First Year Support Strategies FYSS portal a practical

First Year Support Strategies (FYSS) portal a practical resource package for staff teaching first year students Dr Ann Luzeckyj (developed with Andrea Rankin) Centre for Innovation in Learning and Teaching Flinders University

Background In 2014 I conducted a survey and interviews with staff teaching first year students – identified a range of issues: − awareness of issues facing first year students – variable − access to professional development for staff teaching/working with first year students – variable − wanted centrally located, accessible resource which provided a consistent message

The FYSS portal The First Year Support Strategies portal (devt. began 2015) includes resources and activities for staff which are: − scaffolded − innovative − collaborative − diverse Donskoy, Wikimedia Commonns

Provides numerous paths The FYSS portal provides pathways to: 1. First year support strategies site (LMS) 2. First year ‘mock’ topic site (LMS) 3. Blended topic starter site (LMS) (fully online site under development) 4. FYCo. P site (LMS) 5. Inspiring achievement in first year university students (university website)

Relevance to CAULLT The First Year Support Strategies portal provides opportunities to: − address concerns regarding staff access to PD and understanding of diverse learning needs of first year students − demonstrate and apply first year L&T principles (in context) − develop a cohesive look and feel to LMS sites − support institutional use of learning analytics − not LMS specific (although we use Moodle)

Points for reflection • How helpful do you think this portal is? • Could elements of this portal be useful to your institution?

The portal (open access) https: //flo. flinders. edu. au/course/view. php? id=34398

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