Mission Graduate
About this project
ECT orientation program
Educational Communication and Technology (ECT) program is a graduate-level program in NYU's Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development. Each year, there are roughly 30-40 new graduate-level students from all over the world joining ECT to learn about cutting-edge research from the cognitive and learning sciences as well as how to design digital learning tools for varied contexts.
Our team is focused on developing an interactive and inspiring orientation program to support newly admitted ECT Master students in preparing for their graduate experience, and equip them with necessary academic and professional skill sets, in order to build confidence for them to pursue their core values in their career path.
GOAL 1
ECT students will be able to apply basic ECT knowledge and procedures
so that they can effectively plan for their first year in graduate school.
Complete logistical tasks given to students, by NYU, before the ECT program begins
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Use Slackbot to access orientation step by step orientation process on the ECT new student website
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Watch self paced videos on how to :
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Register for classes through Albert
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Access Brightspace
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Join new student slack channels
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Visit new student orientation calendar
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Sign up for ECT new student events hosted by faculty
Complete self-paced resources for students to understand the workload and skills needed in the foundational courses before deciding semester course load.
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Become aware of the amount of time commitment and project skills needed for course projects.
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Identify project management tools and team collaboration skills that a student may need to become more familiar with for their courses. (eg. Google doc, Slack, Trello, Asana, Agile methodology, etc.)
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Watch an on demand video walkthrough of how to:
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Read academic papers
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Create basic citation formats, such as APA
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Give and receive constructive feedback
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Find additional resources from the Student Writing Center (Wassmer)
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Create a personal checklist to review with advisors in their 1st meeting:
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Classes type and number that students is interested in
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Factors to consider when selection courses (workload, extracirruclar, networking opportunities, etc)
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Next steps in enrolling in courses
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Discussing ways of working with advisor(s) throughout their academic career
Meet Team Wonder Women
Martine Charles
UX Researcher |
Writing and presenter
Learning and Development Specialist by day and DMDL student by night. I thrive to make learning easy, engaging and valuable for career professionals with a positive vibe.
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Ruobing Su
Project Manager |
Web Design Lead
Former visual journalist and aspiring UX Designer at the moment. Current DMDL program student with a UX design specialization. Passionate about design, storytelling, coffee and boba.
Qiran Sui
UX Researcher |
Project Manager
Current second-semester DMDL student and interested in learning analytics and UX design. Previously worked in a film and entertainment Internet company. A great honor to work in our ECT collaborative learning/ skill support project.
Samhita Tankala
Design Lead |
Project Manager
Previously worked in higher education and healthcare consulting. Current DMDL student and research participant in NYU's Elevate research lab. Aspiring Product Designer. Avid Collaborator. Advocate for products I believe in, customers and colleagues (old, current and new) I work with.
GOAL 2
Students will become integrated into the ECT student community so that they have a community support system when they join the program.
Build personal connections and relations with their peer cohort within the ECT community by:
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Identifying common, personal and professional interests through initial Slack cohort introductions
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Learning about each other’s diverse personal stories and experiences through monthly student mixers and Slack cohort channel
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Collaborating with other students through monthly student mixers
Develop an active and safe ECT community with students to discuss coursework, program/department/university logistics, ed tech resources through:
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new student cohort Slack channel
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Student monthly mixers
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new student orientation videos, featuring tenured students and their contact information, creating opportunities to reach out to tenured students and ask questions after viewing video
Develop an active and safe ECT community with faculty to discuss coursework, program/department/university logistics, ed tech resources through:
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Coffee chat new student check-ins, with faculty, during their first semester in the program
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New student orientation videos, featuring faculty members and their contact information, creating opportunities to reach out to faculty and ask questions after viewing video
