E-learning mentors
Dec 12th, 2004From AACE Journal.
"The need for mentors within eLearning environments emerges when the faculty are constrained by their limited time to spend toward assisting students overcoming eLearning barriers, meeting student expectations and, simultaneously, assuming regular teaching responsibilities. Mentors can take up part of the faculty roles and serve as an intermediary between the faculty and the students to alleviate the faculty time limitation." In "The Roles of Mentors in Electronic Learning Environments" (AACE JOURNAL, vol. 12, no. 3, pp. 331-42, 2004) Shujen L. Chang discusses the factors that impede effective online
learning and the roles mentors play in alleviating these factors. She also provides guidelines for setting mentor roles, responsibilities, and contributions.
Also, check out Education and Distance Learning Resources 2005 for Marcus P. Zillman's Internet Miniguide to online education.
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