Development e-mentoring for collaboration between AD practitioners and mentors
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Najwa Norodien-Fataar's presentation at the first CPUT Teaching and Learning with Technology Day
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- 1. Developing e-mentoring for collaboration between
ADpractitioners and mentors: Issues and challenges Najwa
Norodien-Fataar Najwa Norodien-Fataar
- 2. Introduction How e-mentoring can promote engagement in
learning among peer mentors? How e-mentoring can enhance the
capacity of peer mentors to support mentees effectively?Why?To
develop effective peer support programmes.To develop the
educational and leadership capacity of peer mentorsTo overcome time
and geographical barriers
- 3. Aims To provide educational and leadership training and
support to senior students ( mentors) through online support via
Blackboard To provide peer support to first year students through
peer mentorship, face to face, Blackboard, social media, Facebook,
BBM and MXit To improve first year students performance and reduce
attrition rates in the first year To provide academic and social
support to first year students
- 4. Issues peermentors will Time management Note-takingassist
with Learning Styles Exam preparation Study Skills Unfamiliar
administrative issues Balancing competing deadlines Assignment
writing Information technology skills (ICTs)
- 5. How? Through online discussion support and engagement with
AD lecturer via Blackboard 2 day training workshop Ongoing support
Reflection process 100% engagement = Certificate of
Participation
- 6. How do mentors benefit? Leadership and capacity building of
senior students Sense of satisfaction Self worth Enjoyment in
sharing expertise Gaining new personal insights
- 7. Why peer support? Research by McInnis, James and Hartley
(2000). Heirdsfield, Walker and Walsh 2005 Peer mentors more
effective during the first year transition Assist in making social
connections with new students Sense of belonging, retention and
skills development
- 8. Why e-mentoring? To overcome time and geographic barriers
Out of classroom time- inside classroom time Geographic link
between Faculty and Fundani Social Presence awareness ( Garrison
and Arbaugh 2007) Social presence give students the feeling of
connecting and belonging to a community
- 9. BlackboardPERCEPTIONS POSSIBILITIES Repository Learning
environment Students: perceived Access to online as a place where
you resources, internet, get notes engagement, reflectio difficult
to access, n, discussion, cant logon connection with Unfamiliar,
formal lecturers, students Lecturers: deposit notes Only for
lecturers
- 10. Nature of engagement AD Practitioner Lecturer in Mentees
Department Mentors
- 11. Blended Learning Support Online Support Social Face2 Face
Media, MXit, FB, BBM, Twitter
- 12. Thank you any questions?