LearnX2007 Mentors & Mash

Mentors & Mash: Designing Learning with Social Software Anne Bartlett-Bragg July, 2007

Mash-up A mashup is a website or application that combines content from more than one source into an integrated experience.

Social Software Flickr Subscribe Create Re-create RSS Collaborate & Share Publish Read Bookmarking Wikis Blogs

The Program • AusIndustry SBEP program • Young women entrepreneurs • National • Structured business skills • Mentoring sessions • Peer group collaboration • 6 months duration • 6 programs January 2007 – March 2008

Focus, Inspiration and Direction I always read comments from courses like these and sub-consciously think quot;yeah you're inspired for the first 5 minutes and then it's back to square one”. OMG, how wrong could I have been!!! The focus, inspiration and direction I have gained from being a part of the MentorNet program are impossible for me to grasp at this point - but it's BIG :) Louise Jordan - Little Devils Recreation Pty Ltd

Mentoring Philosophy Mentor as: • Role model - wise counsel or advice based on their experiences in similar situations • Guiding - persuading and coaching to apply suggestions • Collaborating - brainstorming • Empathetic listening and clarification • Sounding board • Networking of mentorees/mentors

Educational Philosophy People primarily think, learn, and problem solve through their experiences. James Paul Gee, 2006

Educational Philosophy Content must be: • Pragmatic • Practical • Applicable • Transferable • Adaptable Participants will be: • Creating • Publishing • Distributing NOT just consuming information

Parameters Not tied to specific locations

Parameters Dispersed participants: How do we bring them to us?

Parameters Connectivity & access Ease of use – must be seamless Where technology is the enabler – not the focus!!

Parameters Digital literacy

Which pathway…??? • Synchronous sessions – webinars? • Collaboration – wikis? • File repository – databases? • Group communication – forums? • Mentoring spaces - ?? • Small group spaces - ?? • Individual spaces – weblogs?

Personal Spaces

Pod spaces

Program Spaces

Partnerships

Mentoring before mash?

Results from Program 1: * 100% of Mentorees increased their business skills * 100% of Mentorees have more direction in their business * 100% have expanded their networks

The support of other business women and a Mentor Before MentorNet my business had been plodding along for 4 years. Now, coming towards the end of the journey I have a structure for my business plan that I understand and use. I have learnt concepts and techniques I had never considered, such as blogging to keep in touch with current and past clients. And strategies and systems I knew about but didn’t fully understand such as financial forecasts. By having the support of other business women and my fabulous mentor I have taken steps I was previously too scared to do to enable the growth of my business, such as employment and setting financial goals. Every step of this journey has been an educational one and I look forward to keeping in contact with the other participants. Thank-you! Stephanie Lee - Alive Personal Training

Mentoring with mash… A fast track to success….. ABN MentorNet http://www.abn.org.au/mentornet

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by Anne Bartlett-Bragg

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