Bilişim Teknolojileri Öğretmenleri Için Bir E-Mentorluk Uygulamasının Tasarımı ve Etkileri

Abstract

Aim of this study is to design an e-mentoring application to provide online support to Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) teachers, to investigate interactions in implementation phase and to determine participant satisfaction and its perceived contributions.This study is an action research, and it was conducted with 14 mentee teachers in the first year of their profession, 14 mentor teachers with at least five years of experience and faculty members in company with the researcher. Firstly, an e-mentoring system was developed by using Buddypress, open source social network software, and it was named as BTE-Mentor. Action plan was implemented over nine-week period and changes on action plan were conducted for the problems encountered.