A presentation for my M.Ed oral defense. The full project website can be found at www.onlineOTR.ca.

1. Designing effective
online orientation
programs for first-year
students
Nicole Crozier
April 2021

2. A program to help students transition to post-
secondary that consists of online, self-paced,
asynchronous modules.
ONLINE ORIENTATION

3. My
Journey
2009 2012
Volunteered to
help plan
Orientation Week
Created online
training modules
for orientation
volunteers
2014
Developed social
media and email
strategies
2018
Hired to develop
an online
orientation
2019
Started my M.Ed
in Educational
Technology
2016
Launched a
summer webinar
series

4. How do we create
effective and
engaging online
orientation
programs?

5. Interest in online orientation increased a
LOT when COVID-19 forced us all online
2010 COVID-19
Interest
in
online
orientation
Time

6. www.onlineOTR.ca

7. Unlike a for-credit online course or required
training program, there is no “carrot” motivating
students to complete an online orientation
MOTIVATION TO COMPLETE

8. When looking at online learning frameworks,
nothing ever translated to the online orientation
space without requiring alterations
THE SHOE NEVER QUITE FITS

9. Even when the research isn’t telling you
something new, it can help you see things in a
new way and think critically about your work.
RESEARCH GETS YOU
THINKING

10. Ensure high ease of
use
Build interactive
content
Incorporate
student voices
Motivate,
motivate, motivate
Be intentional about
everything
How do we create
effective and
engaging online
orientation
programs?

11. Presentation by:
Nicole Crozier, M.Ed student,
University of Victoria
nicolecrozier@uvic.ca
Twitter: @n_crozier
Personal Blog:
www.nicolecrozier.ca
Presentations:
www.slideshare.net/n_crozier This presentation is licensed
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Attribution 4.0 International
License