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Emily Faulconer; Brent Terwilliger; Robert Deters; Kelly George – Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration, 2024
The advancement of technology has led to an increase in undergraduate students pursuing degrees online. The translation of undergraduate research to the online environment is relatively new, though gaining momentum, partly due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Mentoring is a key undergraduate research support, particularly for those engaged online, as it…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Distance Education, Mentors, Student Research
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Nowell, Lorelli – Papers on Postsecondary Learning and Teaching, 2022
As higher education institutions and the people who learn, work, and live within them, continue to face challenges, it is critical to foster safe, inclusive, and respectful cultures of learning and growth. Numerous mentorship models can be meaningfully integrated into campus culture to support professional and personal learning and development…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Mentors, Models, Professional Development
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Owen, Hazel – Professional Development in Education, 2017
This article shares the journeys of two New Zealand secondary school educators participating in the Virtual Professional Learning and Development programme, who developed sufficient confidence to undertake a Developing Virtual Mentor role in the initiative. Qualitative and quantitative data were developed into stories of change and illustrate the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Professional Development, Secondary School Teachers, Mentors
Communique, 2016
It is the position of the National Association of School Psychologists (NASP) that school psychologists, regardless of employment setting, can benefit from professional support and mentorship. Such relationships can help with time management, establishing professional boundaries, identifying a career trajectory, managing relationships, fostering…
Descriptors: Graduate Study, School Psychologists, Mentors, Professional Development
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Teräs, Hanna; Kartoglu, Ümit – Australasian Journal of Educational Technology, 2018
Online professional development (OPD) is gaining increasing popularity. However, online learning environments are not always considered effective venues for supporting authentic learning experiences, and the suitability of OPD for practical learning has not been widely explored. This case study paper presents findings of a pilot implementation of…
Descriptors: Professional Development, Immunization Programs, Content Analysis, Case Studies
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Masalimova, Alfiya R.; Shaidullina, Almira R. – International Journal of Environmental and Science Education, 2016
The relevance of the research stems from dissimilarities between domestic and foreign experiences of mentoring and coaching in corporate education and training related to the methods and techniques aimed not only at transmitting mentor's professional experience to young professionals but also at identifying and developing mentees' potential, and…
Descriptors: Mentors, Coaching (Performance), Corporate Education, Industry
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Asif, Nimira; Vertejee, Samina; Lalani, Sharifa – Journal of Education and Training Studies, 2015
In the Post RN BScN curriculum, one of the courses "Professional Development and Leadership (PDLM)" was offered as blended mode for the first time. In order to explore the students' interactions and Cognitive Engagement (CE) in Online Discussion Forums (ODFs), the research team conducted a retrospective study for the first time at a…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Nursing Education, Computer Mediated Communication, Foreign Countries
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Hammill, Jackie; Best, Gill; Anderson, Jennifer – Journal of Peer Learning, 2015
Research into Peer Assisted Study Sessions (PASS) in Higher Education has largely focused on the positive effects of PASS on student motivation, retention and engagement. Less attention has been given to the cognitive, affective and professional development of the PASS Student Mentors through their engagement with students and academic staff. At…
Descriptors: Mentors, Professional Development, Affective Behavior, Cognitive Development
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Owen, Hazel D. – Research in Learning Technology, 2015
Learning provision, including professional learning, needs to embrace mobility (of knowledge, cultures and contexts--physical and cerebral) to enable education practitioners to interact locally and globally, engage with new literacies, access rich contexts, and to question, co-construct and collaborate. Virtual mentoring, also known as distance,…
Descriptors: Mentors, Computer Mediated Communication, Professional Development, Communities of Practice
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Tanis, Hasan; Barker, Ian – Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education, 2017
The rapid growth of technology has had a significant effect on educational activities. As a result of this growth, a shift has taken place from a behaviorist teaching style to a constructivist perspective which enables adult learners to build up knowledge collaboratively. Mentoring, a valuable tool within the constructivism approach, can offer a…
Descriptors: Web Based Instruction, Mentors, Distance Education, Computer Mediated Communication
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Ramirez, Laurie A.; Allison-Roan, Valerie A.; Peterson, Sandra; Elliott-Johns, Susan E. – Studying Teacher Education, 2012
Four novice teacher educators working at different universities in the USA and Canada used online journaling and dialoguing combined with feedback from their students to explore their practice and new roles as teacher educators in new contexts. Their priorities included modeling critical reflection and enacting democratic practices. They chronicle…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Foreign Countries, Beginning Teachers, Teacher Educators
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Stidder, Gary – Sport, Education and Society, 2014
This research examines the school-based training experiences of a female trainee teacher of physical education (Emily) at a grammar school for boys. The purpose of this research is to consider whether the sex of the trainee teacher either inhibits or advances the professional development of trainee teachers in an opposite-sex school. Emily…
Descriptors: Physical Education, Physical Education Teachers, Teacher Education Programs, Single Sex Schools
Lee, Marta K. – ALA Editions, 2011
Mentorship is essential to the health of any institution; sharing knowledge and experience transforms managers into stronger leaders and helps less senior employees improve their job skills. Noted reference librarian and researcher Lee offers librarians at all levels both her experience and her ideas about establishing a formal mentoring process…
Descriptors: Mentors, Library Science, Job Skills, Librarians
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Rodesiler, Luke; Tripp, Lauren – English Journal, 2012
Working to match mentors with new teachers, one consideration was the physical proximity of the mentor to the newcomer. If the mentor occupied a room next door or across the hall, this position suggested that the new teacher had easy access to this important resource in times of urgency. Such arrangements are not always possible. In this article,…
Descriptors: Mentors, Proximity, English Teachers, Online Courses
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Margolin, Ilana; Tabak, Edith – Studying Teacher Education, 2011
This collaborative self-study explores the co-construction of professional teacher education knowledge through mentoring, framed within the notion of working in an interpretive zone. The study is set in a learning community established in a college of education where Ilana was the head of the elementary department and Edith served as a new…
Descriptors: Teacher Education, Organizational Change, Knowledge Base for Teaching, Mentors
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