Academic talks, workshops and media contributions on education in a digital world.
206 of 206 entries
Potential, perspectives and challenges.
Invited introductory talk for the AI strategy development of the Zentrum für Schulqualität und Lehrerbildung Baden-Württemberg, focusing on lower secondary education. KI-Zentrum Schule, Heilbronn, 24 June 2025.
Potential, perspectives and challenges.
Invited introductory talk for teacher educators at the Zentrum für Schulqualität und Lehrerbildung Baden-Württemberg. Online, 6 May 2025.
Invited opening talk for the AI competition of the district of Raststatt, 28 April 2025.
Potential, perspectives and challenges.
Invited talk at the AI conference of KMZ Main-Tauber-Kreis, 26 March 2025.
Invited online talk, Digital Leadership Briefing, 25 March 2025.
Invited online talk, Akademie Dillingen, 25 February 2025.
What skills do teachers need?
Invited introductory talk at the annual meeting of heads of teacher training seminars for primary, middle and special schools, Akademie Dillingen. Online, 25 February 2025.
CreatorSpaces for the future of education in a digital world
Invited keynote at the mobile.schule exhibition stand, Didacta, Stuttgart, 15 February 2025.
Potential, perspectives and challenges.
Invited introductory talk at a conference for ministry department heads responsible for primary education, Grundschulverband Baden-Württemberg, Göttingen, 31 January 2025.
Potential, perspectives and challenges.
Invited keynote at the AI in Primary Schools conference of the Zentrum für Schulqualität und Lehrerbildung, Heilbronn, 30 January 2025.
Digital education in (primary) schools.
Invited introductory talk at a conference of the Landesinstitut für Lehrerbildung und Schulentwicklung (LI), Hamburg, 2 December 2024.
Challenges and perspectives for Baden-Württemberg.
Introductory talk at an expert discussion in the Baden-Württemberg state parliament's parliamentary building, 28 November 2024.
Invited introductory talk at the Forum for Early Childhood and Primary Education, University of Education Weingarten, 18 November 2024.
Approaches to media education and all-day schooling.
Invited online introductory talk at a meeting of primary school heads in the Göppingen school district, 24 October 2024.
challenges and opportunities for parents and schools
Invited talk, Freihof-Realschule, Kirchheim-Teck, 24 June 2024.
#FluxDays24 – Future Learning in Primary Education, Congress Centrum Stadtgarten, Schwäbisch Gmünd, 6 June 2024.
Invited contribution to the German Bundestag's Commission for Children's Concerns, Berlin, 24 April 2024.
Invited introductory talk for the KMK ad hoc working group on artificial intelligence. Online, 20 March 2024.
Between prohibition and skills development.
Invited talk at the women's general assembly, University of Education Schwäbisch Gmünd, 12 March 2024.
Invited keynote at a professional development conference of the Akademie für Lehrerfortbildung und Personalführung (ALP), Dillingen, 19 February 2024.
between prohibition and skills development
Invited introductory talk for the education working group of the Green Party in Baden-Württemberg, Waiblingen, 29 April 2024, with Mathias Nagl.
between prohibition and skills development
Invited talk at the spring conference of the Grundschulverband, Weimar, 29 February 2024.
What should children learn in primary schools today?
Invited talk at Code & Connect, Landesmedienzentrum Karlsruhe, 15 December 2023.
Panel participant, Landesmedienzentrum Baden-Württemberg, with Prof. Dr. Uta Hauck-Thum, Sandra Boser (MWK BW), Dr. Julia Freudenberg (Häckerschool Stuttgart) and Barbara Münch (AFZ Hopp Foundation), 15 December 2023.
Fundamental questions and conditions for successful professional development for educators working with primary school children. Results of the BMBF subproject on teacher training seminars for foundational digital education.
Invited keynote at the meeting of school-type coordinators, Akademie für Lehrerfortbildung und Personalentwicklung Dillingen, Gars am Inn, 22 November 2023.
The current KMK recommendation Teaching and Learning in the Digital World and its implications for primary education.
Invited keynote at the meeting of school-type coordinators, Akademie für Lehrerfortbildung und Personalentwicklung Dillingen, Gars am Inn, 22 November 2023.
What should children learn today?
