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It is a great opportunity and allows one to be more flexible and work in a more free space.

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It can be useful while online teaching

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Online mentoring is useful to convey our message, especially during extraordinary situation, like WFH during pandemy.

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Mentoring online can offer us some great new opportunities, as to some extent it decouples the constraints of time and location from our mentoring practice.

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I have never used tutorial videos for my mentees but given the current situation of confinement for the Covid-19 in our school we are using video calls by Whatsapp or Teams, it is not the same as in person but it is great.

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Mentoring online is something new to me but defintely worth trying. Pro: you can do this at your own leisure, colloboration and communication is usally effective. Con: face-to-face is always good for mentoring and it might cost more time then personal mentoring

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Online mentoring can be very useful even I have never participate in any similar project.

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Online mentoring can be very useful even I have never participate in any similar project.

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Online mentoring is very useful, it is a way to communicate and collaborate, to offer permanent consultations

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I do not mentor online, yet. :)

 I think it could be useful for sharing my experience with others (from another country, maybe...).
2. Establish a knowledge sharing network between mentors.

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As we are not allowed to record persons without a written agreement, I will try to avoid doing this.

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It is important because we can know the opinions of other colleagues and know their experiences and we are not required to be in a particular place at the same time to receive training.

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online mentoring is very useful because it does not require the presence of the mentor.

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I could use online mentoring to educate my teachers in school. This is a big challenge because there are also teachers who do not like ICT and prefer live education. For those who are responsible for online education, the concerns are often seen in conducting thoughtful communication because written communication is more demanding than live communication.
The advantages are that we do not have to meet separately, look for a space for education, but we can do everything virtually, and in a time that suits everyone best.

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I was using online mentoring but it is not enough for teaching. It is just diffrent experience because this platform have a lot of teacher from diffrent country. I am learning a lot of experience.

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ase, with video for reception or reminder of the spte to follow, but always respecting privacy

Video recording of mentoring sessions can be interesting but must be d

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I have never been mentored online and never mentored online myself. It might be of use, if mentor and mentee do not work in the same School. I have to say that I prefer face to face conversations.

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Online mentoring is udeful because it can be done without the mentor being pressed for time and the interested person can go through then. Is interesting practice for the experienced teachers.

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I have never listened about mentoring online in Spain. It could be an interesting practice for the experienced teachers.

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It may have potential for mentees who are isolated geographicall.

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I would like to try it because it has its advantages, but only with respect of privacy.

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school mentoring is an approach that increases the quality of teaching that should be applied in every school

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you could think of using video mentoring in the first phase, with video for reception or reminder of the spte to follow, but always respecting privacy

Video recording of mentoring sessions can be interesting but must be done with respect for privacy and consent to use

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Online mentoring may be time-saving but i don't think that it may be as effective as the face to face conversation.

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In my personal opinion, the use of new technologies, both in education and mentoring, is a remarkable tool and contributes to more effective learning.

The use of audiovisual media is an active medium and can help to understand difficult issues with a more interactive presentation.

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I think using videos in mentoring can be useful and helpful to save time.

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If you have to work with a lot of mentees you should have the opportunity to use the online lesson. Maybe you can find the way to share the experience by using both of them: an online session and a "real" meeting, sharing a cup of tea!

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At the end I prefer the "face to face" type

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Save time, or lack of coincidence in school will be the reasosn for using this tool, i´d rather meet in person.

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Soon I should be encluded in online mentoring tasks as a part of providing support to teachers in the implementation of the national education reform. But so far, I have used online mentoring only in situations of using online communication to provide pupils with the written feedback on their .doc essay drafts (through e-mails) or on the presentation they are working on (by leaving notes in the comment section of a shared .ppt document) or on completion of the steps of their project work (in a social communication tool where we have a class group). Using nice emoticons, being positive and praising and challenging them to do the treasure hunt of finding the correct ways to write something spelled in a wrong way, for example, does wonders. Also, giving a written feedback helps you draft and edit your thoughts, be more systematic and self-reflective, be more focused on the goal. The downsides are that your eyes get red after hours of online mentoring, your back or your neck ache, your body decreases in the fitness and condition, it's time-consuming and you might get into too great detail. And you spend less time really engaged with your family and work more at night when your family is asleep.

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using a video message can be useful because
- mentee can review it mote times
- there is the possibility that it will be spread and used also for other people

it can be tricky to transmit a message if you don't use a suitable tone of voice, if you don't know the basics of staying in front of a camera. the risk is to look ridiculous or too pompous

perhaps if we combined the analysis sheets with the videos, we could set up basic messages on the management of the classroom or classroom

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I have never used it, but I think it could be useful.

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It is useful everywhere, especially for busy teachers who may ask independently to be mentored and learn more about how to improve. Also for teachers who return after an absence of years in teaching due to personal or family issues.

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I have never done online mentoring, but I think it has many advantages!

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Online mentoring has its advantages. We choose the time of mentoring. I think it is very important that the mentee feedback is clear and concrete, ie with clear guidelines for further work or correction.

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Online mentoring means saving time.

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It is possible, but more challenging to mentor someone online. You have to plan step-by-step activities that gives your online mentoring more human face like live events, live chats, webinars and teachmeets...

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If I wanted to ask for help from an external educational coach, I could use online tutoring as a mentoring tool, so I would not have to move from my school, and the mentor can see my facial expressions and hear my tone of voice. These aspects of nonverbal language seem fundamental to me in communication and are not completely lost in online tutoring as long as the mentor is listening and watching the screen with one hundred percent of his/her
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I’m an enthusiast about online courses, but I have never experienced mentoring online. Moreover I have taken part in many online courses. As concerns, I would think about the personal contact between mentor and mentee, the lack of immediate support from mentor if urgent help needed, because the mentor may not be available when the mentee needs.
As benefits, I think the internet offers unlimited resources, both parties can be time-flexible.

I like to mix face to face teaching and learning altoghrther to online methods. I think that new technologies are useful for many things, but not for mentoring.

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Online mentoring is a very useful way of professional development. I think online mentoring should be combined with onsite mentoring for better success.

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Using face-to-face and online mentoring is an effective form of professional development. The use of information and communication technologies is very important in the development of innovative educational practices that are motivating for students and allow closer proximity to schools, students and teachers at European level. Thus, the combination of these two forms of mentoring are fundamental in the development of teachers' pedagogical practices.

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Steel prefer face to face, but if nothing else can be done...

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Online mentoring can be good for both sides of educations, for students and teachers.

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Online mentoring can be along side with the face to face mentoring

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I like the idea of online mentoring. I think apps can be a great opportunity to exchange feedkacks with the student.

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I think is important the activity face to face , but in this moments IT is mean evolution and on-line mentoring is a new and great ideea for interact at distance, for share

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I had an online mentor, but then (a lot of years ago) ITC were not developed like now and our relatioship was limited to sned my papers and to have them back corrected! I think that online mentoring could be very interesting now, we could interact at distance and to share materials, videos, ideas in real time.

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On line mentoring is not good for the mentee, because you work with the students face to face, not on line.

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I believe in online mentoring, like using skype, hangout something like these but unfurnately I never used. I think apps could be a great opportunity to exchange feedkack with mentee.

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I led some webinar online, training other teachers, I helped some colleague on line in implementing project,but i never experienced mentoring activities online.
I think they can be useful and effective, but face to face activities are more meaningful

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Mentoring on line is a good idea, but it cannot replace the activity in front of the class with the students.

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I think like anything in this life can be difficult at the very beginning but after some time we all can see the advantages of this form of mentoring.

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I never experienced online mentoring but I I already used it to plan an activity and with etwinning.
I believe mentoring online is very useful when people can't meet face to face, for some reason, but first they need to meet face to face.
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I'm, currently working as online mentor in Croatia. It is very useful for sharing practeses with a many teachers from diferenta part of the country. But it is realy challenging to set confident area and active listening in that context.

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I have never experienced mentoring online. I think, however, that it could be a great opportunity in a mentoring relationship.

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I have never experienced mentoring online. I think, however, that it could be a great opportunity in a mentoring relationship.

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I believe online mentoring complemented with real life mentoring can result in success. Based on my practice preparations are mainly done by online mentoring leaving time to further questions and conclusions meanwhile real life mentoring is more complex in the way of assessing and developing interpersonal skills.

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I haven't done it yet in a so called mentorship with a teacher/colleague, but I can say that I used to act as an on-line mentor in Comenius, Grundtvig projects, with my partners.

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I'm currently communicating at a distance with one of my colleague from Romania. It still not that personal and sometimes we might not understand each other correctly as we only talk by phone or via msg.

