OPEN UNIVERSITY

Fostering Peer Mentorship Programmes

SMALL

ACTIONS

CURIOSITY

PRACTICE CURIOSITY: Educate yourself. Participate in events. Read articles.

AWARENESS

DIALOGUE

GROW SELF-AWARENESS: Pause to review your perceptions and privileges.

SUPPORT

CULTIVATE DIALOGUE: Cultivate empathy by engaging within your community.

SUPPORT CAUSES: Enhance initiatives and community organisations.

YOU?: What small personal actions resonate with you?

Small Personal Actions:

CBE aims to nurture OU Peer Mentorship programs, to:

Project Goals

Model well-being support

Provide safe, effective and creative online spaces

Cultivate the 21st century skillset - resilience, empathy, active listening

and intercultural communication

Some of our partners include:

The Charter for Compassion (a global network of 3,000 non-profit organisations)

Cisco Networking Academy (‘largest classroom in the world’, 3.3M enrolled students)

Purdue University’s Center for Intercultural Learning, Mentorship, Assessment and Research (CILMAR-CBE co-creating an interactive for credit course)

British Council program DICE (Developing Inclusive and Creative Economies)

Outrage+Optimism Podcast (Host: Christiana Figueres, TED Climate Countdown)

UC Berkeley Wellbeing Podcast (Greater Good Science Center)

National Geographic Education (Teacher Network)

Our Partners

Some of our partners include:

The Charter for Compassion (a global network of 3,000 non-profit organisations)

Cisco Networking Academy (‘largest classroom in the world’, 3.3M enrolled students)

Purdue University’s Center for Intercultural Learning, Mentorship, Assessment and Research (CILMAR-CBE co-creating an interactive for credit course)

British Council program DICE (Developing Inclusive and Creative Economies)

Outrage+Optimism Podcast (Host: Christiana Figueres, TED Climate Countdown)

UC Berkeley Wellbeing Podcast (Greater Good Science Center)

National Geographic Education (Teacher Network)

Some of our partners include:

The Charter for Compassion (a global network of 3,000 non-profit organisations)

Cisco Networking Academy (‘largest classroom in the world’, 3.3M enrolled students)

Purdue University’s Center for Intercultural Learning, Mentorship, Assessment and Research (CILMAR-CBE co-creating an interactive for credit course)

British Council program DICE (Developing Inclusive and Creative Economies)

Outrage+Optimism Podcast (Host: Christiana Figueres, TED Climate Countdown)

UC Berkeley Wellbeing Podcast (Greater Good Science Center)

National Geographic Education (Teacher Network)

'In order to respond to global crises we will need to

transform education.

I believe the CBE peer dialogue method can make

a significant contribution in that process.’

Charles Hopkins, UNESCO chair, York University, Canada

'In order to respond to global crises we will need to

transform education.

I believe the CBE peer dialogue method can make

a significant contribution in that process.’

Charles Hopkins, UNESCO chair, York University, Canada

Online interactions offer incredible potential for learning.

If not facilitated, they also pose challenges:

ONLINE INTERACTIONS

Creating emotional distance between participants

Exacerbating online fatigue, disengagement and loneliness

Highlighting (& possibly stigmatising) cultural and social differences

Causing people to feel a lack of authenticity

Setting an impersonal tone for dialogue

We have built our methodology to address those challenges.

RESPONSES

Peer led processes to strengthen motivation

Consistent small groups to build relationships

Group agreements to support trust building and safety

Emotional prompts to inspire personal involvement

Awareness activities to sensitize for self and other

Additional responses to challenges include:

RESPONSES (cont.)

Participatory Culture to continue engagement

Peer videos to model empathic dialogue