Open AccessUNDERSTANDING MENTOR NEEDS IN ONLINE ENGINEERING OUTREACH
Author(s) -
Katherine Dornian,
Mohammad Moshirpour,
Laleh Behjat
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
proceedings of the ... ceea conference
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2371-5243
DOI - 10.24908/pceea.vi0.14832
Subject(s) - outreach , attendance , medical education , diversity (politics) , engineering management , computer science , medicine , engineering , sociology , political science , anthropology , law
Mentoring in engineering outreach is being adopted more and more by university programs that aim toincrease diversity in their school. It is fair to say that mentoring can be a useful tool to do this, but not always.Mentor training can help improve program outcomes (attendance, engagement, retention). In this study, we look at one case of a virtual engineering outreach program, find the challenges, and make recommendations for mentor training modules that could address challenges. In doing so, we believe that this sets a foundation for building training for many mentor-based virtual outreach programs in engineering.