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Tatiana Boțu, România      I used online mentoring in educational projects, on the platform and classroom.google

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For me it is very clear that this is the future. People at a distance can easily communicate and share ideas.

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In my opinion it is very useful, because we are doing most of the activities online. It is useful as you can mentor at any time and at any place. on the other hand, you lose the face to face interaction.

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I've practiced mentoring online only as a mentee as far, but I should start to be a mentor online next month. I think it can be very useful, even if it can be perceived as less personal and less formal so that sometimes pupils can forget that mentors are people, too. But if you remember your manners and respect the rules, I think that online mentoring can be a powerful tool.

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I haven't practised mentoring online but I can see its potential. It is an easy and convenient way to interact, exchange views and provide feedback without having to be in the same place. I do not see any drawbacks especially if time and distances are a problem for face to face contact. .

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I have used in eTwinning projects - online lectures, collaboration, experience sharing

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I think that online mentoring integrated with personal direct contact can be very flexible and therefore very effective and useful. That's what we experience  as eTwinning ambassador in my region, in Italy in Emilia-Romagna. We organize online webinars and mentoring sessions for new eTwinners and also go in the schools to meet teachers and help them both through the eTwinning platform, with the dedicated groups, and personally, through direct contacts. Of course a mentoring experience with student teachers is more articulated over time, in space and in the ways of realization, but I believe that the experience realized in the eTwinning community can surely facilitate the exchange of ideas and proactive experiences

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I mentor online and I really like that. I choose the time when I will mentor. It is important to give clear feedback to the mentee. I consider this the biggest obstacle because the words written should be clear and well-intentioned so that they are not misunderstood. .

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I have no mentoring experience however, I have participated in several eTwinning projects over the last few years. I consider eTwinning to be a mentoring project since over the long haul we give advice to younger teachers, share ideas and projects and help solve everyone's network problems.

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I think online mentoring is very usefull and permits you to share in a different way. I have been using this very often to organize eTwinning projects in which I'm the founder.

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I have never experienced mentoring online.
But I have taken part in many online courses.
As concerns, I would think about the personal contact between mentor and mentee, the lack of immediate support from mentor if urgent needed, because the mentor may not be available when the mentee needs.
As benefits, I think the internet offers unlimited resources, both parties can be time-flexible

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Arianna Mastrogiacomo, Italy
Never experienced online mentoring, but I think my colleagues could be involved less if you lack face to face relationship

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I haven't done all the mentoring online but I have made use of various tools to help mentees plan lessons and analyze them. Also, if we don't work at the same school, we can discuss thing on skype, when we're both available. It's a huge help.

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I have never done online mentoring. I suppose would prefer to do it face to face, because it is challenging to do it over the Internet. Also, the mentee might not be tech savvy and be put off by technology or having to deal with google hangouts or webinars, as suggested in the videos.

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I have never done mentoring online, although I have taken part in many online courses and webinars, which were very helpful for me. However recording classes still seems to me not a good idea.

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I have never experienced online mentoring. Although I find it very interesting since it can take place in an other place and most significantly not simultaneously. Mentor and mentee can talk via email or Hangout platforms, which are free and always available. On the other side, from a personal point of view, I perceive some downsides as a personal contact between the two parties as well as the contact of peers and the collegiality, which is vivid and a mainstay at the mentee's professional progress.

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Online mentoring has a lot of advantages. First of all, it does not have to take place simultaneously. A video can be recorded and the other person can watch it whenever he/she can. Additionally, he/she can watch it over and over again, taking notes and asking questions through messages or e-mails. Moreover, a person can watch it in his/her home without having the obligation to travel to meet with the other person. This way is easier, more convinient, time - flexible and evolves new technologies, of which new generations are so fond, as we all know. And our mentees belong to new generation, the generation of the internet and the distant and internal learning.

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I never done mentoring onine but I think that a face to face first is fundamental and then online to give some advices and know how everything is going.

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I love mentoring online because I learn when I have the time and pace I want. I don't have to go anywhere, I can study in my room.

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I prefer face to face teaching and learning to any online methods. New technologies are useful for many things, but not for mentoring.

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The use of new technologies is indeed a great resource for teaching and not just for mentoring. I use every day GDrive to share with may collegues material, projects, ideas, but we don't take anything for granted though, not everyone is ready

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I do not consider online mentoring to be useful in my school environment. In our (Flemish) school system, a mentor is connected to a school, as is the beginning teacher. So when a beginning teacher changes school, she also changes from mentor because the other school might have a different educational vision.

It might be useful to help with student teachers, but that is not my job at the moment.

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I never did online mentoring but I consider that is a useful tool which must be combined with face to face mentoring.

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Mentoring online is not imposible but for moment prefer mentoring face to face.

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I think this is only one useful tool but face to face conversations and personal meeting should be more important.

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I have no experience as online mentor but as online mentee.
I did an online training where the classes were recorded on a platform (as in this training).
The practical component (lessons given by me) was also recorded and later analyzed together for improvement.
The advantage of this component training system is that these tools for analyzing and improving teaching practices are always available, anywhere, anytime, depending on one's availability.

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I think using videos in mentoring can be useful and helpful to save time and have materials always available, so mentees can learn at their own pace and mentors can say more than they could in conversations, where you have to respect speech pauses. This doesn't mean mentor and mentee can avoid face-to-face meetings, they can also discuss on videos indeed when they meet.

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I think that online mentoring is very useful because mentees can organize their time and learn a lot easier.

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I think that online mentoring is very useful when distances between mentor and mentee are large. However, it is important that the first meeting to face to face. If trust is build, on line meetings are not a problem.

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I do not think on line mentoring is effective. Where is the personal component. I consider the relationship between mentor and mentee more important than a chat on line.

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I have never done online mentoring, as my mentees have only been placed in my school, and the relationship has always been more personal. I can see it may be useful for online training of a network of teachers.

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I know that technology and computer is a big part of our time, work  and instruction, it is a trend. But what about the human part? even in thic courses you ask us to use different devices. For example this Differ apps. On my computer it doesn't work. Have you ever thought about teachers that have Internet once or twice a Week and they still want to attend their courses. There are places, not only in my country, where there is no Internet,  schools that do not have performant devices, etc.
these activities should be for everyone not only for some of us. I do not agree with on line mentoring, there is no person to person contact and also it is not useful. sometimes just time consuming.

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All means for good reflection and critical dialogue are important from the approach and activation of a bilateral dialogue between mentors and mentees.
When isn't possible for mentors and minds to meet face to face  often as they should or want , this is nice way.
We often take this approach when using skipe or messenger we work collaboratively on European projects with colleagues from other countries.

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Susana Stoffel, Portugal
Susana Stoffel, Portugal
I've never been involved in online mentoring, but I think that it might be a very useful tool. ICT tools should be used to help us and to share experiences.

Stavroula, Greece
Stavroula, Greece
I believe in a hybrid mentoring. First some face-to-face meetings to establish communication between mentor and mentee. Then video or voice calls can help overcome obstacles like the time spent by the mentor when commuting, time availability for meetings and distance. 
The on-line mentoring gives more time to discuss, more times to interact, lower cost and a way to solve urgent cases in the classroom. 
In my opinion, the on-line mentoring is not inferior than face-to-face, under the condition that  live meetings from time to time reestablish a good, clear and friendly  human communication.
Anna Athanasopoulou, Athens , Greece
Anna Athanasopoulou, Athens , Greece
In my opinion, online mentoring has a lot of benefits.
It's asynchronous and gives flexibility regarding space and time. It can be carried out remotely, at any distance, at any place or at any time. I am able to communicate even in cases where the person I work with is at a distance. I can work with several mentee across a range of locations. The knowledge can be targeted and shared more widely and immediately.
 During mentoring we have more time to process the information we share, to think about our goals and to organize our steps to achieve them. The material we share is in written form and therefore at our disposal at any time. Another important factor is the quality of the interaction of the mentee with me whenever he needs me. 
Mentoring may be done via the following channels:
Emails, Voice Calls, Video Calls, Online forums, Learning Communities
It is advisable for online mentoring to use frequent videos and cameras and not to do text only.
However, by using online mentoring you lack human contact that develops deeper and more meaningful relationships.  Even more, I suggest that mentoring be combined with face-to-face meetings.
It is important to note that online mentoring cannot directly record and solve problems of the mentee such as managing the stress in the classroom but maybe it is a useful complementary tool to the new teacher's reflection.
Manuela, Italy
Manuela, Italy
I never used online mentoring activities but I think that it could be one of the mentoring tools. In a couple of week I will start an activity as a trainer and I am required to supervise the PBL work of teachers in different schools, surely I will experience the mentoring online.
Alexandros Barmpas, Athens Greece
Alexandros Barmpas, Athens Greece
Online mentoring gives me the opportunity to get involved with mentoring with people from different geographical areas, without space-time constraints (e.g. time of day). There is flexibility, I can adjust the time of my study, for example, to study at night time, when contact with the mentor usually is impossible. We also can communicate without affecting our schedule and without meetings, which often cost money.
 
