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Title:
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VIRTUAL PEER MENTORING: CAN WE CREATE A COMMUNITY OF PEER -SUPPORTED LEARN? |
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Author(s):
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Pat Gannon-leary , Cate Watson , Joanne Smailes |
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ISBN:
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978-972-8924-48-5 |
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Editors:
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Kinshuk, Demetrios G. Sampson, J. Michael Spector and Pedro Isaías |
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Year:
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2007 |
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Edition:
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Single |
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Keywords:
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Virtual Peer Mentoring; Virtual Learning Environments; |
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Type:
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Short Paper |
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First Page:
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359 |
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Last Page:
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362 |
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Language:
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English |
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Full Contents:
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Paper Abstract:
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This paper reports on an investigation into peer mentoring at Northumbria University, the results of which indicated that
students would welcome a peer mentoring scheme but that, given the piecemeal nature of contact between mentor and
mentee, a virtual peer mentoring scheme was more appropriate than one conducted face-to-face. A concurrent project at
Northumbria University was engaged in investigating student use of the Universitys virtual learning environment, the
eLearning Portal (eLP). Results of this project gave some indication of what might inhibit the introduction of a virtual
peer mentoring scheme based around the eLP. |
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