Introduction

Definition

Characteristics of Mentorship

Responsibilities

Tips and Tools

Frustrated with large class sizes? Disappointed at the anonymity of the lecture hall? Let us introduce you to some on-line mentoring techniques you can use to guide, support, and enhance the student learning process.

This Web site will acquaint you with the various facets of mentoring, as well as tools, techniques, and resources for developing a rapport with your students. See how you can capture that one-on-one feel in your large lectures or on-line courses by adapting your current 'bag of tricks' to effectively mentor on-line. 

Overview
The on-line medium is a tool that can be used to support an interactive mentoring relationship between a novice learner and someone with more experience. The participants use technology such as e-mail, message boards, dropboxes, and Web pages to maintain contact and share and exchange information.

On-line mentoring allows: 

• students and mentors to conveniently and rapidly communicate with each other through words, pictures, and other information regardless of location or schedules

• a sheltered environment in which students and mentors can communicate and develop a relationship

• students with limited mobility to actively participate

• easy access to the vast array of educational and career materials

We hope that you will find some helpful tips and tricks within this site and we are interested in hearing how you have adapted them for your use - or in hearing what tips and tricks you have found. E-mail us with your comments and/or suggestions.