Conference Session

Tricks of the Trade

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Ruth E. H. Wertz, Purdue University, West Lafayette

Tagged Divisions

Student

a text-based environment: computer conferencing in higher education. Internet and Higher Education 2, 87-105 (2000).10. Shea, P. & Bidjerano, T. Learning presence: Towards a theory of self-efficacy, self-regulation, and the development of a Communities of Inquiry in online and blended learning environments. Computers & Education 55, 1721-1731 (2010).11. Sorensen, C.K. & Baylen, D.M. Learning online: Adapting the Seven Principles of Good Practice to a web- based instructional environment. in The perfect online course: Best practices for designing and teaching (eds. Orellana, A., Hudgins, T.L. & Simonson, M.) (Information Age, Charlotte, NC, 2009).12. Lehman, R.M. & Conceicao, S.C.O

Conference Session

Graduate Student Experience

Collection

2013 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Janet Y Tsai, University of Colorado at Boulder; Daria A Kotys-Schwartz, University of Colorado Boulder; Beverly Louie, University of Colorado, Boulder; Virginia Lea Ferguson, Mechanical Engineering; University of Colorado; Boulder, CO; Alyssa Nicole Berg, University of Colorado Boulder

Tagged Divisions

Graduate Studies, Student

mentors and mentees, not on any official recommendations or suggestions.While the mentors were generally positive and optimistic program participants, differences ininitial assumptions or assumed understanding of program expectations led to variedinterpretations of their self-efficacy as mentors. Early on, several mentors explained theirperspectives on the difficulties of being a mentor without a clearly established structure: “Since she [my mentee] can only work on my primary project, she’s just been reading papers that are way over her head and helping me order stuff. The phase my project has been in is not hands-on. This lack of flexibility has also made meeting with her a drain on my time…When structured well