Karen,

You might already be aware of  but in case you haven't accessed it, the
Moderator;s Home Page has quite a few articles and papers on moderating and
facilitating online conferences.  The URL is
http://www.emoderators.com/moderators.shtml

You might also want to look at Derek Rowntree's paper on 'The tutor's role
in supporting distance learners via
computer conferencing' available at
http://www-iet.open.ac.uk/pp/D.G.F.Rowntree/derek.html

Finally, a paper by Gilly Salmon and Ken Giles entitled 'Creating and
implementing successful online learning environments: a practitioner
perspective' available at
http://www1.nks.no/eurodl/shoen/salmon2/index.htm

Nazira Ismail
ICDL
The Open University

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> From: 	Karen Rosenbloom
> Reply To: 	[log in to unmask]
> Sent: 	Tuesday, April 4, 2000 5:45 pm
> To: 	[log in to unmask]
> Cc: 	[log in to unmask]
> Subject: 	Re: Mentoring support group
> 
> I was the mentor who contacted Trisha about this today because:
> It seems that there others who are trying to offer this service to
> students and are unsure about what they should be doing. I feel that
> there is a difference between being a tutor, being a member of academic
> staff and being a mentor. This at times may confuse students....
> At Derby we too have a closed web based bulletin board, group e mails
> and a news letter. We proactively contact students, and plead with them
> to contact each other. 
> I still feel that there is room for a mentoring role.
> Many grants to support post-grad education are reliant upon having a
> mentor, yet this role in itself is not supported!
> One problem that could be avoided with distance learning is the student
> who is abandoned once the course is completed... if they belong to a web
> based support group they would still be a part of this community.
> I am game, maybe a bit green- maybe I need a mentor to set up a mail
> base group!!
>  
> 
> 
> In message <[log in to unmask]>, Sue Tickner
> <[log in to unmask]> writes
> >Peter, Trisha
> >
> >I set up a local forum for tutors of online Distance courses here -
> >however, although we've seen some useful exchanges, as yet our numbers
> >are small and many lack much experience to share. The practical day to
> >day and human aspects of moderating and facilitating discussions are
> >relevant to our group. I would welcome a wider discussion which those
> >who wished to expand this might join ... 
> >
> >I'm not sure if this is what you had in mind but I'd be happy to give it
> >a try. Perhaps if it strayed too far away from this lists' concerns we
> >might rethink our local group. I don't know of another list specifically
> >for this theme.
> >
> >Sue
> >
> >Goodyear, Peter wrote:
> >> 
> >> Hard to answer the question without knowing which way the discussion
> might go,
> >> but I'd hate to see us rule out 'human aspects of networked learning'
> in
> >> principle. I don't see any harm in you opening a discussion topic about
> >> mentoring in NL environments - see how it runs?
> >> 
> >> Peter
> >> 
> >> > -----Original Message-----
> >> > From: Trisha Greenhalgh [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> >> > Sent: Tuesday, April 04, 2000 10:13 AM
> >> > To:   networked-learning
> >> > Cc:   rosenbloom
> >> > Subject:      Mentoring support group
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Dear list members
> >> >
> >> > I run a web based masters course in which all students are required
> to have
> >> > a local mentor for personal support. One of those mentors has asked
> me if
> >> > I'd like to help her set up a mailbase list for other mentors so they
> can
> >> > explore their 'pastoral' role and provide mutual support. This sounds
> like a
> >> > good idea but a lot of work to run, and I suspect there's already an
> >> > appropriate mailbase list which my team could plug into. This
> >> > networked-learning list seems to me to be about the academic and
> political
> >> > aspects of web based learning. Is there an equivalent for the human
> aspects?
> >> > Or have I made the wrong assumptions about what this list is for?
> >> >
> >> > b/w
> >> >
> >> > Trisha Greenhalgh
> >> > Senior lecturer in primary care
> >> > Department of Primary Care and Population Sciences
> >> > Holborn Union Building
> >> > Whittington Campus
> >> > London N19 3UA
> >> > Tel 0171 288 3246
> >> > Fax 0171 281 8004
> >
> 
> 
> Karen Rosenbloom
> tel/fax: 0208 508 3011/9045
> e mail: [log in to unmask]
> 


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