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dc.contributor.authorGray, S.
dc.contributor.authorLindsay, Euan
dc.contributor.authorWalraven, J.
dc.contributor.editorYasir M. Al-Abdeli
dc.contributor.editorEuan Lindsay
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T12:39:54Z
dc.date.available2017-01-30T12:39:54Z
dc.date.created2012-03-23T01:19:49Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.identifier.citationGray, Samantha and Lindsay, Euan and Walraven, Joel. 2011. ORIENTHUNT: The development of a scavenger hunt to meet the needs of a first year engineering orientation, in Proceedings of the 22nd AAEE Conference, Dec 5-7 2011, pp. 543-549. Fremantle, WA: Australasian Association for Engineering Education.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/23917
dc.description.abstract

Orientation is an essential part of the transition into engineering studies. 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. Scavenger Hunts have the potential to satisfy the objectives of university orientation, delivering information to students through the active learning environment of a campus-wide roaming team-based activity. Through the combination of team work, communication and information processing, the pitfalls of “traditional” orientation programs can be avoided. This paper describes the development and implementation of a Scavenger Hunt for First Year Engineering Orientation. The goals of traditional orientation programs will be discussed, with the challenges and flaws of these approaches identified. The development of the Scavenger Hunt is presented, highlighting how the items on the list map to the objectives of Orientation. The paper concludes with a reflection upon a trial implementation of the scavenger hunt with a subset of the first year engineering cohort.

dc.publisherEngineers Australia
dc.titleORIENTHUNT: The Development of a scavenger hunt to meet the needs of a first year engineering orientation.
dc.typeConference Paper
dcterms.source.startPage543
dcterms.source.endPage549
dcterms.source.titleProceedings of the 22nd Annual Conference for the Australasian Association for Engineering Education, AAEE 2011
dcterms.source.seriesProceedings of the 22nd Annual Conference for the Australasian Association for Engineering Education, AAEE 2011
dcterms.source.isbn9780858259980
dcterms.source.conference22nd Annual Conference for the Australasian Association for Engineering Education
dcterms.source.conference-start-dateDec 5 2011
dcterms.source.conferencelocationFremantle, Western Australia
dcterms.source.placeBarton, Australia
curtin.departmentDepartment of Mechanical Engineering
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