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Problem 50-percent attrition rate of doctoral students (Mullen, Fish & Hutinger, 2010). Higher education administrators unaware of intervention strategies to increase doctoral completion rates (Council of Graduate Schools, 2009). E-mentors’ perceptions of the required mentoring characteristics are unclear. 3TRANSCRIPT
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Essential E-mentors’Characteristics for Mentoring Online Dissertations: Faculty ViewsAuslyn Nieto, Ph.DAECT November, 2015
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Introduction
• Effective mentoring is an integral component of the doctoral dissertation process.
• Archetypal model of mentoring: a tri-fold convergence of values, professional skill, and relationships.
• Faculty mentors are the lodestars in the doctoral student’s itinerary, guiding them through towards degree completion.
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Problem
• 50-percent attrition rate of doctoral students (Mullen, Fish & Hutinger, 2010).
• Higher education administrators unaware of intervention strategies to increase doctoral completion rates (Council of Graduate Schools, 2009).
• E-mentors’ perceptions of the required mentoring characteristics are unclear.
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Research Question
• What are e-mentors’ perceptions of the essential characteristics for effectively mentoring online doctoral dissertations?
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Qualitative Case Study: Purpose
• Clarification of online mentoring functions and faculty roles as archetypal online mentors.
• Exploration of faculty perceptions of archetypal mentoring functions within three domains: professional, psychosocial, and career.
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Significance of the Study
• Online doctoral faculty may enhance their e-mentoring skills.
• Doctoral learners challenged by the e-mentoring process will increase possibility of degree completion.
• The doctoral mentoring process may improve and learner attrition reduced.
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Literature Review
• Faculty perceive mentoring to be important to their protégés, and acquire personal satisfaction and professional growth from the mentoring process (Busch, 1985).
• Empathy and counseling most important in mentor-protégé relationships (Burg, 2010).
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Theoretical Framework
• Mentoring is a successful triadic confluence of values, professional skill, and mutually beneficial relationships.
• Mentoring is a transformative empowerment tool and reaches beyond traditional emphases of guidance and support (Hansman, 2012).
• Mentoring contributes to faculty mentor's interpersonal, pedagogical, and clinical skill (Lundgren and Orsillo, 2012)
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Methodology
• Three data instruments: open-ended surveys, telephone interviews with faculty, faculty reflective journals.
• Instruments queried responses within three domains of archetypal mentoring: professional, psychosocial, and career.
• Data analysis: NVivo 10 for data categorization, custom built database.
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Sampling
• 55 invitations were extended to recruit 9 participants.• Sample: 9 online doctoral faculty/Chairs with a
minimum of one years’ e-mentoring experience.• The gender of the participants included 4 male and 5
female. • 8 of the 9 Chairs had mentored for at least seven
years. One Chair had mentored for 1 1/2 years. 7 Chairs had mentoring experience ranging between 6 and 10 years.
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Sampling (cont’d)
• Disciplines of the Chairs varied: 2 Chairs hailed from the business sector; 6 Chairs were in the field of education; one Chair was skilled in ethnographic nursing.
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Ethical Considerations
• Participants were recruited from social media sites, including LinkedIn, Mendeley, and Research Gate.
• Participants signed an informed consent form apprising them of their rights.
• Participants were informed that data collected are confidential and will be destroyed after three years.
• No data was collected without UoPX IRB approval.
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Key Findings
• E-mentoring doctoral Chairs possess all the essential archetypal characteristics in the professional, psychosocial, and career domains.
• Supplemental essential characteristics revealed include tenacity, innovation, adaptability to restrictive administrative protocols.
• Quality review process pose a barrier to both Chairs and doctoral students.
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Implications
• The self-perpetuating functions of e-mentoring strengthens the academy through development of shared values and expectations.
• Favorable outcomes through reduced doctoral student attrition can emerge from effective mentoring.
• Streamlined administrative processes that empower doctoral Chairs and students engender mutual respect and co-operation.
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References
• Busch, J.W. (1985). Mentoring in graduate schools of education: Mentor‘s perceptions. American Educational Research Journal, 22, 257-265.
• Burg, C. A. (2010). Faculty perspectives on doctoral student mentoring: The mentor's odyssey. 3424380, University of South Florida. ProQuest Dissertations and Theses, 367. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com.ezproxy.apollolibrary.com/docview/755701942?accountid=458. (755701942).
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References (cont’d)
• Lungren, J.D. & Orsillo, S. (2012). The Science and Practice of Mentoring in Psychology Doctoral Training. Journal of Cognitive Psychology, 26.3 : 196-209.
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Questions
• Why are you interested in mentoring?• What challenges have you experienced with
mentoring? • How can we contribute to enriching the field of
mentoring?• Do you have any mentoring experiences that you
can share?
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References
Auslyn Nieto, Ph.D AECT November, 2015
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