Exploring qualitative analytics for e-mentoring relationships building in an online social learning environment

Authors:
Haiming Liu;Ronald Macintyre;Rebecca Ferguson
Affiliations:
The Open University, Milton Keynes, United Kingdom;The Open University in Scotland, Edinburgh, United Kingdom;The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK
Venue:
Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Learning Analytics and Knowledge
Year:
2012

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Abstract

The language of mentoring has become established within the workplace and has gained ground within education. As work based education moves online so we see an increased use of what is termed e-mentoring. In this paper we explore some of the challenges of forming and supporting mentoring relationships virtually, and we explore the solutions afforded by online social learning and Web 2.0. Based on a conceptualization of learning network theory derived from the literature and the qualitative learning analytics, we propose that an e-mentoring relationships is mediated by a connection with or through a person or learning objects. We provide an example to illustrate how this might work.