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Best Practices for Mentoring in Online Programs is a straightforward guide to creating meaningful, lasting mentoring programs for faculty or students enrolled in fully or predominantly online programs.
List of contents
Introduction,
Part 1: Faculty Mentoring Models, 1. Faculty Group and Network Mentoring, 2. Faculty Peer Mentoring, 3. Campus Cultures, Compensation and Incentives, and Related Issues, 4. Training, Evaluation, Plus Resources, Checklists, and Templates for Setting Up Your Program,
Part 2: Student Mentoring Models, 5. Student Peer Mentoring, 6. Peer Tutoring as Mentoring, 7. Career-Oriented Mentoring by Non-faculty and Faculty Mentors, 8. Special Issues: Modality, Recruitment, Workload, Compensation, and More, 9. Setting Up a Student Mentoring Program: Training, Evaluating, and Resources
About the author
Susan Ko is Faculty Development Consultant in the Office of Online Education at Lehman College, City University of New York, USA, and teaches Humanities and Asian Studies courses online for the University of Maryland Global Campus, USA. She is the author of
Teaching Online: A Practical Guide, a leading book in the field of online teaching, and the series editor for the Best Practices in Online Teaching and Learning series. She has more than 20 years of online teaching and faculty development experience.
Olena Zhadko is Director of Online Education at Lehman College, City University of New York, USA. She has 15 years of experience providing leadership in online education and innovative use of technology in teaching and learning. With Susan Ko, she is the co-author of
Best Practices in Designing Courses with Open Educational Resources.
Summary
Best Practices for Mentoring in Online Programs is a straightforward guide to creating meaningful, lasting mentoring programs for faculty or students enrolled in fully or predominantly online programs.
