Students’ Responses to a Scavenger Hunt for First Year Engineering Orientation
Orientation is an essential part of the transition into engineering studies at University. A successful orientation introduces students to their department and to university studies, providing important information and assisting the students in making friends and acclimatising to the university life...
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| author | Lindsay, Euan Gray, S. Lloyd, Natalie |
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| description | Orientation is an essential part of the transition into engineering studies at University. A successful orientation introduces students to their department and to university studies, providing important information and assisting the students in making friends and acclimatising to the university lifestyle. The university of XXXX has trialled the OrientHunt - a scavenger hunt intended to deliver information to students through the active learning environment of a campus-wide roaming team-based activity. This paper details the outcomes of the first implementation of the OrientHunt. It provides a report of the students’ exit survey responses. The students believe the scavenger hunt was successful in its objectives of preparing them for transition as well as providing social opportunities for meeting other students; they also felt that a range of communication and teamwork skills had been improved by the experience. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-480342017-01-30T15:37:02Z Students’ Responses to a Scavenger Hunt for First Year Engineering Orientation Lindsay, Euan Gray, S. Lloyd, Natalie Unable to source information Orientation Freshmen Engineers Scavenger Hunt Orientation is an essential part of the transition into engineering studies at University. A successful orientation introduces students to their department and to university studies, providing important information and assisting the students in making friends and acclimatising to the university lifestyle. The university of XXXX has trialled the OrientHunt - a scavenger hunt intended to deliver information to students through the active learning environment of a campus-wide roaming team-based activity. This paper details the outcomes of the first implementation of the OrientHunt. It provides a report of the students’ exit survey responses. The students believe the scavenger hunt was successful in its objectives of preparing them for transition as well as providing social opportunities for meeting other students; they also felt that a range of communication and teamwork skills had been improved by the experience. 2012 Conference Paper http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/48034 Unable to source information restricted |
| spellingShingle | Orientation Freshmen Engineers Scavenger Hunt Lindsay, Euan Gray, S. Lloyd, Natalie Students’ Responses to a Scavenger Hunt for First Year Engineering Orientation |
| title | Students’ Responses to a Scavenger Hunt for First Year Engineering Orientation |
| title_full | Students’ Responses to a Scavenger Hunt for First Year Engineering Orientation |
| title_fullStr | Students’ Responses to a Scavenger Hunt for First Year Engineering Orientation |
| title_full_unstemmed | Students’ Responses to a Scavenger Hunt for First Year Engineering Orientation |
| title_short | Students’ Responses to a Scavenger Hunt for First Year Engineering Orientation |
| title_sort | students’ responses to a scavenger hunt for first year engineering orientation |
| topic | Orientation Freshmen Engineers Scavenger Hunt |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/48034 |