Online mentoring of dissertations: the role of structure and support
研究10位教授在在线博士项目中指导论文的策略与挑战，强调在线环境下结构和支架的重要性，对在线教育者和博士生导师有参考价值。
This study focused on the mentoring experiences of 10 faculty members during the dissertation stage of two online professional doctoral programs. Interview data provided insight into the strategies used by the professors in the areas of virtual communication, research design and dissertation development, and psychosocial support, and the challenges they faced during the online mentoring of dissertations. The findings emphasize the importance of structure and scaffolds both in research education and in interactions in the online environment, due to the absence of opportunities for research apprenticeship and on-campus mentoring.