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e-mentor n. A counselor who provides help and advice to a younger or less-experienced person via the Internet.

Example Citation:
"NursingNet, an on-line nursing forum and resource, has mentoring programs for those in health care. The site hooks up experienced nurses with those who need guidance.

"It's convenient, and it doesn't require much time," says Diane Navarre, a nurse in Latrobe, Pa., who served as an e-mentor through the site."
—Stephanie Armour, "Mentoring with a twist: Workers connect on line," USA Today, August 18, 1999

Related Words:
incubator
just-in-time learning
learning a living
multi-skilling
speed mentoring

Subject Categories:
Computers - Internet
Sociology - People

Posted on February 28, 2000


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