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• Regensburg Get girls excited about STEM! London, 24 th of April 2015 University of Erlangen-Nuremberg [email protected]
• Regensburg
Get girls excited about STEM!
London, 24th of April 2015
University of [email protected]
What is CyberMentor?
What is CyberMentor?
• Worldwide largest e-mentoring program for girls in STEM with a systematic program of scientific evaluation
• online communities for girls and young women who are interested in STEM
• Organized from the Universities of Erlangen-Nuremberg and Regensburg
What is CyberMentor?
• Each girl is matched with a personal mentor
• Mentors are female academics and professionals who are active in STEM
• All participants are volunteers
• Program is free of charge
How does CyberMentor work and what does it offer?
Why fostering girls in STEM?
Media
Lack of rolemodels
Nearly no exchange with friends
Nearly no feedback in school or at home
CyberMentor offers
… communication about STEM topics
… communication about STEM topics
… Role models… Role models
… STEM activities… STEM activities
How does CyberMentor work and what does it offer?
• Exchange takes place online in a members-only platform• Identity proof of all participants
Public page
Community page
How does CyberMentor work and what does it offer?
• Exchange takes place online in a members-only platform• Identity proof of all participants
• E-Mail contact to the personal mentor ones a week
How does CyberMentor work and what does it offer?
• Exchange takes place online in a members-only platform• Identity proof of all participants
• E-Mail contact to the personal mentor ones a week
• Communication via • community mail
CyberMail
How does CyberMentor work and what does it offer?
• Exchange takes place online in a members-only platform• Identity proof of all participants
• E-Mail contact to the personal mentor ones a week
• Communication via • community mail• Discussion forum
CyberForum
How does CyberMentor work and what does it offer?
• Exchange takes place online in a members-only platform• Identity proof of all participants
• E-Mail contact to the personal mentor ones a week
• Communication via • community mail• Discussion forum• Chatrooms
CyberChat
How does CyberMentor work and what does it offer?
• Exchange takes place online in a members-only platform• Identity proof of all participants
• E-Mail contact to the personal mentor ones a week
• Communication via • community mail• Discussion forum• Chatrooms• “My page”
My page
How does CyberMentor work and what does it offer?
• Exchange takes place online in a members-only platform• Identity proof of all participants
• E-Mail contact to the personal mentor ones a week
• Communication via • community mail• Discussion forum• Chatrooms• “My page”
• STEM projects
e.g. wiki
How does CyberMentor work and what does it offer?
• Communication infrastructure allows even younger female students to learn more about STEM as early as possible
• Girls in their final years of secondary schooling receive helpful hints that help them make university study and career decisions
• CyberMentor is effective: Participants who have already made decisions about what to study at university, 71% chose a STEM subject
Outlook*
• Expansion to Europe
• Translation of the Webpage into:English, Spanish, Hungarian, Polish, …
• Establishing of a European CM-Platform
* new financing
• Regensburg
London, 24th of April 2015
Thank you for your attention
University of [email protected]
