Separate Layers
A clear distinction is made between the objective, the method, and the competency.
Mentory™ · CONEXXUS® Teaching Methods
Mentory makes thinking visible.
The visual guide structures thought processes, distinguishes between levels, and facilitates transitions—without dictating content.
Functionvisual guide
SystemCONEXXUS®
DistinctionNo mascot · No coaching platform
Insight
Mentory in the CONEXXUS® Modular System
The video shows Mentory as a functional tool for orientation, reflection, and transfer.
Without structure
Content and experience lose their connection.
With Mentory
Ways of thinking, transitions, and decisions become apparent.
Development Context Map
Six typical use cases illustrate how Mentory provides guidance in learning processes.
- Topics: Distinguishing between levels. Objectives, methods, and competencies are clearly distinguished.
- Transitions: Facilitate transitions. Clear transitions emerge from input to activation and from application to reflection.
- Dialogue: Structuring the discussion. Reasons, counterarguments, application, and personal judgment are clearly organized.
- Transfer: Ensure application. This provides structure to the question of what is carried over from the course into the real-world situation.
- Feedback: Peer Learning. Roles, criteria, and feedback are deliberately managed.
- Time: Setting the Pace. Learning steps gain rhythm, focus, and a clear timeline.
Mentory Work Journal
Goal orientation, a shift in perspective, reflection, and iteration emerge as an interconnected work process.
Backward Design
The target reference remains visible during editing.
Backward Design. The learning objective remains visible throughout the activity.
Peer Learning. Perspectives and justifications are explored collaboratively.
Reflection. Insights are clearly identified and categorized.
Iteration. Learning is understood as a repeatable, improveable process.
Details, Supporting Documentation, and Framework
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Classification
Mentory™
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The Companion in the CONEXXUS System
Mentory is the visual guide in the CONEXXUS system.
Designed to structure thought processes, separate levels, and make decisions transparent—without dictating content.
The problem Mentory solves
In many courses, a typical pattern emerges: the content is there, the experience is there—and yet the learning process falls by the wayside. Not because of a lack of competence, but because of a lack of structure in the process.
Common breakage points:
Alternating between theory and practice without a clear connection
Discussions Lacking a Clear Framework (Opinion vs. Rationale)
Transfer without methodological guidance
Activation Without a Specific Goal
Mentory addresses precisely these points of discontinuity: as a visual tool that helps organize thoughts and makes thought processes easier to follow.
Mentory is not a mascot.
Mentory is an educational tool.
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Typical Use Cases
Layers
separate
Content, method, and target competency remain distinct.
Managing Transitions
From input to engagement, from application to reflection.
Structuring Discussions
Reasoning, counterargument, transfer—instead of “emotion wins.”
Make the transfer visible
What applies here, and what also applies in new situations?
Feedback & Peer Learning
Roles, criteria, and perspectives are clearly defined.
Support Temporary Architecture
Learning loops maintain rhythm and focus.
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Mentory in the CONEXXUS Modular System
Mentory is a component within the CONEXXUS system. Its use is purposeful: Mentory is placed where guidance is needed—not as decoration, but as a functional marker.
Mentory provides support specifically for:
Backward Design (the goal remains visible)
Peer Learning (Guided Perspective Shift)
Reflection (Insights are clearly identified)
Iteration (improvements are systematically embedded)
This results in a learning approach that remains practical while also enhancing didactic clarity.
Mentory works because thought processes rarely fail due to a lack of information—but rather due to a lack of structure in how that information is processed.
Mentory doesn't make you smarter.
Mentory makes thinking visible.
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Uses and Effects
Mentory enables:
Understanding the Process
Clarity in Arguments
Safety in Use
Traceability of Results
This transforms “going along for the ride” into conscious learning—and individual experience into a reproducible learning logic.
CONEXXUS® Teaching Methods
Teaching Methods in the Trades (Book)
Not more information. More structure in how it is processed.
Contact and ClassificationInsights
Mentory™: The Original—Identity, Illustration, and Development.
