Overcoming technological barriers to instruction: Situating Gen Z students as reverse mentors
Published in Frontiers in Communication, 2021
Recommended citation: Frey, T. K. (2021). Overcoming technological barriers to instruction: Situating Gen Z students as reverse mentors. Frontiers in Communication: Culture and Communication, 6, 1-3. https://doi.org/10.3389/fcomm.2021.630899
Excerpt: In response to a changing higher education landscape, this essay presents an argument for utilizing reverse mentoring to solve technological problems in the academy. Specifically, the essay argues that 1) Gen Z students are uniquely positioned to capitalize on reverse mentoring programs and 2) instructional communication is an important framework for future reverse mentoring research.