Tools, resources, research & practice
The themes of our Linkedin group discussions in August were: 1. E-coaching research Our member Angelique Andrews is carrying out a doctoral research study focusing on coaching through avatars. This month volunteers were invited to participate in 4 virtual reality coaching sessions with a certified professional avatar coach. The aim of the study is to... Continue Reading →
There’s growing interest in the topic of e-coaching. I’ve spent the past few years conducting research and building a software package in this area, so I thought I’d share my observations and experiences. I was working as a Product Manager in a software company when I decided to formally study the psychology of personal development.... Continue Reading →
References to e-coaching/ e-mentoring literature shared in the group or written for and posted in the Community of Practice platforms http://e-coaching-community.mixxt.org/ and http://digitalcoachreference.wordpress.com/ are listed below: References. Anthony, K. & Nagel, D. (2012). A brave new world: Coaching online. Coaching Today, January 2012. Retrieved from:http://onlinetherapyinstitute.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/8645_a-brave-new-world-1.pdf Berry, R.M. (2005). A comparison of face-to-face and distance coaching... Continue Reading →
As it was mentioned in a previous blog post, one of the objectives of our e-coaching network is to bridge the gap between e-coaching researchers and practitioners. Through our group discussions, practitioners and researchers exchanged information, ideas, insights, and contributed towards building a knowledge base around e-coaching. Practitioners shared personal knowledge, particularly tips, techniques, experiences-... Continue Reading →
E-mentoring was another one of the themes for discussion in our e-coaching community. Members shared relevant articles and information about e-mentoring platforms. A summary of the information we gathered on this topic is provided below. “The fit mentor: An introduction to mentoring” A video by Michael Heath, which was shared in our e-coaching group. What... Continue Reading →
In previous blogposts, I summarized the discussions of our e-coaching community,which focused on the conceptual meaning of e-coaching, media preferences, as well as, available tools. Our e-coaching community also explored several other important issues, such as the optimal duration of e-coaching sessions, contracting issues, marketing, and ethics. These are described in detail below: How long should an e-coaching... Continue Reading →
The previous blogpost listed media preferences and described experiences of our e-coaching members with various media, as they were shared in our linkedin group. This post focuses on e-coaching tools and platforms, which enrich the distance coaching process and may be used in combination with telephone, VoIP, email or face-to-face coaching sessions. These can be... Continue Reading →
In my previous blog post I described the e-coaching conceptual views, which were shared in our linkedin e-coaching community. The second theme that was addressed in our group was media preferences in coaching. According to our members, media selection might be influenced by several factors, such as "familiarity with the medium, time, type of coaching issue, typing speed,... Continue Reading →
Theme 1: Conceptual issues Continuing the previous blogpost, one theme we explored in our e-coaching community was the conceptual meaning of e-coaching. What is e-coaching? Which media does it involve? Which media does it exclude? What is the difference between e-, virtual- , tele-, online- distance coaching? What is e-coaching? In exploring this fundamental question,... Continue Reading →
While e-coaching practice is growing, research is lacking behind. Our online learning community is bridging the gap between e-coaching practice and research and is building up a knowledge base around e-coaching. The Linkedin Group: “E-Coaching: A dialogue between researchers and practitioners” Enabling collaborative learning. In July 31st, 2012 this group was created on Linkedin with... Continue Reading →
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