TY - JOUR
T1 - Doctoral E-Mentoring
T2 - Current Practices and Effective Strategies
AU - Byrnes, David
AU - Uribe-Flórez, Lida J.
AU - Trespalacios, Jesús
AU - Chilson, Jodi
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019, The Online Learning Consortium. All rights reserved.
PY - 2019/3
Y1 - 2019/3
N2 - Effective mentoring has been viewed as the cornerstone of a successful doctoral experience. Traditional doctoral education uses an apprenticeship model for mentoring to help students learn what is required as an academic professional. However, online environments present unique challenges to creating and maintaining mentor-mentee relationships. Using keywords specific to e-mentoring and online graduate education, literature searches were conducted to isolate relevant research from the last decade. From this literature, it was possible to synthesize current practices in e-mentoring and identify effective strategies to use for doctoral students conducting research. Using the Yob and Crawford (2012) framework, results were organized into the following six independent categories: Competence, Availability, Induction, Challenge, Communication, and Emotional Support. Other aspects that impact the mentoring relationship are also discussed.
AB - Effective mentoring has been viewed as the cornerstone of a successful doctoral experience. Traditional doctoral education uses an apprenticeship model for mentoring to help students learn what is required as an academic professional. However, online environments present unique challenges to creating and maintaining mentor-mentee relationships. Using keywords specific to e-mentoring and online graduate education, literature searches were conducted to isolate relevant research from the last decade. From this literature, it was possible to synthesize current practices in e-mentoring and identify effective strategies to use for doctoral students conducting research. Using the Yob and Crawford (2012) framework, results were organized into the following six independent categories: Competence, Availability, Induction, Challenge, Communication, and Emotional Support. Other aspects that impact the mentoring relationship are also discussed.
KW - E-mentoring
KW - Faculty-student collaboration
KW - Graduate education
KW - Higher education
KW - Literature review
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85064220326&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - https://scholarworks.boisestate.edu/edtech_facpubs/220
U2 - 10.24059/olj.v23i1.1446
DO - 10.24059/olj.v23i1.1446
M3 - Article
SN - 2472-5749
VL - 23
SP - 236
EP - 248
JO - Online Learning Journal
JF - Online Learning Journal
IS - 1
ER -