With online mentoring, I maintain accurate records, which are useful for studying and elaboration. I have time to review the material, prepare questions and answers. I am not pressured by the immediate response, and so I have time for constructive reflection and feedback. The written word clarifies possible misunderstandings. That is why we need to be very careful in our messages.
 
Group mentoring is also available, which further enriches the whole process. However, I think it is good to have a small number of participants. 
 
However, one disadvantage of online mentoring is often technological malfunctions, difficulty in using technology and written communication skills, as well as delay in developing relationships.
Online mentoring can make communication difficult and create misunderstandings or just bad interactions. Simple movements, such as a smile or a nod to the head, can be lost while mentoring online. Also, psychological support through discussion is often more limited. 
 
I myself prefer having a face-to-face mentoring combined with an online mentoring, with the first kind as a base for deeper relationship development and the second one as help for practical reason. 
Svetlana, Serbia
Svetlana, Serbia
I think that online mentoring can be good thing for both. I lead some training online and that is going well, but I think that some people from my environment are suspicious about online mentoring or learning anyway. combination of video lessons and one-to-one mentoring can be powerful tool for improvement competences for teaching. 
Manuela Correia, Portugal
Manuela Correia, Portugal
I'm used to trainings online. I usually train and help teachers from across the world via Skype, but I've done it also through Hangouts, WhatsApp or Messenger. Now I'm learning how to use Microsoft Teams.
I'm leading a team of teachers from different countries and we're running a project called "Litter@sea". We meet from time to time to discuss our ideas and work together.
I guess a mentor needs to establish first what he/she wants to observe in the first place. 
If it is the teacher's posture, then the camera needs to be posed strategically, but even so it can be tricky, as teachers shouldn't be always in front of the class.

Carla, Italy
Carla, Italy
 Although there might be situations in which there is no other posbility of effective mentoring and online activities would be the only viable approach, personally I don't think I would suggest it as an alternative in any other scenarios. I consider personal contact, a cup of tea, a glance, a handshake vital parts in building up an effective mentoring relation and so I am afraid that the rapport built only online would lack a pillar and the process would be impaired somehow, may be even in a substantial way with some personalities ( both mentors and metees)
P. Valer, Spain
P. Valer, Spain
What are the advantages and challenges of mentoring online?
Besides the points Rachel explains in her video, the different opportunities to use mentoring online, I have some other ideas to share.  
From my point of view online mentoring will work better if you have had the opportunity to meet before the whole process, if you have built some kind of relationship before you start the mentoring relationship.  That is ideally, of course.   
I find mentoring online specially appropriate for teachers in remote areas or locations where contact with mentors maybe difficult, and isolated teachers find it difficult to get answers to their many questions and everyday doubts when starting teaching mainly. 

I fing online mentoring in these cases as almost a salvation board, something you can hung on to.  

Of course, if you train mentors to mentor online, making them experts in the field, their ability to help teachers may be greater and more important.  I still believe there must be some kind of training.  After watching Mª Jesús video, I have become aware this is already going on in Spain.  Well, the truth is I had never heard of that training before, and I believe it is well thought of, well structured and with mentors who are real teachers still working in the classroom, it may be a great opportunity to the teaching community.

We must not forget the convenience of mentoring online in big cities, where you can spend longer going to a school than mentoring itself.  In this case, mentoring online again is beneficial for both mentor and mentee.  

Yes, mentoring online is a great opportunity to get the help otherwise would be impossible or very difficult to get, but at the same time I believe it is always better, when possible, to proceed with the regular formula of physical presence of mentor and mentee in the same place, because in this way we will always keep the personal touch so important in the mentor-mentee relationship. 

I do not have any personal experience mentoring online, but those opportunities I have had talking informally to some teacher friends about different problems we might have had in common and we have discussed them online, but I wouldn´t consider that mentoring.

Ina, Croatia
Ina, Croatia
Online mentoring enables collaboration independent of space and time. Peer monitoring can be facilitated in which multiple mentors participate. The challenges are the use of technology or the person who will be recording (the presents of the third part) and indirect communication that can cause more misunderstandings

Faten, Tunisia
Faten, Tunisia
Online mentoring could be very useful in my own context. Yet, some technological hindrances impede this to happen. Nevertheless, there are some situations, very particular situations where I see this could be possible, especially with highly motivated teachers. 
Efren,Spain
Efren,Spain
I think this could be really powerful. I mean, the possibility of having multiple mentors, and one of them abroad. Here comes the opportunity to share different multicultural education methodologies. 
Meltem Akdeniz,Turkey
Meltem Akdeniz,Turkey
I have no experience of online mentoring so far. But I'm sure if there is no chance to carry on face-to-face mentoring, it will certainly help a lot. 
Floriana, România
Floriana, România
Online mentoring is useful because it can be done without the mentor being pressed for time and the interested person can go through then.
RenataZd
RenataZd
I do online mentoring my students and my colleagues  in educational reform we have in Croatia. Online mentoring give good possibilities with time management and resources but, in my opinion, lack the  face-to-face conversation is hard to overcome.  
Mira, Croatia
Mira, Croatia
In my practice, I certainly see opportunities for mentoring through online mentoring. Challenges are student discomfort and mentee, a third person should be present to record the teaching process, and it can further cause discomfort in the classroom. An advantage for me is the ability to mentor a mentee who we don’t often see in the classroom because of work commitments. It is also good that together with mentee we can look at part by part of the lesson, analyze it and discuss the individual segments. Also, we can go back to the same lesson several times and notice different components as needed.
Irene Confalone ITALY
Irene Confalone ITALY
Online mentoring is really important and useful.I am a MIEEXPERT and I 'm very confident and I like  having skype sessions wherever in the world  because I think we can empower our language ,our self esteem and our learning  passion .
I helped lots of shy  teachers during online sessions.


Giuseppina Serini, from Italy
Giuseppina Serini, from Italy
Honestly, I wouldn't know in which activity to propose it, I never had the chance to propose it and they never offered opportunities to think about it.
Patrizia, Italy
Patrizia, Italy

In my country, the mentor is appointed by all the teachers of one school. We don't need this kind of support.
Vayia, Greece
Vayia, Greece
I have no experience of mentoring online. I have never heard of anyone doing it. I am not sure it is helpful- you miss the feeling and the atmosphere of the classroom. And THAT is the most important thing
Maria Angela, Italy
Maria Angela, Italy
I had no experience  in online mentoring, but I think it would be useful if mentor and mentee teach in different schools or if there is no chance to meet face to face. Technology helps us a lot, but in a cold and detached way.  
Pedro Peixoto (Geography teacher), Portugal
Pedro Peixoto (Geography teacher), Portugal
I have no experience in online mentoring and my first idea about this methodology was not the best. 
I prefer the face-to-face debate. But if there is no possibility of the mentor and the mentee to meeting, online mentoring may be an alternative. Not the best, but the possible...
Miliana , Romania Miliana
Miliana , Romania
Miliana , Romania
The combination of new technology and conventional communication is useful .
Maria Giuseppa Sallemi, Italy
Maria Giuseppa Sallemi, Italy
I find very useful mentoring on line because you can organize your day like you want, it is practical I am agree, because we avoid to use chart or talking boxes but we create a conversation environment. The technology help individual because we haven't got a lot of papers, beside is useful to know the strategies and methodologies that the mentee can review a lot of time in video records. There isn't the human contact that is important. 
Maria Goreti Alves, Portugal
Maria Goreti Alves, Portugal
I think that online mentoring is a good strategy when is not possible to meet in person. The only experience I have that might be sightly similar to this consists on eTwinning online events, where we are able to learn about many different topics. Although it lacks the human touch I believe there is an effective learning and sharing of ideas, doubts or others.
Valentina Lamaj, Alb
Valentina Lamaj, Albania
I hadn't had any experience on online mentoring before but now I'm working on an online course about mentoring teachers around the world with IPF.  It could be a great experience to share with other teachers our opinions and viewpoints in different technics and strategies of using technology in teaching.
Lúcia santos -Portugal
Lúcia santos -Portugal
Online mentoring is a nice idea and good as as start.

