Student Support Systems

1. António Moreira Teixeira
Lina Morgado
UNIVERSIDADE ABERTA (PT)
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Institutional Support for Prospective and New Students in Online and Distance Education

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Summary
1. Student Integration as strategic value
2. Integration Systems: BootCamp and e-Mentorship
3. New challenges

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they are conceived in the
context of a differentiated,
integrated and politically
coherent approach
Student Integration
and the reception
processes have a
strategic value
in distance
education
institutions in combination with other
elements that support the
online student experience

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Adults
Profissional Active
distance education STUDENT
Being an online student at a fully online
university is not the same as attending a F2F
university:
Organizationally
Academically
Student support systems
the routines of the
student's entrance into an
DE university are quite
different from those that
occur in F2F
Family
responsibilities

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Student Integration Systems
BootCamp e-Mentorship

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Student
Integration
Systems
BootCamp
e-Mentorship
Formal Courses
No Formal Courses
Focus on
Students in 1st
year
MOOCs

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Digital
Inclusion
Student
centered
Flexibility Interacion and
Collaboration
TrainingCourse
(BootCamp)
TrainingCourse
(BootCamp)
compulsory and non-technology-centered
course
The UAb Pedagogical Model
Digital, social and online communication
competencies
in a online learning community
entry into
an online
institution
should be a
POSITIVE
EXPERIENCE

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• the
Department of Education and Distance Ed
[DEED] is carrying out the pilot
project for mentoring 1st year
students
• each (e-Mentor)* has a group of 10
mentees in 1st
year
• focused in international e-Mentors
from Africa and Brasil and cultural
issues* or Patron

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1.to integrate the student in the academic community of department and
university
2.create personalized information channels dedicated to the 1st year
students about the institution, the department community and the course.
3.facilitate the overcoming of difficulties in the integration period in the
degree in Education, in particular, related with distance learning issues
4. create communities of students supported in a network ex-students
5.stimulate close relationships among students mediated by experienced
students based on the UAb's distance learning culture
6.connect with successful professionals (e-Mentors) with Education
Degree
Mentoring Program Objetives

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• new models of student support based
on new students profiles and new
generation of Distance Education
• integration of social media in the
design of the support systems
• the design of an ecology of
participation
Challenges

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Antonio.Teixeira@uab.pt
Lina.Morgado@uab.pt