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Online Faculty and Student Mentoring: Building Community and Enhancing Support
Session Overview
This video was part of the June 2022 REMOTE: The Connected Faculty Summit
This session will provide an overview of mentoring for faculty and students in online education programs, or for those considering a more traditional mentoring program that might be delivered predominantly online. The presenters will review the various types of faculty and student mentoring programs in higher education, along with relevant research-based best practices for effective and successful implementation, including real-life examples. The session will highlight the ‘why’ of mentoring, characteristics of effective mentors and mentees, different structures, or organizations for mentoring, as well as core elements for setting up and running online mentoring programs. This presentation is largely based on the presenters’ forthcoming book “Best Practices for Mentoring in Online Programs: Supporting Faculty and Students in Higher Education (2022)” as part of the Best Practices in Online Teaching and Learning series for Routledge.
Speakers
Susan Ko
Faculty Development Consultant
| Lehman College, CUNY
Susan Ko authored four editions of Teaching Online: A Practical Guide, a leading book in the field of online teaching. She was responsible for the training of faculty and supporting online education at many institutions, including as Director of Faculty Development and Instructional Technology, CUNY School of Professional Studies, as Executive Director, Center for Teaching and Learning at University of Maryland University College, and served as Clinical Professor in History at Lehman College. She has more than 20 years of online teaching and faculty development experience. Drs. Ko and Zhadko are the authors of the forthcoming book “Best Practices for Mentoring in Online Programs: Supporting Faculty and Students in Higher Education (2022)” as part of the Best Practices in Online Teaching and Learning series for Routledge.
Dr. Olena Zhadko
Director of Online Education
| Lehman College, CUNY
Dr. 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. Dr. Zhadko and Dr. Ko are the authors of Best Practices in Designing Courses with Educational Resources (OER) (2020), a leading book in the field of online learning, as part of the Best Practices in Online Teaching and Learning Series, New York, Routledge.
