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45. Intercultural Competence for Social Work Management

Nov 30, 2022

Intercultural competence of managers and employees represents a necessary "key qualification" in all industries. Also, social work professionals increasingly deal with members of different cultures, groups, and minorities. In this way, intercultural competence has become a requirement for anyone who wants to work in the social work profession. In this episode of Managing Around, I will give you a glimpse of how intercultural competences are relevant to social work management. I start with a br

44. Lessons Learned from Virtual Exchange

Oct 31, 2022

Digital technologies have been used in Virtual Exchange for almost 20 years, even though online teaching has significantly changed since the COVID-19 pandemic. Today, I will talk about a few lessons learned from a recent web-based Virtual Exchange (VE) between University College Cork (UCC) and Fachhochschule Dresden-University of Applied Science (FHD). That exchange focused on life writing and biography, developing qualitative research skills, and speaking a foreign language. Claire from UCC a

43. Inclusive Tourism Management

Oct 1, 2022

Inclusivity and accessibility are one of the most important trends in contemporary tourism<br />industry, in relation to other trends such as sustainability, digitalisation, or even luxury expedition voyages. Tourism providers should give proper attention to customers with specific needs and must be open to all kinds of potential access requirements. In this context, accessible services will become a critical factor in the tourism industry. Moreover, tourism managers and respective frontline s

42. Cross-institutional Blueprints for the Adoption of VR in Higher Education

Aug 27, 2022

Virtual collaborative learning and teaching benefits from using immersive technologies. It helps to develop key competencies in learners, such as collaboration, virtual communication, and problem-solving skills, and social and digital skills. Virtual Reality or VR that uses information technology and behavioural interfaces to simulate the individual behaviour in the virtual world supports experiences of immersion and presence. Based on such technology and its uses in higher education, we condu

41. Digital Leadership in Social Work Organisations

Jul 30, 2022

Everyone in business studies is talking about digital transformation or digitalisation. Yes, both developments are directly or indirectly affecting all areas of an organisation, not to mention the fact that it also change our life and society as a whole. But how important is this aspect to social work and human service organisations? – This new episode explores this question and discusses, first and foremost, what digital leadership includes, secondly, how it is relevant for social work instit

40. Skills and Knowledge of Social Work Managers

Jun 28, 2022

Competences such as understanding and addressing social justice issues, leadership and management, strategic planning, and problem-solving are essential for effective social work managers. What skills and knowledge should future professionals have? Actually, as I was doing some research on the topic, I realised that there are not so many theory-based competence frameworks available, especially with regard to social worker managers. In this episode, we want to explore this question. And I will

39. Decentralised Learning Environments in Higher Education

May 31, 2022

Our everyday experiences with learning are often decentralised. For example, we might learn how to do something by doing it ourselves or asking for help from a friend. We may also use digital learning spaces on the internet or via apps on our mobile phones to explore and learn about different topics. Digital learning spaces are spaces where learners can access and use a variety of digital tools and resources to help them learn. These spaces can include websites, online courses, video tutorials

38. How To Make A Good Argument: Tips for Personal Knowledge Management

Apr 30, 2022

In order to make a good argument, you need to provide solid evidence and rationale for your position. Arguments are an important part of personal knowledge management too. In this Managing Around episode, I will discuss the Stephen E. Toulmin model for the use of arguments. I first came across this epistemological model while searching for a foundation and logical correlation between claims and evidence, I make in my writing and teaching. Only recently, I started to use a graph-based word proc

37. 5 Steps For Developing Cities Through University-Practice Partnerships

Mar 30, 2022

University-practice partnerships have a long tradition in the development of higher education institutions. In addition to the core tasks of teaching and research, universities have an extended mandate. Activities summarised under the term “third mission” include, for example, policy consultation, practice-oriented training of future specialists, promoting innovations, and the development of entrepreneurial skills. The aim of this episode is to provide practical advice on how to make universit

36. Game-based Learning in Vocational Education

Feb 28, 2022

Games are an integral part of human culture from the early days of our life. They encourage us to interact with each other and with our surroundings to discover new perspectives. Moreover, they enhance the personality and help us to reflect on our own strengths and weaknesses. But how can we use game-based learning in education? How can educators be equipped with the necessary competencies to explore such new ways in their teaching? — In this episode, I will discuss a few insights we have gain

35. Critical Teaching and Learning Situations in Higher Education

Jan 29, 2022

At the beginning of the current pandemic, colleagues from two German universities analysed critical situations in digital teaching-learning processes from the perspective of lecturers, students, and pupils in higher education and vocational education institutions. We conducted the study in June 2020. We found that the development towards virtual teaching scenarios, which has become a necessity under the current conditions, will also have an enormous impact on teaching and learning processes in

34. A Didactical Framework for Virtual Reality in Formal Education

Dec 28, 2021

Despite the various potentials and risks of VR that have already been reported elsewhere, its expansion into formal education is still slow. The peculiarity of formal education such as in vocational education or higher education is that institutions often face challenges that can either promote or prevent educational innovations. Therefore, its barriers and supporting structures must be analysed thoroughly. Thus, in this podcast, I will develop an answer to the question of how can Virtual Real

33. Four Strategies of Being Productively Stupid in Your Teaching

Oct 30, 2021

Human beings are not perfect, nor does every individual possess knowledge of all domains. The same is the case for teachers. Nearly every teacher has experienced it at some time or other: You receive a tricky or unexpected question from a student which you cannot instantly answer. This then leads to the yawning emptiness and the fear of not being taken seriously by the students as the ideal teacher - namely as an ocean of knowledge. But, not everything is 'as bad' as it looks like. Feeling stu

32. Understanding Entrepreneurship Education

Sep 30, 2021

In today’s episode, I will introduce you to the field of entrepreneurship learning and education research that is primarily concerned with analyzing and reflecting on the process, conditions, contexts, and results of learning and teaching during entrepreneurial activities. The question we focus on in this episode of Managing Around is this: How does entrepreneurial learning occur in this rapidly growing field of professional practice? The purpose will be to better understand the research on th

31. Learning from the Future Self

Aug 26, 2021

In the book ‘The Essentials of Theory U’, Otto Scharmer asks the simple but unique question, “How do we learn from the future as it emerges?” Telling a story from his childhood, Scharmer recalled the moment in which he discovered his parents’ house had burnt down. It was then when he realized that it was not only his physical possessions that were lost but also his experiences and attachments to the home. His old self had died, so his survival relied on the life that lay ahead. <br /> <br />In