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Blended Learning With a Virtual Mentoring Community: Enhancing the Way We Mentor

Blended Learning With a Virtual Mentoring Community: Enhancing the Way We Mentor

Ruth Gotian
Copyright: © 2018 |Pages: 21
ISBN13: 9781522541110|ISBN10: 152254111X|EISBN13: 9781522541127
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-4111-0.ch006
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Gotian, Ruth. "Blended Learning With a Virtual Mentoring Community: Enhancing the Way We Mentor." Computer-Mediated Learning for Workforce Development, edited by Dominic Mentor, IGI Global, 2018, pp. 111-131. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-4111-0.ch006

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Gotian, R. (2018). Blended Learning With a Virtual Mentoring Community: Enhancing the Way We Mentor. In D. Mentor (Ed.), Computer-Mediated Learning for Workforce Development (pp. 111-131). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-4111-0.ch006

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Gotian, Ruth. "Blended Learning With a Virtual Mentoring Community: Enhancing the Way We Mentor." In Computer-Mediated Learning for Workforce Development, edited by Dominic Mentor, 111-131. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2018. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-4111-0.ch006

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Abstract

Mentoring, the tutelage of one person by a more experienced one, is well documented to have a multitude of benefits. Mentoring, which can be traced back to Greek mythology and beyond, has seen its format evolve, especially with the advancement of technology. Traditional models of mentoring include in-person mentoring or more recently, online mentoring. For some underrepresented groups, mentors provide models for success. In 2014, capitalizing on technological advancements and the need for in-person dialogue with a larger constituency, Weill Cornell Medicine launched a science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) blended learning curriculum during its summer program that prepares undergraduates for careers as physician-scientists. This initiative fuses the positive aspects of in-person mentoring along with the opportunities provided by virtual mentoring by a larger group of peer mentors. Blended learning, together with in-person and virtual mentoring, offers a newly charted multi-dimensional approach to fulfilling academic and career goals during a STEM summer program.

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