I module. Introduction.

Dear Mentor,

Welcome to the training course on mentoring on employment related issues under the project “E-Mentoring: New skills and competencies for new jobs” (2011-2013) No. 511579-LLP-2010-LT-KA3-KA3MP, www.e-mentoring.eu. 

This project addresses common needs of students in High Education and in Vocational Education and Training (VET) institutions and adults to get employment-related skills/competences for re-/entering fast-changing labour market (by getting employed or by starting own business). During the project the mentoring on employment related issues as the blended learning method is being implemented for above mentioned target groups.

The project is implemented by 9 partners in 7 countries:

• Social Innovation Fund (LT);
• Vytautas Magnus University (LT);
• Merseyside Expanding Horizons Ltd. (UK);
• ANNANET: Pertti Vihonen Oy (FI);
• Volkshochschule Göttingen (DE);
• Speha Fresia Societa Cooperativa (IT);
• European Partnership (LT);
• Bourgas Free University (BG);
• VentureQuest Ltd. LLC (USA).

If you are interested in the project and you are the citizen of these countries, you could contact directly our project partner in your country and join the project. If you are the citizen of the country which is not involved into the project but you are interested in the project you could use the database of OERs (Open Education Resources) which is adapted for self-learning.

How to learn

Our learning methodology contains of two main learning pathways – in the training course the learning materials are introduced in such way: firstly you read some short information about the theme and then you can go to the practical exercises where the information is provided in questions-answers style. You should analyse these practical exercises first in order to guide your mentees through the learning process and to suggest which exercises they should choose.

Learning outcomes

After completing this training course you would be able: to understand what the mentoring is, how it is structured, what are the strong points and challenges of e-Mentoring, what are the roles of 3M actors in the mentoring process, how to participate in the mentoring process, how to help the mentees to establish common goals, what should be the relations between mentees and mentor in the group, what mentoring tools should be used during the process and how to use OERs on Web 2.0 for self learning.