ISANA

Samantha Thompson

Abstract:  The goal for all institutions is to look at ways to develop integration and interaction as soon as
a student is engaged at the offer stage. The Course guides are colourful the resources of
reading materials are a plenty. However, in many cases the majority of students that we are
trying to connect with have English as a second language. So with the plethora of
information we send before they arrive, just how much are they reading? What are they truly
absorbing? How accurate are their expectations?
It is these questions that we were asking at Victoria University that prompted us to do some of
our resources a little differently. To support the transition of all international students we
took up the challenge of creating a DVD that captures and portrays real life experiences of
Students from the time they leave the plane and arrive in Melbourne. We decided these
experiences could be better delivered through the medium of a DVD as this information
cannot always be captured by reading arrival and travel books alone. This DVD also provided
a means for interaction with the student’s support network in their home country.

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