Journal of College Orientation, Transition, and Retention

The Integration of Technology in New Student Orientation Programs

Michael Miller

Patty Viajar

DOI: https://doi.org/10.24926/jcotr.v9i1.2532

Keywords: Technology, learning environment, National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA), American College Personnel Association (ACPA), transition

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Abstract

New student orientation programs are typically designed around a loosely defined set of expectations that assist in the social and academic transitions to college. An area that has only begun to receive considerable attention in these programs has to do with technology orientation. The current study reports what orientation coordinators perceive to be the most effective strategies for incorporating technology into new student orientatin programs. Coordinators agreed most strongly with the notion of emphasizing the importance of technology to new students coupled with providing new students email accounts immediately upon arrival to campus.