This paper is a reflection on 18 months of online mentoring. More accurately, it is about my experience of online tutorials because the process and the dynamics of the tutorial that have been, for me at least, the core of mentoring. Three related facets of tutorial are considered: deep learning, transformational learning, and ways in which reflections of the dynamics of the tutorial encounter can be strengthened and incorporated into student assessment.
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