part of an ITTL grant project, Christine Damrose-Mahlmann, Mary Hanlin, and Nancy Jolemore took on the task of searching for orientation tutorials that incorporate skills basic to Internet navigation, library research, course management use, and other computing skills. This presentation shows the results of our research of best practices, technology, and services for a successful orientation for online students.

3. If you don’t know where you’re going . . .

4. . . . you probably will get there. - Robert Fripp

5. At TCC, we tell prospective students that “From here,” they can “go anywhere.”

6. But if where you’re going is hard to find . . .

7. and confusing to navigate,

8. you may get lost in cyberspace

9. What we’ve got here

10. is a failure to communicate

11. What we need here

12. is an online orientation

13. Where should we begin?

14. BEST PRACTICES I Organizations that consult for higher education institutions

15. The Sloan Consortium

16. Center for Transforming Student Services

17. BEST PRACTICES II How Educational Institutions Can Create An Online Orientation

18. Guidelines for Creating Student Services Online

19. Preparing for Distance Learning: Designing An Online Student Orientation Course

20. BEST PRACTICES III Model college and university orientations online

24. SOLUTIONS

26. PRODUCTS

27. READI

29. Atomic Learning Tutorials

31. Comevo

33. The Training Place