Cheryl Blain, Ph.D.

So today when the topic included careers it finally dawned on me waht you were saying about limking all topics to careers. I am going to write some curriculum on this topic and include in my Student Support Progam and get the faculty involved as well.

Hmmm...This has been the struggle I have which appears that I will have to research and pioneer some type program and develop as we go. We do have an online orientation which includes a tutorial, information on how to use our systems, College policies and the like. I have recently started to include some soft-skills such as attendance and time-management. I think what I will continue to do moving forward is take my ques from the students by way of surveys to see wht they need up-front, or wished they would have known and continue to build from there.

What kind of activities do other schools use online?

Does anyone have best practices to share on Online Orientation Programs?

We are an online program and managing retention is very much different than on-ground. I am hoping to build best practices in the online environment. Recently I started a Student Support program that has been successful in retaining new starts. Is anyone out there doing an online program they find succesful? What challenges and opportunities have you had? What works and doesn't work? I would love to brainstorm with other online folks.