'First portal in a storm': A virtual space for transition students

ASCILITE 2005 - The Australasian Society for Computers in Learning in Tertiary Education

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 509-517

  Nelson, Karen ^a   Kift, Sally ^a   Harper, Wendy ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Communication preferences; Millennial students; Online engagement patterns; Transition; Transition portal; Virtual learning environment

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESS; COURSE MATERIAL; FIRST YEAR STUDENTS; ONLINE ENGAGEMENT PATTERNS; ONLINE INTERACTION; TRANSITION; TRANSITION STUDENT; UBIQUITOUS INFORMATION; VIRTUAL LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS; VIRTUAL SPACES;

COMPUTER AIDED INSTRUCTION; CURRICULA; ONLINE SYSTEMS; STORMS; STUDENTS; VIRTUAL REALITY;

E-LEARNING;

EID: 84870800470     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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