Mentoring the Distance Learner.

Ronan, Nessan J.

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ERIC Number: EJ554284

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Publication Date: 1997

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Mentoring the Distance Learner.

Ronan, Nessan J.

Open Learning, v12 n3 p62-64 Nov 1997

Describes a distance mentoring relationship between a student in a master's program at a United Kingdom university and her professor at the University of Botswana (Africa). Highlights include reading/interpreting the course material; tackling assignments; handling feedback; formulating the dissertation topic; indigenizing the theoretical constructs; and handling emotional factors. (AEF)

Descriptors: Assignments, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Mediated Communication, Developing Nations, Distance Education, Emotional Response, Feedback, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Masters Programs, Mentors, Nontraditional Education

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom

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