'First portal in a storm': A virtual space for transition students
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Paper/Presentation Title | 'First portal in a storm': A virtual space for transition students |
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Presentation Type | Paper |
Authors | Nelson, Karen (Author), Kift, Sally (Author) and Harper, Wendy (Author) |
Editors | Goss, Halima |
Journal or Proceedings Title | Proceedings of the 22nd Annual Conference of the Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education (ASCILITE 2005) |
Journal Citation | pp. 509-517 |
Number of Pages | 9 |
Year | 2005 |
Publisher | Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education (ASCILITE) |
Place of Publication | Australia |
ISBN | 0975709313 |
Conference/Event | 22nd Annual Conference of the Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education (ASCILITE 2005) |
Event Details | Rank C C C |
Event Details | 22nd Annual Conference of the Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education (ASCILITE 2005) Parent Annual Conference of the Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education (ASCILITE) Delivery In person Event Date 04 to end of 07 Dec 2005 Event Location Brisbane, Australia |
Abstract | The lives of millennial students are epitomised by ubiquitous information, merged technologies, blurred social-study-work boundaries, multitasking and hyperlinked online interactions (Oblinger & Oblinger, 2005). These characteristics have implications for the design of online spaces that aim to provide virtual access to course materials, administrative processes and support information, all of which is required by students to steer a course through the storm of their transition university experience. Previously we summarised the challenges facing first year students (Kift & Nelson, 2005) and investigated their current online engagement patterns, which revealed three issues for consideration when designing virtual spaces (Nelson, Kift, & Harper, 2005). In this paper we continue our examination of students' interactions with online spaces by considering the perceptions and use of technology by millennial students as well as projections for managing the virtual learning environments of the future. The findings from this analysis are informed by our previous work to conceptualise and describe the architecture of a transition portal. |
Keywords | Communication preferences; Millennial students; Online engagement patterns; Transition; Transition portal; Virtual learning environment |
Contains Sensitive Content | Does not contain sensitive content |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 390303. Higher education |
Public Notes | File reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher/author. |
Byline Affiliations | Queensland University of Technology |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q74xz/-first-portal-in-a-storm-a-virtual-space-for-transition-students
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