Vol. 27 No. 1 (2013)
Research Articles

Dissertations at a Distance: Students’ Perceptions of Online Mentoring in a Doctoral Program

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  • Swapna Kumar,
  • Melissa Johnson,
  • Truly Hardemon
Swapna Kumar
University of Florida
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Melissa Johnson
University of Florida
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Truly Hardemon
University of Florida

Published 2013-08-09

Keywords

  • Online Mentoring,
  • Distance Education,
  • Online Education,
  • E-Mentoring,
  • educational technology,
  • e-learning,
  • Doctoral Education
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How to Cite

Kumar, S., Johnson, M., & Hardemon, T. (2013). Dissertations at a Distance: Students’ Perceptions of Online Mentoring in a Doctoral Program. International Journal of E-Learning & Distance Education Revue Internationale Du E-Learning Et La Formation à Distance, 27(1). Retrieved from https://ijede.ca/index.php/jde/article/view/835
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Abstract

The purpose of this research was to identify best practices in online mentoring used in an online doctoral program to mentor doctoral students through their dissertation. During semi-structured interviews, students (n=9) reflected on the challenges faced communicating with their mentors, and the online technologies, online mentoring strategies, and their own best practices that had been instrumental in the successful completion of their dissertations. Themes in the findings that are specific to the online mentoring of dissertations are discussed in the context of prior research on best practices in dissertation supervision in traditional environments.
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