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• Regensburg
Get girls excited about STEM!
London, 24th of April 2015
University of [email protected]
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
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
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
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
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
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”
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
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]