Implementing an Industrial Mentoring Program to Enhance Student Motivation and Retention

Green, Matthew G.; Niemi, Alan D.; Roudkovski, Melanie

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“…• Revisaron lo que se había investigado anteriormente sobre el e-mentoring (DiRenzo et al, 2010;Murphy, 2011;Obura et al, 2013;Farheen & Dixit, 2018;Tominaga & Kogo, 2018). • Construyeron un marco teórico (Murphy, 2011;Green et al, 2012;Obura et al, 2013;Farheen, & Dixit, 2018;Tominaga & Kogo, 2018).…”

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Diseño, desarrollo, implementación y evaluación del programa “E-Mentoring en programas de prácticas académicas”

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Mentoring is a practice that supports learning, experimentation and helps students in Higher Education to develop their potential. A mentoring relationship is one in which both the mentor and mentee, recognize the need for professional and personal development.participating academic programs. For such process, two parts have been developed, firstly, a pilot study for the validation of the e-mentoring program generated, in a Colombian university with students of academic internship of a Marketing program. After the results achieved in this first study, the program is adapted and an experimental study is implemented, in which three academic programs from three universities (two Colombian and one American) are integrated, the same Marketing program, a Bachelor's degree program in technology and Computer Science from a Faculty of Education and a Medical program, respectively. As this was a pretest-posttest study, a competency evaluation rubric was used to assess the skills, dispositions and competency domains of the participants and a satisfaction survey designed to measure the impact of the program.After the data analysis implemented in both studies, it is highlighted that the competency levels of each participant sample improved after having implemented the mentoring program. A competency improvement is recognized in the post-test study and a positive recognition by the mentors of these improvements. Likewise, the level of satisfaction with the program is high, recognizing the implementation of the program, the resources used and the adequate training of the mentors.At the end of the study, it is considered relevant to highlight a series of recommendations. On the one hand, a replication study of this research to control to what extent the improvement in competencies is conducted by the mentoring program or by the practice process, with the inclusion of a control group that does not participate in the mentoring effect. On the other hand, other recommendations, at a more formative level, invite to explore the creation of formal mentoring programs that allow students of academic internships to participate in their own personal and professional development; at the level of process development, it is important to encourage and maintain mentoring in Higher Education institutions, informing of its professional and academic value.

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Diseño, desarrollo, implementación y evaluación del programa “E-Mentoring en programas de prácticas académicas”

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“…Green et al [47] and Drouin et al [44] suggest that the main purpose of an e-mentoring program is to "serve as a place for the exchange of ideas, proposals, and experiences," allowing for sharing of materials, proposing working groups, and facilitating the creation of an intranet that enables communication between the agents of each mentoring program. To improve the performance of health professionals, Doyle et al [46] proposes that mentoring should be mutually beneficial.…”

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“…Posed a specific mentoring problem for each university [7,20,32,36,39] • Reviewed what has been researched previously on e-mentoring [7,8,20,32,46]. • Constructed a theoretical framework [7,8,20,34,47] • Proposed Hypotheses. Tested the hypotheses through appropriate research designs [7,8,20,34] On the other hand, the studies with qualitative analysis included a variety of conceptions, visions and techniques [3,37] and the most relevant characteristics were:…”

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E-Mentoring in Higher Education: A Structured Literature Review and Implications for Future Research

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Mentoring in higher education helps learners acclimate to a new academic topic, increases the likelihood of academic success, and reduces attrition. Learners rely on the expertise and experience of mentors to help them graduate in a timely manner and advance on to their career. As online and distance education becomes more pervasive, computer-mediated mentoring allows learners to connect with their mentors in new ways. Research about mentoring in higher education includes investigations into the efficacy of virtual or e-mentoring. We conducted a literature review of research from 2009 to 2019 to identify relevant elements for implementing e-mentoring programs in higher education. Our research revealed that there is a consistent interest in the subject matter within educational research; however, there is a gap on virtual mentoring in higher education for students conducting offsite internships. Our research reviews e-mentoring programs, identifies how these programs are evaluated, identifies factors of successful programs, and establishes a research agenda in areas of e-mentoring programs for students in offsite internships and how they can be structured to achieve the same level of success.

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“…Besides, in order to sustain their passion towards the goals the students seek help from elders, experts, teachers, peers and seniors. Hence, it is essential to establish positive interpersonal relationships to grow together as a society (Green et al, 2012).…”

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Establishing a Constructive Mentoring Scheme for Engineering Students - A Case Study

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Susithra³

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The students of generation Z are more independent, technology savvy and socially connected. Even though technology has shrunk the universe and all knowledge resources seem to be just a click away, inculcating moral values, providing continuous technical guidance and psycho-social assistance for a holistic development cannot be provided by mere technological tools and the virtual world wide web. Teaching is a noble profession with no materialistic benefit and is service oriented. The teacher not only strives to create an atmosphere conducive to learning as an instructor, but also imparts the necessary skills needed for lifelong learning while playing multifaceted roles such as mentor, facilitator, motivator, guide and advisor. Mentors with technical expertise and social experience are required to steer the students in the right direction at the right time. This case study apprehends the outcome of a sequential mentoring process that is being practiced in our institution. It has greatly influenced the personal and professional development of the engineering students right from their first academic year. The end-to-end process of mentoring which encompasses an extensive induction programme, cultivation of healthy relationships through various mentoring models, sustenance of the mentor-mentee relationship, and closing the loop by facilitating the graduates contribute mentorship back to their alma mater is elucidated in this work. This structured mentoring strategy helps the students tap their latent potential and attain the personal and professional outcomes. The study highlights the importance of ‘knowing the mentee’ through a personality assessment test without judging them and thereby helping them achieve their short-term goals and long-term aspirations. This structured mentoring strategy enhanced the students’ performance in academics, active participation in co-curricular activities, both inside and outside the institution and also shaped them into a holistic individual. Such impacts were observed by collecting the student participation data and a feedback survey. Keywords—Mentoring; teacher-student relationship; induction; cultivation; redefinition.

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Implementing an Industrial Mentoring Program to Enhance Student Motivation and Retention

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Diseño, desarrollo, implementación y evaluación del programa “E-Mentoring en programas de prácticas académicas”

Diseño, desarrollo, implementación y evaluación del programa “E-Mentoring en programas de prácticas académicas”

E-Mentoring in Higher Education: A Structured Literature Review and Implications for Future Research

Establishing a Constructive Mentoring Scheme for Engineering Students - A Case Study

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