Stamatis, Greece
Stamatis, Greece
Online mentoring is quite advantageous in cases where the mentor is asked to support teachers in different schools, some of which may be distant and difficult to reach as in case of isolated island and mountainous regions. It could compensate for lack of resources and meaningful collaboration with other novice or experienced teachers if it is combined with the use of video recordings of lessons and live video conferencing. It could be a useful way of communicating and collaborating ideas and practices with teachers and schools from past placements. It is not the same as a face to face mentoring meeting and is no substitute for the authenticity, mutuality and trust developed in a live conversation but it is a good way of sharing thoughts and feelings with a greater community of teaching professionals without any of the time constraints or the bureaucracy involved in scheduled meetings. 
Najoua Slatnia, Tunisia
Najoua Slatnia, Tunisia
Nowadays, online mentoring is very important and also offers many benefits. I have experience in online mentoring as I have organized as an eTwinning ambassador several webinars to train teachers and etwinners from different schools, disciplines and countries. Based on my experience I see that the online mentor must always allocate time well and prepare the documents to be used. Good continuous monitoring is one of the criteria for the success of an online mentor. On the other hand, I see that the online mentor must consider the variety and difference in the levels of his mentees, must create opportunities for his mentees to react with him. It is also necessary to create an atmosphere of trust and especially of sympathy between the mentor and his mentees, he is not a robot behind the screen. Always human warmth can create an atmosphere of satisfaction and can bring the relationship between mentor and mentees closer together. 
Iuliana, Romania
Iuliana, Romania

In my opinion online metering is easy especially when you do not have the time to go to a certain place . 
Maria, Greece
Maria, Greece

Online guidance helps a) design thinking (problem recognition, data, gaps, etc.), b) thought guidance (retroactive description of thought, speech).
Rubén Esparza, Spain
Rubén Esparza, Spain
All the people I mentor and me are in the same school so, apparently online mentoring would not be necessary for us. I also have no experience as an online mentor. Anyway, I think, it would makes things more comfortable, fast and easy if I would have to mentor people from different school or teachers who work in different shift in the same school. I have participe in some online personal developments and webinars and I think, in the second case, the lack of human touch is kind of reduce. So it is why I consider those kind of events important in online mentoring.  

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JaviNegue
JaviNegue
I think online mentoring would be useful if mentor and mentee are in different schools or if there is no chance to meet face to face. It could be useful as an add-on, but not as a substitute, because, in my opinion, the level of trust and confidence could be reduced. Technology helps us a lot, but it is cold. When talking about teaching and learning, whether students, mentees or mentors, the human touch is necessary
Ela, Poland
Ela, Poland 
I have never been online mentor but time to time I participated in online courses and webinars. I think it is great opportunity of learning, gaining knowledge and sharing experience. A new online mentoring relationship is one of way of cooperation. But face to face meeting is also nessesary  to good teacher collaboration.
Aitziber, Spain
Aitziber, Spain
I have no experience as an online mentor. But I see a very good solution when there is no possibility of meeting. Network and sound coverage problems will come very easy, so I also suggest having a B plan ready.

Eva,Spain
Eva,Spain
I think mentoring online can be useful when there is no opportunity to meet.But being both teachers inside the same classroom can become crucial in some situations when close watching is needed to work out strategies , problems, difficult to see if you are not there.
Zvonimira, Croatia
Zvonimira, Croatia
I have no personal experience in online mentoring, but I do know that in Croatia we have schools with a very small number of students (islands) so they teach online. And that's a good teaching option.
Violeta, Romania
Violeta, Romania
I think we can use online mentoring 
Miliana , Romania Miliana
Miliana , Romania
Miliana , Romania
The combination of new technology and conventional communication is useful .
Maria Giuseppa Sallemi, Italy
Maria Giuseppa Sallemi, Italy
I find very useful mentoring on line because you can organize your day like you want, it is practical I am agree, because we avoid to use chart or talking boxes but we create a conversation environment. The technology help individual because we haven't got a lot of papers, beside is useful to know the strategies and methodologies that the mentee can review a lot of time in video records. There isn't the human contact that is important. 
Maria Goreti Alves, Portugal
Maria Goreti Alves, Portugal
I think that online mentoring is a good strategy when is not possible to meet in person. The only experience I have that might be sightly similar to this consists on eTwinning online events, where we are able to learn about many different topics. Although it lacks the human touch I believe there is an effective learning and sharing of ideas, doubts or others.
Valentina Lamaj, Alb
Valentina Lamaj, Albania
I hadn't had any experience on online mentoring before but now I'm working on an online course about mentoring teachers around the world with IPF.  It could be a great experience to share with other teachers our opinions and viewpoints in different technics and strategies of using technology in teaching.
Lúcia santos -Portugal
Lúcia santos -Portugal
Online mentoring is a nice idea and good as as start.

Stamatis, Greece
Stamatis, Greece
Online mentoring is quite advantageous in cases where the mentor is asked to support teachers in different schools, some of which may be distant and difficult to reach as in case of isolated island and mountainous regions. It could compensate for lack of resources and meaningful collaboration with other novice or experienced teachers if it is combined with the use of video recordings of lessons and live video conferencing. It could be a useful way of communicating and collaborating ideas and practices with teachers and schools from past placements. It is not the same as a face to face mentoring meeting and is no substitute for the authenticity, mutuality and trust developed in a live conversation but it is a good way of sharing thoughts and feelings with a greater community of teaching professionals without any of the time constraints or the bureaucracy involved in scheduled meetings. 
Najoua Slatnia, Tunisia
Najoua Slatnia, Tunisia
Nowadays, online mentoring is very important and also offers many benefits. I have experience in online mentoring as I have organized as an eTwinning ambassador several webinars to train teachers and etwinners from different schools, disciplines and countries. Based on my experience I see that the online mentor must always allocate time well and prepare the documents to be used. Good continuous monitoring is one of the criteria for the success of an online mentor. On the other hand, I see that the online mentor must consider the variety and difference in the levels of his mentees, must create opportunities for his mentees to react with him. It is also necessary to create an atmosphere of trust and especially of sympathy between the mentor and his mentees, he is not a robot behind the screen. Always human warmth can create an atmosphere of satisfaction and can bring the relationship between mentor and mentees closer together. 
Iuliana, Romania
Iuliana, Romania

In my opinion online metering is easy especially when you do not have the time to go to a certain place . 
Maria, Greece
Maria, Greece

Online guidance helps a) design thinking (problem recognition, data, gaps, etc.), b) thought guidance (retroactive description of thought, speech).
Rubén Esparza, Spain
Rubén Esparza, Spain
All the people I mentor and me are in the same school so, apparently online mentoring would not be necessary for us. I also have no experience as an online mentor. Anyway, I think, it would makes things more comfortable, fast and easy if I would have to mentor people from different school or teachers who work in different shift in the same school. I have participe in some online personal developments and webinars and I think, in the second case, the lack of human touch is kind of reduce. So it is why I consider those kind of events important in online mentoring.  
JaviNegue
JaviNegue
I think online mentoring would be useful if mentor and mentee are in different schools or if there is no chance to meet face to face. It could be useful as an add-on, but not as a substitute, because, in my opinion, the level of trust and confidence could be reduced. Technology helps us a lot, but it is cold. When talking about teaching and learning, whether students, mentees or mentors, the human touch is necessary
Ela, Poland
Ela, Poland 
I have never been online mentor but time to time I participated in online courses and webinars. I think it is great opportunity of learning, gaining knowledge and sharing experience. A new online mentoring relationship is one of way of cooperation. But face to face meeting is also nessesary  to good teacher collaboration.
Aitziber, Spain
Aitziber, Spain
I have no experience as an online mentor. But I see a very good solution when there is no possibility of meeting. Network and sound coverage problems will come very easy, so I also suggest having a B plan ready.

Eva,Spain
Eva,Spain
I think mentoring online can be useful when there is no opportunity to meet.But being both teachers inside the same classroom can become crucial in some situations when close watching is needed to work out strategies , problems, difficult to see if you are not there.

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Zvonimira, Croatia
Zvonimira, Croatia
I have no personal experience in online mentoring, but I do know that in Croatia we have schools with a very small number of students (islands) so they teach online. And that's a good teaching option.
Violeta, Romania
Violeta, Romania
I think we can use online mentoring 
Miliana , Romania
Miliana , Romania
The combination of new technology and conventional communication is useful .
Maria Giuseppa Sallemi, Italy
Maria Giuseppa Sallemi, Italy
I find very useful mentoring on line because you can organize your day like you want, it is practical I am agree, because we avoid to use chart or talking boxes but we create a conversation environment. The technology help individual because we haven't got a lot of papers, beside is useful to know the strategies and methodologies that the mentee can review a lot of time in video records. There isn't the human contact that is important. 
Maria Goreti Alves, Portugal
Maria Goreti Alves, Portugal
I think that online mentoring is a good strategy when is not possible to meet in person. The only experience I have that might be sightly similar to this consists on eTwinning online events, where we are able to learn about many different topics. Although it lacks the human touch I believe there is an effective learning and sharing of ideas, doubts or others.
Valentina Lamaj, Alb
Valentina Lamaj, Albania
I hadn't had any experience on online mentoring before but now I'm working on an online course about mentoring teachers around the world with IPF.  It could be a great experience to share with other teachers our opinions and viewpoints in different technics and strategies of using technology in teaching.
Lúcia santos -Portugal
Lúcia santos -Portugal
Online mentoring is a nice idea and good as as start.

