Orientation
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"o·ri·en·ta·tion (ôr-n-tshn, -n-) n.
Orientation
- can refer to different things.
- Orientation (mental)
- Sexual orientation
- Orientation (rigid body)
- Orientation week, the first week of a university year in several countries
- In mathematics: orientation (mathematics), orientability and Curve orientation (such as a positively oriented curve).
- Coin orientation and medallic orientation are properties of coins
- Orientation (computer vision) of local image structures in computer vision
- Orientation (Lost) an episode of TV series Lost
- Orientation (film), a film produced by the Church of Scientology
- Orientation (housing)
- Orientation (physical), determining ones location in ones surroundings
- Map orientation is a skill that most people do not know. This might be one reason why so many people have a bad sense of direction.
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Many new companys provide orientation for their new employees.
This new type of orientaion might be a mentor program, or it might consist of a training seminar.
Orientation to an online course is probably critical. The orientation should cover all technology likely to be encountered in the course, providing tutorials or instructions and giving an assignment to complete to show mastery (or at least familiarity).
- At many colleges, the Distance Education department has a posted orientation or offers on-site orientation classes. These orientations usually include training in the campus computing systems and passwords as well as an introdcution to the course management system at that college.
- Example: U of I Summer Orientation
- Individual instructors should ALSO post orientation activities in the individual courses, but these should be dovetailed with what the college offers, so that students do not repeat activities. Instructors must therefore be familiar with the training offered by the college and tailor training within the course to be more detailed to the specific course.
