“…These benefits are a deep understanding of technology integration in education, increased confidence in using technology, professional growth, and improved teaching practices (Chuang et al, 2003;Gabriel & Kaufield, 2008;Kram & Isabella, 1985). Although the mentoring strategy provides more customized and contextual support (Baran, 2018) for instructors, it has similar contributions to the instructors as in the DBL strategy. Hence, there is a potential that the mentoring strategy can encourage instructors to put the activities learned in the DBL strategy into the actual practices and subsequently facilitate their adaptations to distance education.…”