Stamatis, Greece
Stamatis, Greece
Online mentoring is quite advantageous in cases where the mentor is asked to support teachers in different schools, some of which may be distant and difficult to reach as in case of isolated island and mountainous regions. It could compensate for lack of resources and meaningful collaboration with other novice or experienced teachers if it is combined with the use of video recordings of lessons and live video conferencing. It could be a useful way of communicating and collaborating ideas and practices with teachers and schools from past placements. It is not the same as a face to face mentoring meeting and is no substitute for the authenticity, mutuality and trust developed in a live conversation but it is a good way of sharing thoughts and feelings with a greater community of teaching professionals without any of the time constraints or the bureaucracy involved in scheduled meetings. 
Najoua Slatnia, Tunisia
Najoua Slatnia, Tunisia
Nowadays, online mentoring is very important and also offers many benefits. I have experience in online mentoring as I have organized as an eTwinning ambassador several webinars to train teachers and etwinners from different schools, disciplines and countries. Based on my experience I see that the online mentor must always allocate time well and prepare the documents to be used. Good continuous monitoring is one of the criteria for the success of an online mentor. On the other hand, I see that the online mentor must consider the variety and difference in the levels of his mentees, must create opportunities for his mentees to react with him. It is also necessary to create an atmosphere of trust and especially of sympathy between the mentor and his mentees, he is not a robot behind the screen. Always human warmth can create an atmosphere of satisfaction and can bring the relationship between mentor and mentees closer together. 
Iuliana, Romania
Iuliana, Romania

In my opinion online metering is easy especially when you do not have the time to go to a certain place . 
Maria, Greece
Maria, Greece

Online guidance helps a) design thinking (problem recognition, data, gaps, etc.), b) thought guidance (retroactive description of thought, speech).
Rubén Esparza, Spain
Rubén Esparza, Spain
All the people I mentor and me are in the same school so, apparently online mentoring would not be necessary for us. I also have no experience as an online mentor. Anyway, I think, it would makes things more comfortable, fast and easy if I would have to mentor people from different school or teachers who work in different shift in the same school. I have participe in some online personal developments and webinars and I think, in the second case, the lack of human touch is kind of reduce. So it is why I consider those kind of events important in online mentoring.  
JaviNegue
JaviNegue
I think online mentoring would be useful if mentor and mentee are in different schools or if there is no chance to meet face to face. It could be useful as an add-on, but not as a substitute, because, in my opinion, the level of trust and confidence could be reduced. Technology helps us a lot, but it is cold. When talking about teaching and learning, whether students, mentees or mentors, the human touch is necessary
Ela, Poland
Ela, Poland 
I have never been online mentor but time to time I participated in online courses and webinars. I think it is great opportunity of learning, gaining knowledge and sharing experience. A new online mentoring relationship is one of way of cooperation. But face to face meeting is also nessesary  to good teacher collaboration.
Aitziber, Spain
Aitziber, Spain
I have no experience as an online mentor. But I see a very good solution when there is no possibility of meeting. Network and sound coverage problems will come very easy, so I also suggest having a B plan ready.

Eva,Spain
Eva,Spain
I think mentoring online can be useful when there is no opportunity to meet.But being both teachers inside the same classroom can become crucial in some situations when close watching is needed to work out strategies , problems, difficult to see if you are not there.
Zvonimira, Croatia
Zvonimira, Croatia
I have no personal experience in online mentoring, but I do know that in Croatia we have schools with a very small number of students (islands) so they teach online. And that's a good teaching option.
Violeta, Romania
Violeta, Romania
I think we can use online mentoring combinated with face to face mentoring. As Rachel says the emotions are important in the mentor-mentee relation and we can observe those emotions only face to face. However sometimes when its not possible to see face to face our mentees we can use the online meetings.
Cristina, Spain
Cristina, Spain
Today we are living in a world where the one invariable is that nothing is constant. It is a world of change and adaptation. As a result, we're facing a different kind of situations, each of them is more complex and challenging to deal with. Good digital or video assessment tools lead the way in helping us do our job as teachers 
To my mind, mentorin
To my mind, mentoring on line can be useful in combination with face to face mentoring. You can't build a trusting and personal but also professional relationship through an online course. It could, though, provide preparation and consolidation, offer extra material and so on. 
Raquel - Portugal
Raquel - Portugal
I never had the experience of online mentoring but I think this could be an option to consider, especially if the teacher works in many schools or if mentor and mentee live far away. The flexibility of time and space is very important. I think the establishment of regular meetings would turn out to be positive, however I believe there are some situations only face-to-face interaction can solve.
Hasan Turgay ÖZÇELİK
Hasan Turgay ÖZÇELİK
Mentoring online could be a good option for teachers working in small schools

I do not see how it
I do not see how it would be useful in my own personal context. I prefer the face to face meetings and observations to allow me to build a relationship with the mentee and to interact more fully with them.

However I could see where it would be very useful, allowing mentors and mentee to have a chance to interact... despite distance between them.
Graça
Graça
I do not think that online mentoring would apply to my context, unless it was  used as a means of providing training for teachers whose eexperience of mentoring was minimal. This could be a way of enagaging in new mentoring relationships with experst and more experience mentors  who would offer na opportunity to learn and gain knowledeg na competences  in mentoring, exactly as seesm to be occurring with this course. Besides the obvious lack of “human touch” ( Maria San Martin) , there seem to be a considerable number  of assests associated to onçline mentoring: the reduction of costs, the fact that i tis available around the clock, the possibility to engage in a diversity of activities and exchanges made possible throught the use of a plethora of technlogical tools. My main concern would be that it seems to require sound digital litearcy.

Snježana, Croatia
Snježana, Croatia
I can see a lot of opportunities of using online mentoring. I have two online courses which I use with my pupils. One is for acquiring new knowledge, other one is for  repetition of teaching contents. The criteria are the same for all students. Students receive information at the same time. They can work at a time that suits them. Deadlines force them to be responsible for the work they need to do. They get feedback for each task. We cannot control whether they work alone or with help.  Group work is hard to do because not everyone accepts it. In last 2 years I am mentor in course for teachers. This is much more difficult because there are many participants and they cannot make contact with each participant.
Marinela, Croatia
Marinela, Croatia
Mentoring online can be useful as an addition to face to face mentoring relationship, not as replacement. It is useful when the mentor and the mentee are not in the same school or place, and then could help to make this relationship constantly. I have never used it before.
María José Spain
María José Spain
As I see it ,mentoring on line may be considered as a new useful method  in teaching processes. It must be  interesting for communication that overcomes the inconveniences of distance.I believe this could be as beneficial as a mentoring face to face.
Filiz Kutlu,Turkiye
Filiz Kutlu,Turkiye
Online mentoring may cause some problems as there will be no or very limited face to face communication. Understanding feelings or psychology of mentee/mentor can be difficult.
Rita Neves
Rita Neves
This online course is a proven fact that using technology is beneficial as time and place flexibility made it possible to gather together teachers from different countries in a way that enriches us all. We learn through videos, shared opinions for later reflection and improvement. We self-regulate our learning process at our own pace. 
One can argue that a face to face conversation would offer more authentic conversations in a mentoring process. Ensuring real, meaningful conversations to compensate for the lack of human touch is the challenge for a successful online mentoring.

Mariana-Doinita/Romania
Mariana-Doinita/Romania
It is possible to use online mentoring, but it must have enough experience to succeed. Online mentoring facilitates collaboration and mutual assistance, offering a flexible, friendly opportunity, through which you can benefit from quality mentoring and mentoring offered by mentors. they are great as are the risks. It may not all come out as you proposed. We have to pay attention to all the details. you don't exist "
Daniela Pagnini, Italy
Daniela Pagnini, Italy
I believe that the online mentoring practice can be suitably integrated in a mentoring process to give more effectiveness to the overall  process.  

