Welcome to the second semester first-year students - Ms Rochelle Wessels STUDENT RETENTION UNIT (SRU) A FIRST-YEAR EXPERIENCE (FYE) INITIATIVE - Unisa
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Welcome to the second
semester first-year students
Ms Rochelle Wessels
STUDENT RETENTION UNIT (SRU)
A FIRST-YEAR EXPERIENCE (FYE)
INITIATIVE
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Why a FYE @ Unisa?
It has become common knowledge
that many first-year students
experience challenges when
transitioning into a new learning
environment, especially those
entering ODeL institutions.
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To mitigate some of
these challenges,
Unisa has established the
Student Retention Unit (SRU)
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Student Retention Unit (SRU)
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Who are we?
The Student Retention Unit (SRU) is situated within the portfolio of the Department of Tuition Support
and Facilitation of Learning (DTSFL). The SRU is responsible for the implementation and coordination
of the First Year Experience (FYE) programme at the institution.
The First-Year Experience @ Unisa
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The vision of the SRU and the FYE is…
… to enhance the success and
retention of students with a
mandate to forge a generation of
highly successful students at Unisa
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Welcome by the Executive Director
Dr MJ Mashiapata
Executive Director
Department of Tuition Support and
Facilitation of Learning
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We'd like to partner with you
during your first-year experience
as a Unisa student
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What are we currently up to?
Weekly emails
and Live
Broadcasts
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Weekly Emails and Live Broadcasts
You will receive just-in-time
information regarding the relevant
support interventions throughout
the academic year.
Interventions achieved through
customised e-mails and live
broadcasts will not only encourage
contact between yourself and the
institution, but also address your
specific needs and positively impact
on your studies.
10Weekly Emails…
These emails have been designed
with the first-year student in mind,
aimed at providing pertinent
information at key points through
your student walk.
Please check your myLife
email accounts on a regular
basis to keep abreast of
important information
11Perhaps you don’t check your myLife
account regularly …
Why not consider forwarding your
myLife emails to a personal or work
email address?
12Newer
version
of MS
Outlook
Eight easy steps …
1. After logging in, click upon the
2. Scroll down to and click on
3. By default, a left-hand side panel will appear
4. Under that panel, under the click on
5. Click
6. Enter your (personal/work) email address
7. Click on Save
8. Click on OK
13Live Broadcasts Schedule…
Lunch hour: 12h00-13h00
LB2 Exploring myUnisa/ Tutorials and accessing E-tutors 07 August 2018
LB3 Preparing for Assignments 14 August 2018
LB4 Student Development; gender-based violence 22 August 2018
LB5 Exam preparation 04 October 2018
LB6 After the exam results: Planning for next year 27 November 2018
14Having better familiarised
yourself with some of our
initiatives,
let’s now turn our focus to our
FYE MOOC…
15FYE101 MOOC
The FYE MOOC (Massive Open Online
Course) aims to assist first-time entering
students to successfully transition into Unisa.
ODeL readiness assessment (Piloting)
Computer/digital literacy (Piloting)
Career Management skills
Academic literacy
Learning Management System (LMS)
Library orientation
Student development
Study Skills
ShadowMatch
16FYE101 MOOC Pilot..
How to access FYE MOOC?
mooc.unisa.ac.za
Create your own log in details: click the
tab on the left: “New Account”
Join your MOOC: First click on
Membership
Click “Joinable sites”
Find the “My first year 101”
Complete the MOOC
Give us feedback by completing the
student survey
17Introducing our guest
presenter
Mr Kagiso Mekoa
Student Counsellor (Florida)
Gauteng Region
18TIME MANAGEMENT
KAGISO MEKOA
STUDENT COUNSELLOR
19Time is money
• There is time for everything
(studying, socialising,
family, playing, working,
sleeping)
• Time wasted never
regained at all
• Time and chance happen to
all and everyone
• Time is one commodity that
is either used or wasted
• Time should be respected
20You are paid according
to the hours you
worked.
21Time management
• A lifelong skill
• A way of organising your day, week, month and year
• An ability to differentiate between what is important
and what is urgent
• A skill to help you prioritise activities
22Managing your time
Goal Setting
Benefits Prioritizing
Plan Making
Self Monitoring
23Being wise with time
• Specific
• Measurable
• Attainable
• Rewarding
• Time bound
• Realistic
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How to manage your time
• Develop a personal sense of time
• Plan the day
• Make the best use of your time
• Manage your health
26If you fail to plan,
you plan to fail
27PLANNING
LONG TERM PLANNING
SHORT TERM PLANNING
WEEKLY PLANNING
DAILY
PLANNING
28Challenges to effective time
management
• Procrastination
• Destructions
• Over socialisation
• Lack of vision
• Demotivation
• Negative attitude
• Lack self discipline
30FACT IS
YOU ONLY HAVE
24 HOURS
IN A DAY
31Contact us counselling@unisa.ac.za Tel: +011 471 2093/2378 (Florida Campus) Mr Kagiso Mekoa: mekoake@unisa.ac.za Website: http://www.unisa.ac.za/counselling Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/UniversityofSouthAfrica Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/unisa
Do you require any information on the
mentioned
student support initiatives
(or any of the others available)?
Please send us an email on fye@unisa.ac.za
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What are your thoughts?
Please complete the
‘Survey’
and tell us what you thought of this broadcast
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