Invited keynote at the meeting of school-type coordinators, Akademie für Lehrerfortbildung und Personalentwicklung Dillingen, Gars am Inn, 22 November 2023.
Fundamental questions and conditions for successful professional development for educators working with primary school children. Results of the BMBF subproject on teacher training seminars for foundational digital education.
Invited keynote at the annual conference of Seminar Offenburg, Offenburg, 24 October 2023.
The current KMK recommendation Teaching and Learning in the Digital World and its implications for primary education.
Invited keynote at the annual conference of Seminar Offenburg, Offenburg, 24 October 2023.
What should children learn today?
Invited keynote at the annual conference of Seminar Offenburg, Offenburg, 24 October 2023.
towards new learning cultures?
Invited talk, Akademie für Lehrerfortbildung und Personalentwicklung Dillingen, 19 October 2023.
Digital media in childhood and adolescence
Invited online talk, Bosch, 8 May 2023.
New skills in a digital world.
Lern.Raum geben, Akademie für Lehrerfortbildung und Personalentwicklung Dillingen, 3 May 2023. Invited talk.
Fundamental questions and conditions for successful professional development for educators working with primary school children. Results of the BMBF subproject on teacher training seminars for foundational digital education.
Invited online keynote at the annual meeting of heads of primary teacher training seminars in Leinsweiler, 20 April 2023.
What should children learn today?
Invited online keynote at the annual meeting of heads of primary teacher training seminars in Leinsweiler, 19 April 2023.
The current KMK recommendation Teaching and Learning in the Digital World and its implications for primary education.
Invited online keynote at the annual meeting of heads of primary teacher training seminars in Leinsweiler, 19 April 2023.
Challenges and perspectives.
Invited talk at the closing conference of the BMBF project Fabulous, University of Bremen, 20 March 2023.
challenges and approaches
Annual conference of the Gesellschaft für Didaktik des Sachunterrichts (GDSU), Salzburg, 23 February 2023.
What and how should primary school children learn today?
Invited talk at the Digital Education Congress, organised by Betzold, Ellwangen. Online, 4 February 2023.
what and how should children learn today?
Invited keynote at Primary School Week, Akademie für Lehrerfortbildung und Personalführung, Dillingen, 27 October 2022.
Challenges and opportunities for speech and language education.
Invited plenary talk at the national congress of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Sprachheilpädagogik, Humboldt University Berlin, 23 September 2022.
Invited keynote at the early-career researchers' conference of the DGfE Commission for Primary Education Research and Pedagogy, University of Regensburg, 20 September 2022.
rationales, aims and recommendations for implementation
Invited keynote at the annual conference of Seminar Lörrach. Online, 24 May 2022.
Challenges and future perspectives.
Invited plenary talk at the 31st annual conference of the Gesellschaft für Didaktik des Sachunterrichts (GDSU), University of Cologne. Online, 11 March 2022.
Discussant at a symposium on primary education, special education and media psychology perspectives on digitally supported teaching and learning in primary schools. 9th conference of the Gesellschaft für empirische Bildungsforschung (GEBF), Bamberg. Online, 9 March 2022.
Panel participant, Landesmedienzentrum Baden-Württemberg, LMZ Karlsruhe. Online, 8 March 2022.
The current KMK recommendation Teaching and Learning in the Digital World and its implications for primary education.
Invited talk for primary education representatives of Germany's state education ministries, Frankfurt. Online, 10 February 2022.
Opportunities and challenges for primary schools and initial and continuing teacher education.
Invited introductory talk at the annual meeting of the Baden-Württemberg State School Advisory Council, Stuttgart, 14 October 2021.
what do teachers and children need to learn today?
Invited keynote in the Primary Education Digitalisation strand at the congress of the Zentrum für Schulqualität und Lehrerbildung Baden-Württemberg. Online, 2 October 2021.
Short contribution to the BMBF EdTech Research Forum. Online, 1 October 2021.
Joint annual conference of the DGfE School Pedagogy Section and the DGfE Commission for Primary Education Research and Pedagogy. Online, 22 September 2021, with Kristin Taust.
Spatial concepts for exploring and researching new opportunities for action.
Invited introductory talk, Leibniz-Prinzip Forum, Didaktische Werkstatt, University of Hannover. Online, 7 July 2021.
rationales, aims and recommendations for implementation
Invited talk at the media day of the Lörrach and Sindelfingen teacher training seminars. Online, 18 May 2021.
