Online Mentoring: Strategies and Challenges
Online Mentoring: Strategies and Challenges
Author(s): Swapna Kumar, Melissa Johnson, Catherine CoeSubject(s): Social Sciences, Education, Higher Education
Published by: European Distance and E-Learning Network
Keywords: Distance and e-learning methodology; E-skills; e-competences; Learning effectiveness; improvement of learning experience
Summary/Abstract: The increase in online graduate programs and the mentoring of students at a distance have led to the need to identify the challenges faced by online mentees and successful strategies used by online mentors in online mentoring. This research describes strategies and challenges in the online mentoring of dissertations in a doctoral program that was offered largely online. Data from semi-structured interviews with 19 mentees who graduated and five mentors provided insight into the strategies used by mentors, mentees and small groups and the challenges faced during the process of online mentoring.
Journal: European Distance and E-Learning Network (EDEN) Conference Proceedings
- Issue Year: 2016
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 508-515
- Page Count: 8
- Language: English