ERIC Number: EJ932681
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2011
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Local Social Capital through E-Mentoring: An Agenda for New Research
O'Neill, D. Kevin
Learning, Media and Technology, v36 n3 p315-321 2011
This article synthesizes research on social capital, school outcomes, internet use, and volunteering to argue that e-mentoring--which is commonly practiced over long distances--could become a powerful way to build greater cohesiveness in local communities. Realizing this potential will require a larger-scale and more coordinated approach to research and program design, as well as a change in e-mentoring researchers' methods. The payoff for these changes would be greater opportunity for e-mentoring research to contribute to social policy and school effectiveness initiatives.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Program Design, Mentors, School Effectiveness, Social Capital, Synthesis, Outcomes of Education, Volunteers, Community Development, Research Methodology, Research Needs, Internet, Computer Use, Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Uses in Education, Program Effectiveness
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Publication Type: Information Analyses; Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Canada; United Kingdom; United States
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