Time, Space and Structure in an E-Learning and E-Mentoring Project

Autor/inn/en	Loureiro-Koechlin, Cecilia; Allan, Barbara
Titel	Time, Space and Structure in an E-Learning and E-Mentoring Project
Quelle	In: British Journal of Educational Technology, 41 (2010) 5, S.721-735 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0007-1013
DOI	10.1111/j.1467-8535.2009.00975.x
Schlagwörter	Electronic Learning; Managerial Occupations; Mentors; Learning Activities; Females; Empathy; Online Courses; Social Theories; Social Environment; Time Factors (Learning); Industry; Units of Study; Professional Development; Web Based Instruction; Blended Learning + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Lernaktivität; Weibliches Geschlecht; Empathie; Online course; Online-Kurs; Gesellschaftstheorie; Soziales Umfeld; Industrie; Lerneinheit; Web Based Training
Abstract	This study focuses on a project, "EMPATHY Net-Works," which developed a learning community as a means of encouraging women to progress into employment and management positions in the logistics and supply chain industries (LaSCI). Learning activities were organised in the form of a taught module containing face-to-face and online elements and e-mentoring with successful professional women in the LaSCI. In this particular research, we have used structuration theory, a social theory that concentrates on the relationships between human agency (micro-level) and social structures (macro-level). We used structuration as an analytical tool to help us understand what happened within the project e-learning and e-mentoring processes. Our analysis suggests that there were two factors that influenced the way project participants carried out their learning activities: the first one being the issue of absence and presence in online environments, and the second one the issue of time frame changes for online users. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10