Telementor Guide

What is visibility, and what is the "low visibility problem"? In a telementoring relationship, visibility refers to how much your mentees tell you about where they stand in their work, and what challenges they are facing. Low visibility is a problem, because it is hard to offer informed advice to your mentees if you don't know where they stand in their investigation, and where they're headed. On rare occasions students will spontaneously explain where they think their work is headed and what challenges they are facing; but most students simply don’t know how to do this. As a mentor, it is your job to ask about these things if students do not think to explain them, or are unable to explain them clearly on the first try.