Mentoring Development: The mentoring conversation

When considering mentoring as a learning process, mentors should use reflective conversations to encourage deep learning (Biggs 1999) that is driven by the mentee who is motivated by their own learning ambition.  This non-directive approach can empower the mentee to reach their mentoring goal(s) (Brockbank and McGill 2006: 26).   This workshop will see participants explore effective mentoring through listening and communication, building rapport and trust, and using tools and techniques to approach reflective conversations.   

Optional pre-workshop task: Work through this open online course that explores open questions in mentoring.  OpenLearn Create course: Mentoring Matters 

Although presented as separate workshops, the 4 mentoring workshop sessions are purposely scaffolded to develop mentoring practice and participants are encouraged to attend all where possible.  

Presenters

Alex Walker

Alex is Professional Development and Recognition Lead within the Learning and Teaching Academy at the University of the Highlands and Islands (UHI). Alex coordinates the University Mentoring Scheme, and leads Professional Recognition mentoring including mentoring for HEA Fellowship from Advance HE.  This has included mentoring for HEA Fellowships through the university framework ALPINE, through direct applications to Advance HE for PFHEA and internationally through a global funded research project exploring professional recognition and mentoring with colleagues at the Royal University of Bhutan (RUB).  Alex gained Principal Fellowship HEA from Advance HE in 2021, and recently completed a Masters in Tertiary and Higher Education.  An interest in mentoring and digitally enabled approaches to professional development including mentoring has led to a number of invited presentations and publications, the latter including: 

• Walker, A. and Smyth, K. (2021) ‘Developing online learning through the pandemic: Digitally enabled approaches to student and staff peer support within a distributed university’, Educational Developments, 22(1), pp. 13-18. 
• Walker, A. (2020) Establishing collaborative ways of mentoring: Digitally enabled and transnational approaches within distributed universities. In: F. Rennie (ed.) Bhutan: Ways of Learning and Teaching. eTIPS. pp. 45-73. 

Alex is on twitter @Walker80alex and contributes to UHI’s LTA blog https://ltauhi.wordpress.com/   

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