ERIC Number: EJ857329
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2009-May
Pages: 14
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Using a Blended Approach to Facilitate Postgraduate Supervision
de Beer, Marie; Mason, Roger B.
Innovations in Education and Teaching International, v46 n2 p213-226 May 2009
This paper explores the feasibility of using a blended approach to postgraduate research-degree supervision. Such a model could reduce research supervisors' workloads and improve the quality and success of Masters and Doctoral students' research output. The paper presents a case study that is based on a framework that was originally designed for blended learning activities. It is based on supporting different types of interaction between postgraduate research students and their supervisors. The findings show that a blended approach to postgraduate supervision improves the supervision process, reduces the administrative workload of the supervisor, and creates a dynamic record of the supervision process. The results to date imply that traditional supervision practice needs to be revisited and modified to include digital procedures. The research project is in its infancy and, since at least three years is necessary for the completion of postgraduate degrees, this paper reports only on the first two stages of the research project. (Contains 1 note, 1 table and 4 figures.)
Descriptors: Research Projects, Supervision, Blended Learning, Graduate Study, Teacher Student Relationship, College Faculty, Faculty Workload, Computer Uses in Education, Computer Mediated Communication, Longitudinal Studies, Educational Principles, Foreign Countries, Business Administration Education, Case Studies, Integrated Learning Systems, Internet, Synchronous Communication, Asynchronous Communication, Supervisory Methods, Supervisors
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: South Africa
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