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Download full textPollard, Rhiannon; Kumar, Swapna – International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning, 2021
The proliferation of online graduate programs, and more recently, higher education institutions' moves to online interactions due to the COVID-19 crisis, have led to graduate student mentoring increasingly occurring online. Challenges, strategies, and outcomes associated with online mentoring of graduate students are of primary importance for the…
Descriptors: Mentors, Graduate Students, Electronic Learning, Computer Mediated Communication
Direct linkKumar, Swapna; Johnson, Melissa – Studies in Higher Education, 2019
This study focused on the mentoring experiences of 10 faculty members during the dissertation stage of two online professional doctoral programs. Interview data provided insight into the strategies used by the professors in the areas of virtual communication, research design and dissertation development, and psychosocial support, and the…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Doctoral Dissertations, Electronic Learning, Mentors
Kumar, Swapna; Martin, Florence; Budhrani, Kiran; Ritzhaupt, Albert – Online Learning, 2019
The purpose of this study was to explore award-winning instructors' insights on elements of their course design that were award-winning and the differences between expert and novice online instructors. Interviews were conducted with eight award-winning online faculty members from across the United States who had received online teaching awards…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Professional Recognition, Teaching Methods, Awards
Kumar, Swapna; Johnson, Melissa – Mentoring & Tutoring: Partnership in Learning, 2017
The purpose of our research was to explore faculty members' experiences with online mentoring during the dissertation stage of an online doctoral program. During semi-structured interviews, four mentors reflected on their online mentoring of students, specifically the strategies that worked well, challenges faced while mentoring online, and other…
Descriptors: Mentors, Online Courses, Doctoral Dissertations, College Faculty
Kumar, Swapna; Coe, Catherine – American Journal of Distance Education, 2017
The increase in online graduate programs and the online mentoring of student research have led to the need to identify challenges faced by online mentees and successful strategies used by online mentors during the dissertation process. Based on semistructured interviews with ten graduates, strategies for online mentoring and areas of support…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Mentors, Student Research, Supervisory Methods
Kumar, Swapna; Johnson, Melissa; Hardemon, Truly – Journal of Distance Education, 2013
The purpose of this research was to identify best practices in online mentoring used in an online doctoral program to mentor doctoral students through their dissertation. During semi-structured interviews, students (n=9) reflected on the challenges faced communicating with their mentors, and the online technologies, online mentoring strategies,…
Descriptors: Doctoral Dissertations, Mentors, Electronic Learning, Distance Education
Kumar, Swapna; Dawson, Kara – Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration, 2012
This article describes successes and challenges of the first implementation of an online Ed.D. program that impacted students' professional growth and practice. Based on an analysis of student survey comments, student interviews, and faculty interviews at the end of the first year, program improvements were made for future cohorts. Lessons learned…
Descriptors: Online Courses, Doctoral Programs, Communities of Practice, Best Practices
