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Pepperdine University
Culver City, CA
1999 Catalyst Grant
Annual Education Degrees Awarded: N/A
PT3 abstract - Project website
Project Contact:
(310) 568-5753
Mentoring is already a requirement for students in Pepperdine University's Online Masters in Educational Technology (OMET) program. But under the PT3 grant, some of the students are paired with teacher credentialing faculty to work on educational technology projects of interest to the faculty member.
Most OMET students are experienced practicing teachers who already have a strong background in technology. As such, they are well-suited to mentoring, and the "learning-mentoring-by-mentoring" process helps both the students and the faculty. Typically, the OMET student-mentors work with their faculty-mentees throughout the course of the semester, often helping the faculty incorporate more technology in their courses.
According to Pepperdine's Sue Tally, this arrangement works because students are able to meet the needs of individual faculty members. In return, OMET students learn how to think through the eyes of a teacher credentialing faculty member. One unexpected outcome of the mentoring program has been a stronger sense of community among the various Pepperdine programs.
December 2001
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