Primary education in the culture of digitality.
Invited plenary talk at DIGITAL@regional, Landesmedienzentrum Baden-Württemberg. Online, 25 March 2021.
rationales, objectives and design approaches
Invited plenary talk at the 3rd Learning Digitally symposium on supporting subject learning in early childhood and primary education, TU Chemnitz, 16 March 2021.
Irion, T. and Tramowsky, N. (2021). Workshop at the Joachim Herz Stiftung MNU conference. Online, 5 March 2021.
Spatial concepts for the professional development of university students. Invited keynote at the working conference Workshops and Labs for Digital Learning and Teaching, University of Erfurt. Online, 19 November 2021.
Fundamental questions and conditions for successful professional development for educators working with primary school children.
Main talk at FluxDays21, online, with Prof. Dr. Rudolf Kammerl. 2021; exact date incomplete.
conditions and perspectives of trainee teachers
Talk at FluxDays21, online, with Carina Ruber. 2021; exact date incomplete.
Foundations, challenges and opportunities.
Invited talk, Ten-Brink-Gemeinschaftsschule, Rielasingen-Worblingen, 3 March 2020.
digital education in schools
Invited introductory talk at the 2020 planning conference of the Bundeselternrat, Seminaris conference hotel, Potsdam, 24 January 2020.
Current developments and perspectives.
Invited talk at the Digital Learning in Primary Schools conference, Deutsche Telekom Stiftung, Kalkscheune Berlin, 8 November 2019.
Panel participant with Prof. Dr. Stefan Aufenanger, Ilka Götz, Katja Kaden and Dr. Michael Kirch. Digital Learning in Primary Schools conference, Deutsche Telekom Stiftung, Kalkscheune Berlin, 8 November 2019.
Talk at the Digital Learning in Primary Schools conference, Deutsche Telekom Stiftung, Kalkscheune Berlin, 7 November 2019, with Prof. Dr. Lutz Kasper.
Foundations, challenges and opportunities.
Invited talk for parents and teachers, Erich-Kästner-Grundschule, Neu-Ulm, 6 November 2019.
Challenges for educational institutions in an era of digital transformations.
Invited talk, WES 4.0, Walter-Eucken-Schule, Karlsruhe, 23 October 2019.
Challenges for educational institutions in an era of digital transformations.
Invited research-based introductory talk, KLI Conference 2019, Stuttgart, 25 June 2019.
Challenges, perspectives and approaches.
Invited plenary talk for the Dillingen and Donau-Ries school authorities, 3 June 2019.
Invited keynote, Staatliches Seminar für Didaktik und Lehrerbildung (GWRHS), Lörrach, 28 May 2019.
Plenary talk at FluxDays19, University of Education Schwäbisch Gmünd, 24 May 2019.
Potential and challenges.
Invited plenary talk at the primary social and science education conference of the University of Flensburg and the Institut für Qualitätsentwicklung an Schulen, Kiel, 18 May 2019.
Invited plenary talk at the 3rd conference on cross-curricular development in the context of the KMK Education in the Digital World strategy, Siegburg, 6 May 2019. Delivered by video link.
Introductory talk at the P3DiG conference, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg, 5 April 2019.
Opening talk at the P3DiG conference, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg, 5 April 2019, with Prof. Dr. Rudolf Kammerl.
Short talk at the fellows' meeting of the Joachim Herz Stiftung's Kolleg Didaktik:Digital, University of Bayreuth, 29 March 2019.
Challenges and opportunities for primary school heads.
Invited main talk at the school leadership conference, Schulamt Offenburg, 21 March 2019.
Challenges and opportunities for primary school heads.
Invited main talk at the school leadership conference, Schulamt Offenburg, 20 March 2019.
Opportunities, challenges and approaches to individual support in German language and primary social and science education.
Invited plenary talk at the primary school day of the Bavarian branch of the Grundschulverband, Zusmarshausen, 16 March 2019.
taking stock
Talk at the 21st annual conference of the Gesellschaft für Didaktik des Sachunterrichts (GDSU), Leuphania University Lüneburg, 9 March 2019.
Developing professional media education skills for designing digitally supported primary learning environments across all three phases of teacher education.
