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Mentoring as holistic online instruction
Author(s) -
Burgess Kimberly R.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
new directions for adult and continuing education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1536-0717
pISSN - 1052-2891
DOI - 10.1002/ace.246
Subject(s) - persistence (discontinuity) , pedagogy , adult learning , psychology , adult education , online learning , computer mediated communication , mathematics education , sociology , the internet , multimedia , computer science , world wide web , engineering , geotechnical engineering
This chapter focuses on the role of online educators as mentors and addresses the potential impact of a mentoring relationship on the development and persistence of adult learners in the online medium.