A baseline survey of online course stakeholders found widespread duplication of orientation resources across courses, reflecting siloed development.¶

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q2 i? Of 40 stakeholders approached, 14 completed the survey (30% response rate); 11 reported offering orientation resources, with most content duplicated across courses. → Garivaldis 2022

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Garivaldis 2022¶

Garivaldis, F. J., Chung, J., Braganza, L., Arulkadacham, L., Sharma, R., Reupert, A., McKenzie, S., Rose, G., Gupta, T., Aziz, Z., Mowbray, T., Ilic, D., & Mundy, M. (2022). Out of sight, but not out of mind: a case study of the collaborative development of a university-wide orientation resource for online students. Education Tech Research Dev, 70, 531–558. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11423-022-10090-3

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A baseline survey of 40 online course convenors and educational designers at Monash University yielded 14 responses (30% response rate), of whom 11 reported offering orientation resources. The authors state the results "reveals many areas of duplication of content", reflecting courses working "in silos".

"Of the 40 stakeholders that were contacted in the middle of semester 1 in 2019 (April–May), 14 completed the survey (30% response rate). Of these 14, three reported that their courses did not offer any orientation resources to their students, whereas the remaining 11 participants reported offering some form of orientation to their online students."

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