Talk at the Teaching and Learning with Digital Media conference, Technical University of Kaiserslautern, 18 October 2018, with Dr. Axel Blessing and Carina Ruber.
Teacher education at PH Gmünd within the Pro Media Primar 3P primary school project.
Poster presentation at Forum Bildung Digitalisierung – Educating Teachers for the Digital World, Allianz-Forum Berlin, 27 September 2018, with Lutz Kasper and Carina Ruber.
Opportunities and challenges.
Invited plenary talk at the conference of the Staatliches Seminar für Didaktik und Lehrerbildung (GWHRS), Mannheim, 29 June 2018.
Invited plenary talk at the reference schools afternoon of the Rems-Murr district media centre and the Landesmedienzentrum, Murrhardt, 12 June 2018.
Panel participant at the opening of in:it co-working lab, Schwäbisch Gmünd, 2 May 2018.
Invited plenary talk at the 1st Education Dialogue Forum, Brandenburg State Chancellery, 20 April 2018.
Talk at the 20th annual conference of the Gesellschaft für Didaktik des Sachunterrichts (GDSU), University of Dresden, 10 March 2018.
Effectiveness, selection and evaluation.
Talk at the Forum Bildung Digitalisierung workshop conference, Berlin, 23 November 2017.
Challenges for continuing education.
Invited introductory talk at the basic education day of the Fachstelle für Grundbildung und Alphabetisierung, Baden-Württemberg, 22 November 2017.
Theoretical foundations, empirical findings and practical examples.
Invited keynote at the primary school conference of the Institut für Qualitätsentwicklung an Schulen Schleswig-Holstein (IQSH), Kiel, 21 November 2017.
Invited main talk at the annual meeting of Baden-Württemberg teacher training seminars for primary social and science education/MNK, Nürtingen, 6 October 2017.
Invited talk, Hochschule für Gestaltung Schwäbisch Gmünd, 5 October 2017.
Invited keynote at the 3rd medienfit network workshop, LISUM Berlin-Brandenburg, Ludwigsfelde, 16 September 2017.
Invited plenary talk at the media day of the Ravensburg district media centre, 29 June 2017.
Invited contribution to the multiplier event of the EU iTilt2 project, University of Education Schwäbisch Gmünd, 28 June 2017.
Invited plenary talk in the Denkanstöße series of Regierungspräsidium Stuttgart, 26 June 2017.
Invited plenary talk at the Multimedia/Media Education/Networking conference of primary teacher training seminars, Staatliches Seminar für Didaktik und Lehrerbildung (GWHS), Pforzheim, 23 June 2017.
Full-day workshop at the annual meeting of FundMINT scholarship holders and alumni, with OStD Carsten Huge, Bonn, 27 May 2017.
Moderator of the discussion at the education ministry's Smart Education round table within the digital@bw state strategy, Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, 3 May 2017.
Talk at the University of Adelaide, 30 March 2017. Organised by the university's Transdisciplinary Measurement and Evaluation Research Group (TMERG).
developing professional media education skills for digitally supported primary learning environments across three phases of teacher education
Part of the Digital Learning in Primary Schools collaborative project. Talk at the DGfE spring conference Digital Education: Media-related Educational Approaches for the Next Society, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, 10 March 2017, with Carina Ruber.
With Carina Ruber and Hanspeter Hauke. DGfE spring conference Digital Education: Media-related Educational Approaches for the Next Society, University of Mainz, 10 March 2017.
Current developments and perspectives, with a particular focus on mobile technologies.
Invited plenary talk, Stadtmedienzentrum Stuttgart, 22 February 2017.
Invited introductory talk at the joint meeting of state primary education representatives and the Grundschulverband, Göttingen, 17 February 2017.
Current developments and perspectives, with a particular focus on mobile technologies.
Invited talk at Learntec, Karlsruhe, 24 January 2017.
Development of a tandem training concept involving students for Klösterleschule, including a video on using Muxbooks in teaching, with Maxilian Göller, Nico Hägele, Carina Ruber and Dejan Simonovic, 2017–2018.
Invited plenary talk at the meeting of network advisers of Regierungspräsidium Stuttgart, Landratsamt Göppingen, 7 December 2016.
Workshop at Grundschule Hattenhofen, with Maja Schneider, 30 November 2016.