Tanja, Croatia
Tanja, Croatia
In my practice, I have had online mentoring opportunities using video conferencing on how to prepare research experiments in physics classes and prepare for maths lessons before taking the professional exam - Office 365. I think using the options is a great approach at a time that suits you.
Despoina Amarantidou, Greece
Despoina Amarantidou, Greece
It sounds as a good idea for remote areas.
Lucia italy
Lucia italy
I think this online strategy is a nice innovation, I haven't experimented yet and I hope in the future to have the opportunity to do it
Daniel, Spain
Daniel, Spain
Mentoring online could be a good option for teachers working in small schools in rural areas etc. However, I prefere to take advantage of the personal side of the mentor-mentee relationship.
Giuseppina Serini fr
Giuseppina Serini from Italy,
Sorry I dont have experience whit online mentoring.  I think it is a great  idea
Ramunė, Lithuania
Ramunė, Lithuania
Online mentoring has its own advantages and disadvantages. On the positive side, it offers flexibility in terms of time and place. On the other hand it lacks human touch and can be misunderstood easily. However, if I had to choose, I would choose to have online mentoring over no mentoring at all.
Niels, the Netherlands
Niels, the Netherlands
I think you have to be very careful if you want to use a video during mentoring, since the relationship and social interaction with your mentee is a very big and important part. I would use videos mainly to record observations and only analyse them together. If you, as a mentor, would analyse it alone, it might give the mentee the impression of an assessment and then we go back to the discussion about sharing all of your notes with your mentee.
Marina, Greece
Marina, Greece
I have never been in a mentoring state however like all online sessions it does provide an enourmous degree of flexibility in terms of time and space. On the opposite side it does hold certaion risks as bad internet connection that could possibly burden communication. Another drawback to online sessions is that it could be pretty impersonal and may lead to a weaker mentor-mentee relationship. 
Anita,Croatia
Anita,Croatia
Mentoring online in Croatia is a huge thing now with the reform of the education system,specifically mentoring in online courses. I have only had positive experiences in this field but have not mentored myself.
Angeliki T., Greece
Angeliki T., Greece
Although I have never tried online mentoring, I believe it has more benefits for those involved in it than drawbacks. The flexibility it offers in terms of time and place is a huge advantage for busy mentors and mentees. Moreover, the use of video-recordings of lessons allows the mentor and mentee to analyse every little detail they might decide on. Finally, the opportunity to watch the recording of the online session with the mentor a second time might be especially useful for the mentee. In a properly designed online mentoring programme with experienced and insightful mentors, even the human touch could be captured. 
Constantinos Selevistas, Greece
Constantinos Selevistas, Greece 
Although I don’t have any experience of online mentoring, I agree with Mrs María Jesús that the main drawback of it is that it loses the human touch. Mentors should pay attention to enrich their online mentoring with live events such as webinars, online conversations, hangouts, online visits. Also they should often use the technique of video recording.. 

I believe, online mentoring could had helped me a lot, when – at the beginning of my career as a teacher- I was working in a small isolated island of the Aegean Sea. 

Ideally, as @ Maria Cersosimo, Italy wrote, “I would prefer a mixed solution. I mean online sessions mixed up with real meeting. They will help not to lose the human touch”

I also agree with @Carmina, Portugal who wrote in the padlet, “There's always the problem of the equipment you have to overcome, but it's a great principle to adopt in a mentoring relationship”. 
Carmina, Portugal
Carmina, Portugal
I have already participated in a number of eTwinning projects, in which we use online visits to arrange/ plan/ develop our projects and this is something that always attracts students and makes it really easy to work with people from all over the world. I have also made some formation using video which have turned out to be great as we can share ideas and opinions just like if we were in a meeting side, by side. There's always the problem of the equipment you have to overcome, but it's a great principle to adopt in a mentoring relationship.
Efi, Greece
Efi, Greece
I think that online mentoring can be as successful as mentoring when the mentee works in many schools or lives faraway. If you regular meetings can be established, the results may be equally positive. I would be interested in online mentoring. 
Marianthi Platsi, Greece
Marianthi Platsi, Greece
Although mentoring is not applied in the Greek system, I believe that the online mentoring has many advantages like: 1) when mentor and mentee are far away (Greek islands) or there is no time for F2F communication 2) when there is a need for more frequent communication than once, 3) exchange  various mentor's methods of teaching and mentee's methods of teaching as well and discuss on them.

Sunčica, Croatia
Sunčica, Croatia
Since online mentoring is missing that human touch, it carries the danger of being misunderstood or offended. So in online mentoring it is crucial to use a language which is polite and in the frame of netiquette behaviour. When there is a problem or a dilemma it is always harder to solve it by writing messages, and is so much easier to do it live. Great thing about online mentoring is time and space organization, which is free and individual.
Veselche, North Macedonia
Veselche, North Macedonia
I  have not had any experience on online mentoring so far. However, I am quite positive about it, in this dynamic time this could be an option to consider.
 
Federica P., Italy
Federica P., Italy
I have no experience at all in this field, but I think that online mentoring can be an option if the mentee is sufficiently self-confident and works in a "safe" environment without any relevant issues during his/her first lessons. On the other hand, if the mentee starts working in a school with difficult students in overcrowded classrooms, for example, many issues may arise that only a face-to-face mentoring relationship could solve.
Maria Cersosimo, Italy
Maria Cersosimo, Italy
I would be extremely curious to try an online mentoring but perhaps I would prefer a mixed solution. I mean online sessions mixed up with real meeting. They will help not to loose the human touch. The mentor should enter physically in the classroom, because if the camera can help catch things from an objective point of view it can't intercept feelings or the " mood of the class" that is a combination of a plethora of tiny factors. 
Sandra, Croatia
Sandra, Croatia
Online mentoring could have positive aftermath. Mentee and mentor could have some advantages of this kind of mentoring.  For instance they shouldn’t be at the class in the same time but they know everything what was happening at. They have better perspective of every part of class and could have better discussion about the topic.  

Karela Georgia, Greece
Karela Georgia, Greece
I think that online mentoring helps both the mentor and the mentee to work in a comfortable way the process and the tools.
Silvia, Italy
Silvia, Italy
I haven't experiences of online mentoring, but I think that could be interesting begin many teachers relationships: online tools have this possibility. So the exchange of knowledges and practices (strategies, methodologies...) can arise our teaching; flexibility of access (time, spaces...) that depends from available of participants is important. For mentoring, but for all human communications, is important to organize other moments (live meeting);  however there are more positive aspects that negative with online teaching or mentoring!
Finally we should be pay attention, 2 things: a too big time passed online; too large mass of information that are difficult for our good teaching.    
Cristina, Spain
Cristina, Spain
I think that online mentoring makes the process easier to follow since it may be more comfortable for both mentor and mentee: they can save time by having conversations online.
Ioanna, Greece
Ioanna, Greece
It is the combination between some minimum f2f meetings and class observations along with many online meetings/discussions and recorded lessons that makes it feasible for the online monitoring to succeed. After all, online mentoring may give all teachers the possibility to have full support, that otherwise would not be possible even if they teach in isolated schools or mentors are not availlable in their area.
Fotini, Zante, Greece
Fotini, Zante, Greece
I have experience of on line training in life coaching from a univercity  faraway from my home town. I felt so lucky  that I could see, listen and exchange information with my instructor and my colleagues!When you live in an island ,on line training that is accessable and available  provides you only pros and challenges!!!
Maria, Romania
Maria, Romania
On line sessions gather the mentor an her/his mentee more comfortable, I think. For both of them. It is always accessible and informal.
MMiguel, Lagos - Portugal
MMiguel, Lagos - Portugal
Online meeting can be a plus in what concerns mentoring.
This way, I see it in two possible perspectives:
a) create an online evente where different trainees and mentors (preferably from different schools / regions) can share their perspectives about school, students, planing, expectations, joys and sorrows....
b) by other hand, online mentoring can be also important to keep in touch with 'ex' mentees, in order to discuss all sorts of issues,  now they are by their own; especially if they move in to a different school / region...
In what concerns my experience, I've never done it in a formal way (online mentoring). However, i still keep in touch with former mentees by using different social apps.
Eleni, Greece
Eleni, Greece
Greece has hundreds of small islands where face to face mentoring is not easy to occur. On line mentoring can take place and newly appointed teachers get attached to experienced ones. Skype can assist face to face communication while a well structured online programme can facilitate their professional development and alleviate their experiences of isolation and loneliness.

