UNDERSTANDING MENTOR NEEDS IN ONLINE ENGINEERING OUTREACH | Zendy

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UNDERSTANDING MENTOR NEEDS IN ONLINE ENGINEERING OUTREACH

Author(s) -

Katherine Dornian,

Mohammad Moshirpour,

Laleh Behjat

Publication year - 2021

Publication title -

proceedings of the canadian engineering education association (ceea)

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.

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