Definition

Characteristics of Mentorship

Responsibilities

Tips and Tools

In the traditional classroom, instructors might try to reach a student who requires additional learning support by commenting on an exam, essay, or homework problem. During office hours, you may even have the chance to make suggestions or referrals to students experiencing difficulties.

Technology, on the other hand, provides a means to reach students who might shy away from office hours or face-to-face meetings with a professor and allows you to have links to learning support services at your finger tips. This provides you with a means to meet the needs of students with a wide range of abilities and knowledge. For example:

• Add links to The University Learning Resource Center (ULRC), Supplemental Instruction (SI), and Training Services instructional materials and seminars to your list of external links within your course in ANGEL . These links will provide academic support in the following areas: foreign language tutors, learning consultants, math tutors, writing, and technology to name a few. Additionally, you may want to add any outside links you find useful. Make students aware that free academic support is available at many sites on campus. Having all of this information in one place makes it easier to refer students to the appropriate resource.

• Include links to Web-based training modules in your ANGEL course (under the "Tools" tab). Include modules that present skills students will need to have to be successful in your course but that you won't be teaching in class.