{"id":70728,"date":"2020-06-29T13:11:20","date_gmt":"2020-06-29T17:11:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/colab.plymouthcreate.net\/?page_id=70728"},"modified":"2021-08-14T14:24:21","modified_gmt":"2021-08-14T14:24:21","slug":"first-year","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/colab.plymouthcreate.net\/ace\/context\/first-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Supporting First-Year Students Online"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"70728\" class=\"elementor elementor-70728\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-55da472 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"55da472\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-214ed0d\" data-id=\"214ed0d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-1afff1b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1afff1b\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-90b0e07\" data-id=\"90b0e07\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8414d61 elementor-position-left elementor-view-default elementor-mobile-position-top elementor-vertical-align-top elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-box\" data-id=\"8414d61\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-box.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<link rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"https:\/\/colab.plymouthcreate.net\/ace\/wp-content\/plugins\/elementor\/assets\/css\/widget-icon-box.min.css\">\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t<span  class=\"elementor-icon elementor-animation-\">\n\t\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-hand-holding\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-box-content\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-icon-box-title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span  >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-icon-box-description\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tResources for courses that teach only or primarily first-year students who are new to the campus community.\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-adc1922 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"adc1922\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"has_eae_slider elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a7db34a\" data-id=\"a7db34a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-09fa680 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"09fa680\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.19.0 - 07-02-2024 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Complications & Connections<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ef6f8a8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ef6f8a8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.19.0 - 07-02-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Complications: <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some faculty will be teaching introductory, general education, or seminar courses that have a significant proportion of first-year students. The first year of college is always especially precarious with students having to quickly transition academically, socially, and emotionally and, with universities\u2019 increased attention to rates of retention, there is always pressure associated with teaching this population of students. With the threat of COVID-19 and changes having to be made to our traditional face-to-face classes, first-year students might grapple with feelings of isolation and frustration, experience academic difficulties and issues of miscommunication with peers and professors, and face more obstacles in their college persistence journey than previous cohorts. We have collected resources for faculty who are teaching first-year students during this tumultuous time, particularly emphasizing taking time to grow and nurture community among students.<\/span><\/strong><\/p><p><strong>Connections to ACE: <\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For faculty, <\/span><b>Connection <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is an important value in ACE to consider in these situations. Students who have been on campus for years of traditional, face-to-face classes have had the opportunity to find their place in their college community and build relationships with peers, professors, and staff, while first-year students haven\u2019t had the chance to make their connections. Forging connections will be difficult in an online or partially online environment. \u201c<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/colab.plymouthcreate.net\/ace\/ace-practice\/community\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fostering Classroom Community<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d is a starting point for focusing efforts on deliberately building opportunities for the classroom community to emerge and flourish by starting with building trust. \u201c<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/colab.plymouthcreate.net\/ace\/ace-practice\/portal-internet\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Internet as Classroom and Community<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d discusses how students can be encouraged to work on the open web and how your classroom community can be widened to include other students, academics, and scholars.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><strong><b>Equity <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is another relevant connection to ACE when supporting first-year students. For first-generation college students and students part of minority groups especially, persisting at a four-year university comes with a multitude of obstacles. Considering ways to make your teaching more equitable and communicating yourself as a resource for <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/colab.plymouthcreate.net\/ace\/ace-practice\/basic-needs-and-gateless-policies-syllabus\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">basic needs<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, university processes, and a connector to other on-campus resources can do a lot to show that students have an ally should they need support. Ultimately, first-year students will benefit from an approach of compassion as they will need mentors they feel comfortable reaching out to for help. <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7699d72 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7699d72\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Resources for Teaching First-Year Students Online<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3a523d4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3a523d4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20200810161442\/https:\/\/www.lcsc.edu\/teaching-learning\/teaching-and-covid-19\/students-retention\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Student Retention During COVID-19<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> via Lewis-Clark State College Center for Teaching and Learning<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailytarheel.com\/article\/2020\/04\/covid-rising-firstyear-0410\">Op-ed: How COVID-19 has affected UNC&#8217;s class of 2024<\/a><\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=lD6FDwAAQBAJ&amp;lpg=PP1&amp;pg=PP1#v=onepage&amp;q&amp;f=false\"><span>Project-Based Learning in the First Year<\/span><\/a><span> book by Kristin Wobbe &amp; Elisabeth A. 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