Online Orientation Content Associated With Online Student Success

This webinar presents research that establishes the need for requiring online orientation prior to students enrolling in their first online course. Discussed are testing students’ reading, writing, technology, self-regulation, and self-efficacy skills, as well as teaching students how to access online campus resources. If warranted, to minimize online attrition, the testing results direct students to complete a writing and study seminar prior to enrolling in an online course. Although the overall strategy may reduce the online student population, it promises to increase the institutions’ overall student completion rates. The webinar facilitator is a full-time psychology and sociology instructor with 20 years of college teaching experience who regularly conducts research on student learning outcomes.

Sherri Chandler, Instructor, Muskegon Community College