Mentor Online: Students Social Ability and Their Openness to e-Mentoring

The traditional context of learning is experiencing a radical change. Learning is not merely based on face-to-face but also through virtual teaching. The growth of virtual teaching results in expansion of mentoring. Blending mentoring with virtual teaching create the opportunity for telementoring or e-mentoring. The purpose of this research is to discuss the e-learners experiences of socialisation in e-mentoring. The study aims to identify social ability possess by learners to engage in e-mentoring. By understanding learners social ability in online learning enables programme developers to establish communication patterns and programme goals that meet participant needs. The sample was made up of 205 distance learning programme. Multiple regression technique was carried out. Results have shown that socialisation was positively associated with e-mentoring. Limitations of the study and practical implications of these findings were discussed.