mARIA, sPAIN
mARIA, sPAIN
Online mentoring is great. Technology, as long as properly used, is always beneficial. Videos are interesting. I would never think of recording my mentee, but with this lesson I have changed my mind
Patricia Viguera,
Patricia Viguera, 
I find the videos very interesting and I like online  mentoring although it is very important to have face to face.
Bryan, Malta
Bryan, Malta
I will definitely try the online mentoring, however, I don't think I should limit it to just online mentoring, as the human afce to face approach, in my opinion, is still very valid and maybe more effective, while observing more things than a camera would capture. So, a mixture of both might do the trick. The trick is to find the right balance. 
Hanife, Turkey
Hanife, Turkey
I have no experience with online mentoring. There are a few things I think that need to be considered like the active engagement of the mentees, or achieving a real communication. I think it is a really good idea to have weekly live sessions where the mentor and a couple of mentees come together online and share some critical incidents from their class and discuss on these. The mentor and the mentee could work on the lesson plan, or the observation notes upon both of their convenience. Also Google hangout could be less distractive than the physical presence of the mentor in class if managed well. The first thing to ensure is well-functioning tech and rehearsing with it beforehand. 
Jelena, Lithuania
Jelena, Lithuania
Hello! After watching the videos and reflecting on the topic, I think that the best way to create effective mentoring relationship is to have 'blended' one. It would make it possible to combine the human touch of the face-to-face communication with  flexibility of online mentoring. The additional challenge for the mentor and the mentee would be to learn using more technologies. 
Roberto Agostini
Roberto Agostini
I have some experiences in online mentoring. I have used e-learning platforms, webinars, and other tools. I think that, due to the lack of time for formal meetings, online mentoring is an important asset to succeed in having continuous contact with mentees, especially if mentor works in different schools. Moreover, online mentoring allows flexibility in managing the time. Anyway, I think online mentoring can’t completely substitute real meetings with the mentee. My ideal is a kind of blended learning, where online and face-to-face approaches integrate each other. 
Alex_PT
Alex_PT
I found the two videos very enlightening since I’ve never been involved in a mentoring relationship and made me think about online mentoring in particular.
I’m all for taking advantage of technology and therefore believe that one of the advantages of online mentoring is the flexibility in pace and in scheduling as the interactions between mentor/mentee are asynchronous. Besides, as it’s said in one of the videos, the location of the mentoring process is immaterial and can be performed 24/7. Just like with MOOCs or any other TDC, as a mentor or a mentee, the environment where I’m in plays a very important role and that’s one of the reasons I choose to enrol in online courses J: no sense of discomfort or distress and I do things at my own pace. The word is self-explanatory and recording implies there’s a record of discussion for later review and reflection. Moreover, there’s more than one electronic communication method that can be used (e.g. chatrooms, threaded discussions).
As for possible disadvantages of online mentoring, I said before that location is immaterial but, as obvious as it may seem, both need internet access and this process of online mentoring may turn onerous in case new software needs to be purchased. As is also mentioned in the videos, there’s no way to share a real café or cup of tea (only a virtual one!) and establishing a rapport with someone we may have never met before may turn out to be difficult. Even though I have never done it or read much about the subject, I wonder if, in some cases, online mentoring can be more time consuming than F2F mentoring and therefore much more challenging.
isa, Tur
isa, Tur
can be a good and useful tool.
Sarah, Malta
Sarah, Malta
I think that I will start using online mentoring this year as I might have two mentees, one in my class and one in my other class. I think that one disadvantage is that you might get misunderstood via emails etc but on the other hand the mentee can go back to previous emails to confirm what was said beforehand.
Dimitra, Greece
Dimitra, Greece
Online mentoring is a useful independent form of support and advice. It is a very flexible tool that allows both parts to communicate even if they are not working in the same school or watch video recordings and discuss about them.
Etelvina Santos, Portugal
Etelvina Santos, Portugal
I use online dialogue a lot, I like to talk and discuss with other colleagues problems that are appearing. We make worksheets and jobs that we send to each other. We plan classes and discuss topics online.
Karolina, Croatia
Karolina, Croatia
I have experience in on line mentoring. It is a hard work, you must be all the time for your students, but results can be beautiful. On line you can approach to each pupil individual.  Someone who is not rise his hand in classroom will ask you here for help. I am using Moodle for 12 years now.

Jasmina,Croatia
Jasmina,Croatia
Nemam iskustva u on line mentorstvu.
Christos, Greece
Christos, Greece
Online mentoring is a good and flexible alternative for both mentor and mentee, meetings are not limited by time or location constraints. There is another key point, that there is good feed-back, relevant for both parties, by watching video recordings that offer strategies, methods and working tools. Furthermore
online mentoring is the best solution when the mentor and mentee cannot meet face to face.
The advantages are:
- It’s easy, always accessible  and informal
- Allows 24/7 support
- Allows more regular and effective support
- Allows a number of other educational resources such as conversation, chats, thematic forums, video viewing and the use of other computer applications, sharing of ideas, using databases of information.
Disadvantages:
- It is more rather impersonal and does not allow to drink a coffee together or to make a friendly chat. 
- It does not allow establishing a normal pedagogical/
personal relationship.

Lidija, Croatia
Lidija, Croatia
Online mentoring is a good idea. I attended in January an online course. College from Brazil taught me how to use some ICT in my classroom. Problem was bad Internet connection due to snowy weather in my country. 
Suncezgb
Suncezgb
On line mentoring is flexible tool. Loosing the human touch (face to face) might be the disadvantage but it could be fullfill w/ webinars, on line conversation... THe advantage is that we can watch the video when is suitable for us.
Daniela, Romania
Daniela, Romania
Online mentoring is less used in us, but it still exists. Being an easier possibility, I also used this form, by mail, especially. Beginners send lesson plans, I analyze them, make improvements, then talk face to face. I also send videos, materials, links for analysis, models, teaching materials, sheets.
Pedro N (PT)
Pedro N (PT)
Online mentoring is a good solution when the mentor and mentee cannot meet face to face.
So the advantages are:
- it's easy, more accessible and more informal
- allows 24/7 support
- allows more regular and effective support
- Allows a number of other educational resources such as conversation chats, thematic forums, video viewing and the use of other computer applications, sharing of ideas.

Disadvantages:
- is more impersonal and does not allow to drink a coffee together
- does not allow establishing a normal pedagogical relationship

Cerasela, Romania
Cerasela, Romania
Certainly online mentoring is a good and flexible alternative for both mentor and mentee, meetings are not limited by time or location constraints. It presents another advantage, that of a good feed-back, relevant for both parties, considering the possibility of watching video recordings that offer strategies, methods and working tools.
Mentoring online can offer us new opportunities, thus, time and location can no longer be a problem for contact between mentor and mentee. Always having in mind that face-to-face meetings are crucial to set goals, check if everything is going on correctly and not to miss the human touch!.
Mentoring online can offer us new opportunities, thus,  time and location can no longer be a problem for contact  between mentor and mentee. Always having in mind that face-to-face meetings are crucial to set goals, check if everything is going on correctly and not to miss the human touch!.
Raquel, Spain

Jean, Ireland
Jean, Ireland
I have no experience of using online mentoring. While I can see that it would have advantages and it is flexible, accessible and easy to use now, I still feel that face to face mentoring sessions and being there in the classroom to get a feel for the atmosphere and see all that is going on within the classroom are necessary. The video will capture only part of the room – so it wouldn’t be possible to see all of the pupils and the teacher during the lesson. Plus I’m not sure I’d have the technical expertise to engage in online mentoring!


I think that online mentoring could be very good and useful tool for me because its a posibility to learn new things and see bad sides if not always is posible a meting face to face...
I think that online mentoring could be  very good and useful tool for me  because its a posibility to learn new things and see bad sides if  not always is posible a meting face to face...
Emy , Greece




