The IRMA Community
Newsletters
Research IRM
Click a keyword to search titles using our InfoSci-OnDemand powered search:
|
Mentoring Toward Independent Scholarship: Effectively Mentoring Online Graduate Students
Abstract
The proliferation of online degree program offerings has necessitated new approaches to academic mentoring. This chapter discusses best practices in mentoring for online graduate students, focused through the lens of transactional distance theory. Synchronous and asynchronous communication approaches are discussed, using the context of formalized faculty-led mentoring programs. Unique needs of graduate students and unique attributes of online education require mentoring approaches that optimally apply mentor attributes in the psychosocial and academic domains. Attributes of communication and competence are especially important. Mentors should also help students to develop self-regulatory behaviors that lead toward independent scholarship. The chapter provides practical suggestions for initiating, building, maintaining, and concluding effective mentoring relationships. A brief discussion of impacts of technological advances on the future of mentoring is also provided.
Related Content
Carolyne Nekesa Obonyo.
© 2024.
30 pages.
|
Darina M. Slattery.
© 2024.
19 pages.
|
Derrick Raphael Pacheco, Brittany Devies.
© 2024.
24 pages.
|
Yakkala B. V. L. Pratyusha, Bindi Varghese.
© 2024.
19 pages.
|
Daniel Otieno.
© 2024.
12 pages.
|
Youmei Liu.
© 2024.
27 pages.
|
Kathleen O'Brien.
© 2024.
36 pages.
|
|
|