Abstract
This article discusses the value of developing mentoring programs for the empowerment of distance learning faculty. The paper describes various ways mentoring relationships enhance the development and teaching of distance learning courses. Distance learning faculty mentoring programs consist of a process where a more experienced faculty member assists a newer faculty member in developing a distance learning course. By creating and supporting distance learning faculty mentoring programs, higher education institutions can provide an efficient and valuable way for new distance learning faculty to gain empowerment as well as the skills and knowledge they need to teach online. This article asserts that mentoring programs for faculty interested in teaching online may help transform universities from archaic institutions reliant on paper and pencil into living entities that meet the needs of the modern learner.
DOI
https://doi.org/10.26077/9dg9-mh69
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Luongo, Nicole and O'Brien, Sara T.
(2018)
"Empowering Faculty Using Distance Learning Mentoring Programs,"
Journal on Empowering Teaching Excellence: Vol. 2:
Iss.
2, Article 6.
DOI: [https://doi.org/]https://doi.org/10.26077/9dg9-mh69
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