Valentina, Croatia
Valentina, Croatia
I have no experience in that, but I believe it has both good and bad sides. I think it can be very useful, but I always prefer face to face communication and I think nothing can substitute it.
Carmen, Spain
Carmen, Spain
I have no previous online mentoring experience, but I believe that  it can be as effective as a face to face one.
It´s important  to point out the fact that the mentor will be available for the mentee 24 hours a day. Moreover, they can set up weekly meetings  to check how  eveything is going on. All these these steps compensate for the lack of human touch and make the mentoring job a positive and rewarding experience.
Meryem, Turkey
Meryem, Turkey
I think that online mentoring can work effectively because it offers the chance to see the mistakes that you do and, also, to watch good practices from others like a good example for your lesson. There should be a face to face mentoing relationship. And also, mentees should have access to a wider and more flexible mentoring possibility through online mentoring. 
Aslı Çelik,Turkey
Aslı Çelik,Turkey
I have never got the chance to carry out such an online mentoring process, however it can be an effective way.
Laura Maria, Portugal
Laura Maria, Portugal
With the evolution of technology it is imperative to take advantage of new methodologies. Online mentoring can be very useful for the reasons presented. It is flexible and can reach a wider range of people. However, there is nothing like e real conversation face to face. So, in my opinion, both options should be taken into consideration. There should be a face to face mentoing relationship. And also, mentees should have access to a wider and more flexible mentoring possibility through online mentoring.
Patricia Viguera,
Patricia Viguera,
I have never give online lessons as a teacher but I was a student in online degree classes and I like it very much. I have a blog where I share with mu pupil´s parents the activities or song that we sing o practice in class
María, Spain
María, Spain
I usually prefer face to face classes and conversations. Nevertheless, as the society is changing, so are we. For instance, at the university, we used to take advantage from platforms such as moodle where we had to upload some works before a deadline, which is similar to this course. This is an option of using ICTs and facilitating the teaching process to personal situations. With kids, I am considering using another kind of mentoring using an specific website as it could be "Edmodo" where they can create an avatar and nickname and it consists on the same, they should have to upload their tasks and we can even open some online debates related to topics focused on their interests. It requires more effort on behalf of the teacher, but at the same time is something more appealing for them and we should  not forget, that we are dealing with digital natives. Some negative aspects that we should take care of, are: making compulsory that every comment before being public must be directed to us and we have to give permission an so on.
Cristina, Sebes, Romania
Cristina, Sebes, Romania
I never had an on line mentoring. It is a challenge for both mentor and mentee and it is helpful if the mentor cant discuss face to face with the mentee. The on line discussion can be done more often than face to face discussion. I think a mentor must have face to face discussion, not only on line  discussion.

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Sandra Leite - Portugal
Sandra Leite - Portugal
I have no experience in online guidance but in my view it is a way of teaching and learning highly democratic because it equals opportunities for access to knowledge, knowledge and fosters permanent education. Doors open to many, creating the possibility of cross-border, multilevel learning for a wide range of stakeholders, regardless of space and time.
Another factor to consider is that this education strategy favors and encourages the development of the subject's autonomy in their learning process, as it enables them to responsibly and freely manage their studies and research while receiving accurate guidance, support in answering their questions and questions and return to evaluations in process. This autonomy, in turn, provides encouragement and increases self-esteem, opening the subject conditions to perceive capable of accomplishment at the personal and collective levels. However, as regards the relationship between learning, it should be noted that this education strategy does not include the motivation and competition that result from contact between people. The same goes for student-teacher interaction. The spontaneity ceases to exist.
This teaching strategy offers the mentor a new challenge: his method of "teaching" must meet the needs and expectations of the various participants. The mentor should also make an effort to understand the capacities and needs of the mentors without personal contact and direct working experience with the participants.
Ivana, Croatia
Ivana, Croatia
I have no experience in online tutoring in terms of video playback, but I do use online tutorials to create class notes that include assignments, research questions, useful links, and homework reviews. For processing, I prefer to use personal contact with students to monitor non-verbal communication of the interlocutor / student.
Cristina Italy
Cristina Italy
I have experience of online mentoring during my activity of ITC teacher training. Some hours of my lessons is on line and I use hangout how online tool
Carla Passinhas - Portugal
Carla Passinhas - Portugal
I have no online mentoring experience but I have learn a lot with online classes and I have change same aspects of my experience as a music teacher. It's very easy learn with a teacher from Turkey or England and share methodologies without face to face. 
Roberto, España
Roberto, España
I've never used online mentoring maybe because all my previous mentoring relationships had been carried out face-to-face.
It has some uses when the people involved aren't in the same place, but I really prefer the direct contact and conversations.
Konstantina, Greece
Konstantina, Greece
I think that online mentoring can work effectively because it offers the chance to see the mistakes that you do and, also, to watch good practices from others like a good example for your lesson.
Irene, Greece
Irene, Greece
I have no online mentoring experience so far, but as I find online learning quite a challenge, I dare say that online mentoring sounds a great idea to me.  Although online mentoring deprives the interlocutors from the chance to share a face-to-face conversation, it is challenging as it decouples the constraints of place and time and gives the chance to the mentee to develop and progress in cases where such practice would be impossible.
Martina
Martina
I have no experience in online mentoring, but I find it a useful tool. Video educations are great because you have your time, and at any time that contact with your mentor is achievable.
MONICA CIOBANU-ROMANIA
MONICA CIOBANU-ROMANIA
Online mentoring is welcome, both for the student and for the mentor.
Meetings are held at pre-established times, convenient for both parties.
During the meetings you can call on various applications that are not accessible to face-to-face meetings.
In line, it is the barrier of shame, emotions, which is welcome for both parties.
Angelina, Portugal
Angelina, Portugal
Videos can be a very strong ally in online strategy
Feedback from an online mentor is great, but achieving the goals requires good planning, and good practice in your videos.
Vasilica,Romania
Vasilica,Romania
Online mentoring is very good for me  because is a posibility to learn new things and not always is posible a meting face to face.
Luísa Lima, Portugal
Luísa Lima, Portugal
Online mentoring is good because we know that not always is it possible for mentors and mentees to meet face to face and not as often as they should or want to. So , I believe that online mentoring can be an excellent follow-up. Sometimes mentees just need a bit of reassurance or have some doubts, which can easily be solved online. Still, I feel the human touch cannot be eradicated. One should complement the other.
Ana, Spain
Ana, Spain
As I'm working full time, I see it's very useful when having the opportunity to join online courses, so I can do them at night or when I have some minutes along the day.  I see it could be useful to do online chats (videocamera chats) so we have a face-to-face conversation. However, I feel it's important to meet the mentee in person, because you express more feelings, agreements or disagreements in person, rather than online
Margherita Mento
Margherita 
Mentoring on line is useful in some online courses ,  it you need help for something that is not easy or clare for you about the course's organitation or contents . It is a gold idea that someone can answer to your questions . I took z lot of online courses, but till now I never asked anything to the mentors . 

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I've never been involved in online mentoring, but I think that it might be a very useful tool. ICT tools should be used to help us and to share experiences.

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I believe in a hybrid mentoring. First some face-to-face meetings to establish communication between mentor and mentee. Then video or voice calls can help overcome obstacles like the time spent by the mentor when commuting, time availability for meetings and distance.
The on-line mentoring gives more time to discuss, more times to interact, lower cost and a way to solve urgent cases in the classroom.
In my opinion, the on-line mentoring is not inferior than face-to-face, under the condition that  live meetings from time to time reestablish a good, clear and friendly  human communication.

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In my opinion, online mentoring has a lot of benefits.
It's asynchronous and gives flexibility regarding space and time. It can be carried out remotely, at any distance, at any place or at any time. I am able to communicate even in cases where the person I work with is at a distance. I can work with several mentee across a range of locations. The knowledge can be targeted and shared more widely and immediately.
During mentoring we have more time to process the information we share, to think about our goals and to organize our steps to achieve them. The material we share is in written form and therefore at our disposal at any time. Another important factor is the quality of the interaction of the mentee with me whenever he needs me.
Mentoring may be done via the following channels:
Emails, Voice Calls, Video Calls, Online forums, Learning Communities
It is advisable for online mentoring to use frequent videos and cameras and not to do text only.
However, by using online mentoring you lack human contact that develops deeper and more meaningful relationships.  Even more, I suggest that mentoring be combined with face-to-face meetings.
It is important to note that online mentoring cannot directly record and solve problems of the mentee such as managing the stress in the classroom but maybe it is a useful complementary tool to the new teacher's reflection.

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I never used online mentoring activities but I think that it could be one of the mentoring tools. In a couple of week I will start an activity as a trainer and I am required to supervise the PBL work of teachers in different schools, surely I will experience the mentoring online.

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Online mentoring gives me the opportunity to get involved with mentoring with people from different geographical areas, without space-time constraints (e.g. time of day). There is flexibility, I can adjust the time of my study, for example, to study at night time, when contact with the mentor usually is impossible. We also can communicate without affecting our schedule and without meetings, which often cost money.

With online mentoring, I maintain accurate records, which are useful for studying and elaboration. I have time to review the material, prepare questions and answers. I am not pressured by the immediate response, and so I have time for constructive reflection and feedback. The written word clarifies possible misunderstandings. That is why we need to be very careful in our messages.

Group mentoring is also available, which further enriches the whole process. However, I think it is good to have a small number of participants.

However, one disadvantage of online mentoring is often technological malfunctions, difficulty in using technology and written communication skills, as well as delay in developing relationships.

Online mentoring can make communication difficult and create misunderstandings or just bad interactions. Simple movements, such as a smile or a nod to the head, can be lost while mentoring online. Also, psychological support through discussion is often more limited.

I myself prefer having a face-to-face mentoring combined with an online mentoring, with the first kind as a base for deeper relationship development and the second one as help for practical reason.