Technology Enabled Mentoring for the Higher Education Community

CAULLT Grant Series

Friday, 27 September, 12:00 – 1:00 pm AEST

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Mentoring has been used successfully in higher education and other professional settings for a long time. In higher education it has been immensely beneficial particularly for early career and junior academics, as well as for the more senior academics who take the time to provide these mentorships. Mentoring benefits include enhanced competence, better career satisfaction, capacity building, and leadership development. E-mentoring, or Technology Enabled Mentoring (TEM), is a process in which digital technologies are used to facilitate the key elements of mentoring relationships. This form of mentoring is time and cost effective and it can overcome barriers of geographical distances and scheduling differences.

This project investigated the nuances of Technology Enabled Mentoring (TEM), informed by the lived experiences of academics who engaged in TEM due to geographical challenges as well as those who had to transition to online mentoring during COVID-19, as well as the experiences of the project team.

This webinar will share outcomes of the study involving participants who were involved in the HERDSA and/or ASCILITE mentoring programs, including some from various internal institutional mentoring programs. All participated in mentoring via some form of technology platforms. The findings will be useful for people considering engaging in mentoring programs and for organisations considering setting up their own programs and/or promoting it to their staff.

Presenters

Dr Pranit Anand (UNSW)

Senior Lecturer, UNSW Business School

Pranit is an experienced higher education educator. He has led various internally and externally funded projects involving assessments reforms, curriculum transformations and academic professional development. He is a Fellow of HERDSA and a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

Professor Raj Shekhawat (Flinders University)

Dean of Research