Orientation on Facebook
by Kevin Prentiss
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These are the slides from an APCA ed session covering Orientation on Facebook as well as a review of the Red Rover pilot program.
These are the slides from an APCA ed session covering Orientation on Facebook as well as a review of the Red Rover pilot program.
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Orientation is the process by which students get orientated - they go from outside the school to connected inside the school.
An number of different steps, many departments - coordination challenges.
School goals: Maintain commitment, get info to students, connect them socially
Can track when orientation tends to happen by Facebook conversation.
Incredibly powerful direction to assessment.
While schools have orientation all over, the middle of the bell curve, majority of students do not start thinking / talking about college until weeks before schools starts.
From 50%-70% of incoming freshmen will be in the group before school starts.
I showed this comment at the school in MN, they said she dropped out. So Fb groups is a great place to find early leaders and focus attention on those that need a little help.
Problem with 3rd stage is that wall post format isn’t built for it. most questions go unanswered. there’s no search. but students try, they want to connect.
the separation between online and real world is exaggerated.
use the web to make the real world better, finding people online increases comfort of real world interactions. it’s an ice breaker.
And yes, there really is a Milwaukee in MN : )
This information can be available to activities and RAs so that everyone can help build the community, increase engagement, and get the students the connections they need to stay in college. Retention, retention, retention.