Orientations and Information Sessions

Second Life can be used to create a range of self-paced orientation resources or as the location for orientation and information events.

PolyU Resort Island - Student Orientation Program

Created by the School of Hotel and Tourism Management and the School of Design at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Polyusotel at PolyU Resort Island (SLurl) is a student orientation program designed to assist first year students. It was used to orient 400 freshman students joining our hotel and tourism management programs in 2008.

The project aims to assist students in:

Getting to know teaching staff and the facilities available in at the real life and virtual campuses
Recognising their learning style and learning strengths
Exploring essential learning and group working skills
Recognising the importance of professional grooming and classroom behaviours
Developing an understanding of PolyU requirements for academic integrity.

The program consisted of a range of real life and inworld activities including:

7 individual learning activities: learning styles, multiple intelligences, active learning, academic honesty, classroom etiquette, citing references and hotel room design
3 competitions - parachuting, through the hoops and fashion show
8 live sessions on learning challenges, plagiarism, library and open Q&A
a dance night and fashion show.

For further information visit the Polyusotel website.