Welcome to the course

Welcome to our course on First Year Experience programming which has been developed with Sarah Kravits and Carol Carter from LifeBound. First Year Experience (or Student Success) programmes help bridge the transition to higher education for all students, and particularly those who may be first in family or from an underserved community. In this course, we explore the features that underpin successful programmes, with reference to the challenges commonly experienced. You will be presented with strategies that you can employ to create engaging, useful, and meaningful courses of study for students transitioning to higher education.  

“A First Year Experience or Student Success programme provides a bridge or gateway to fulfilment in two significant ways: for the student in terms of engagement and learning and self-knowledge, and for the educator and institution in terms of retaining and engaging students.”

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Get Involved And Share Your Learning

• Share your perspective. Throughout this course, you will see discussion prompts at the end of each lesson inviting you to share your thoughts and experience. We encourage you to respond to these discussion questions and read those of other educators to benefit from theirs. When you see a comment you agree with or find helpful, hit the ‘Like’ button to help other educators find it. You can also reply to any comments from other members that you find interesting.
• Ask a question. You can ask questions of experts and other educators in the discussion threads in courses. If your question is more general, use Ask, Answer and Share in the community to reach more people.
• Pick up your course badges. To earn your Course Completion Badges make sure you mark all lessons as ‘Mark Complete’ once you have completed a lesson. At the end of the course, click ‘Mark Complete’ and you will be asked a few multiple-choice questions to earn a Course Completion badge. Once you’ve had a chance to apply your learning, come back to complete an Impact Badges by applying what you have learned in the courses and answering a short survey.

If you have any questions or issues please email us: [email protected]