Transition to learning at university

Transition to learning at university CHALLENGING CURRICULUM Sydney Teaching Colloquium | 2012

Focus on the Curriculum Encouraging students to be engaged and effective learners • How can we encourage this transition? • What activities in the first six weeks will aid students in their transition?

Success comes when students • are intellectually engaged and • have a sense of social belonging and well being • founded on positive experiences

Aim for students by the end of the first 6 weeks To have • acquired a sense of the enquiry which drives the disciplines in which they are enrolled and have experienced an engaging intellectual experience, e.ga stimulating lecture in their discipline area/s • experienced active learning experiences • been introduced to the academic skills required in their areas of study e.g. those required for assessment including understanding marking standards; academic honesty, referencing, writing genres such as essays or reports, and other areas of academic literacy

developed a sense of belonging at the university through involvement and recognition e.g. in a small group tutorial • begun to develop and appreciate the aims, pathways and opportunities of the program of study in which they are enrolled

This session • Students talk about the transition to university • Table discussion about strategies for first 6 weeks • Presentations on 5 faculty and other initiatives • Table discussion about adopting or adapting these strategies • Student panel – comments and questions

Student presenters • Arts • Johnson Pang • Peta Blundell • Science • Annie Zhou • Joe Callingham • Jarrod Kennedy

Presenting • Building student resilience • Phil Remmer, Student Support Services • Engaging Students • Jon Callow, Education • Strategies for academic writing • Christopher Hartney, Arts • Information literacy • Rebecca Goldsworthy, Library • Student project • Charlotte Taylor, Science

Thanks to the table facilitators • Daniel Ryan • Tim Lever • Sandra Seno- Alday • Carolyn Stott • Helen Drury • Andrew Kilgour • Judy Anderson • Jackie Nicholas • Dale Hancock • Corinna Klupiec • Caleb Owens and to the students

Transition to learning at university

Transition to learning at university

Presentation Transcript

Welcome to Transition into HE – Learning to Learn

Learning at University

Supporting Students’ Transition to University Writing

Transition to learning at university Points from round table discussions

Learning at transition for new and experienced staff

Distance Learning at West Virginia University

TRANSITION TO WORK BY DISABLED UNIVERSITY GRADUATES

Using Technology to Assist Transition to University

Teaching and Learning at Deakin University

Transition to University

Teaching and Learning Programme at Bristol University

E-Learning at West Virginia University

E-learning at La Salle University

Learning Communities and Service Learning at Iowa State University

e learning at Indiana University

What to Expect while Learning at KNU Open University

Transition to Year 1 at Milverton

e learning at Indiana University

Learning Activities in Practice at Coventry University

Transition to Year 1 at Milverton