Kiron talks...

In our 17th episode we talk about ... podcasts in education. On 25 Jan  2020 Christian Friedrich, Digital Officer at WZB Berlin Social Science Centre, wrote a blog entitled "Make more podcasts". We did this.  Now we want to talk to him about his and our experiences. Last episode  of the current series.

In our 14th episode we talk about ... microcredentials and the 60 year curriculum with Gary Maklin,   Dean Continuing Education and Vice-Provost Career Pathways, University of California, Irvine (UCI).     References https://ce.uci.edu/pdfs/dean/matkin_180409_future_of_CE.pdf https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/10/education/learning/60-year-curriculum-higher-education.html

In our 13th episode we talk about ... social innovation and education.  Our guest is Gorgi Krlev -  https://www.soz.uni-heidelberg.de/dr-gorgi-krlev-en/   Gorgi Krlev's research focus is on organisation theory, institutional  theory, entrepreneurship and innovation among others. You can find out  more about the AirMOOC course and competition here:  https://air-mooc.teachable.com/

For our 12th episode of Kiron talks...about disability and online  learning with Vivian Rath, PhD student at Trinity College Dublin and  appointee to the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission Disability  Advisory Committee.  During the discussion, Vivian highlighted the universal design framework:  http://udlguidelines.cast.org/

For our 11th episode of Kiron talks... about educational challenges and  change under Covid19. This week we talk to Ben Janssen and Robert  Schuwer about a publication they were involved in called “A Global  Outlook to the Interruption of Education due to COVID-19 Pandemic:  Navigating in a Time of Uncertainty and Crisis” - see blog from Ben  here: http://www.openedconsult.nl/nl/blog The publication outlines for  31 countries what the Covid-19 pandemic has meant for education and what  lessons could be learned.  https://zenodo.org/record/3878572#.XuCF4udCQ2w   Here is also a link to the Kiron conference Amplify Now! -  https://virtualrefugeeconference.com/

For our 10th episode of Kiron talks... about hackathons for digital literacy - but also as instruments for change - with Carina Lange and Kossi A. Adzonyo. We talk about the parallels between the huge German hackathon called WirVsVirus and the hackathon in Togo called TousConreCorona.

Links for Togo's AllAgainstCorona:

• For donations to help the team progress their projects please go here: https://www.betterplace.me/touscontrecorona
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03sZf4PFIBY
• https://blog.hypeinnovation.com/news/togo-hackathon-results 

2nd edition of “Kiron talks…being an international student” on April 9 2020 at 9 pm. We will talk with Khalid O. Hassan about his experience of being an international student & the importance of technology to prevent educational disruption in times of COVID-19. Tune in here. With: Khalid O. Hassan, Sabrina Konzok, Tino Brömme and Dominic Orr.

It is the 4th edition of Kiron talks. This time with Gino Fransmann, who is an Academic Development Professional based at Nelson Mandela University in South Africa.

In our 6th Kiron talks… we talked about the borderless university, and many other things, with Luca Tateo. He is Associate Professor, Department of Special Needs Education, University of Oslo (Norway), Visiting associate professor Federal University of Bahia (Brazil) and Associate professor, Research Centre for Cultural Psychology, Aalborg University (Denmark).

For our 7th episode we discussed issues around the economics of higher education with SUNY Old Westbury Prof. Veronika Dolar. Topics were online learning, online pivot, tuition fees, private sector, open educational resources (OER) and open pedagogy.

For our 8th episode of Kiron talks... we chatted with Jehane Akiki about valuing learning and making it visible and tangible. Jehane talked about the need to think beyond pieces of paper for certification, spoke about blockchain, design thinking for education, supporting refugees in the Lebanon and Jordan and helping farmers in the Lebanon.

Kiron talks... is a regular chat show by Kiron.ngo. Dominic Orr, Sabrina Konzok and Tino Brömme meet with interesting guests to discuss digital education and hacks of how we can move ahead together to create better learning experiences for all. We will talk to advocates, movers and shakers, professors, industry experts and policy-makers. With our informal style, we want to start conversations, not finish them.