Current developments and perspectives in primary media education.
Invited plenary talk at the 1st network workshop of Brandenburg multimedia primary schools, Landesinstitut für Schule und Medien Berlin-Brandenburg (LISUM), Ludwigsfelde, 14 November 2016.
Media education with tablets in schools.
Invited talk at the Digital Schools in Baden-Württemberg conference, organised by Rednet AG, Karl-von-Drais-Schule Mannheim, 18 October 2016.
Workshop at the Primary School Day of the Grundschulverband Baden-Württemberg, Römerschule Stuttgart, 15 October 2016, with Uwe Ritter.
Media education with tablets in schools.
Invited talk at the Digital Schools in Baden-Württemberg conference, organised by Rednet AG, BIL Schulen Stuttgart, 11 October 2016.
Perspectives, limits and challenges in an era of digital communication and learning.
Invited talk at the German Language – Primary Education conference, Landesakademie für Fortbildung und Schulentwicklung an Schulen, Bad Wildbad, 13 July 2016.
Teacher professional development at the German Language – Primary Education conference, Landesakademie für Fortbildung und Schulentwicklung an Schulen, Bad Wildbad, 13 July 2016, with Maja Schneider.
Media education with tablets in schools.
Invited talk at the Digital Schools in Baden-Württemberg conference, organised by Rednet AG, Schwäbisch Gmünd Town Hall, 5 July 2016.
Irion, T. and Ruber, C. (2016). Children's university event, University of Education Schwäbisch Gmünd, 10 June 2016.
Invited plenary talk at the media literacy day of the Albstadt district media centre, Technologiewerkstatt, Taiflingen, 7 June 2016.
Tracing squeaking boards, dusty mice, swiping fingers and chatting kids.
Invited plenary talk in the Bremen expert discussion series Education from the Start, Haus der Wirtschaft, Bremen, 12 May 2016.
Invited talk at the Baden-Württemberg education ministry's annual primary education conference, Landesakademie für Fortbildung und Schulentwicklung an Schulen, Bad Wildbad, 1 March 2016.
Invited keynote at the North Rhine-Westphalia Moodle meeting, Kamp-Lintfort, 24 February 2016.
Invited introductory talk at the media literacy day of the Esslingen district media centre, Nürtingen, 16 February 2016.
Invited plenary talk at the inaugural meeting of the district council working group on district media centres, Landratsamt Tübingen, 8 October 2015.
media education in primary schools
Online talk for the E-Learning-Snack series of the Baden-Württemberg universities of education, 16 June 2015.
media education with tablets and other devices
Invited plenary talk at Reutlingen Media Day 2015, Kreismedienzentrum Reutlingen, 12 May 2015.
tablets entering everyday school life?
Invited plenary talk at the media literacy day of the Ostalb district media centre, Aalen, 28 April 2015.
From Chalkboards to Tablets.
Guest lecture at Metropolitan University Cardiff, Wales, 25 March 2015.
From Chalkboards to Tablets.
Talk at an iTilt working group meeting, Metropolitan University Cardiff, Wales, 24 March 2015.
From chalkboards to tablets.
Invited plenary talk at the media congress of Kolping Bildungswerk, Stuttgart, 6 March 2015.
Invited introductory talk at the joint meeting of ministerial primary education representatives of Germany's federal states and the Grundschulverband, Göttingen, 5 March 2015.
Development of a training concept for Klösterleschule Schwäbisch Gmünd, Grundschule Hardt, tablet-based primary schools in Schwäbisch Gmünd and primary school multimedia advisers. Design and delivery of nine events by Biermann/Irion/Ritter/Ruber/Simonovic, 2015–2018.
Opportunities and tasks for primary teaching.
Two workshops at the autumn meeting of the Grundschulverband, Hamburg. 2015; exact date uncertain.
Two workshops at the Primary and Secondary Education Day, University of Education Schwäbisch Gmünd, 9 September 2015, with Jörg Ostertag, Carina Ruber and Maja Schneider.
Using tablets for new forms of learning at school and at home.
Introductory talk at the launch of the Individualised Learning – Including with Media project, Landratsamt Esslingen, 5 December 2014.
Media education approaches in childhood pedagogy.
Invited evening lecture in childhood education, University of Education Schwäbisch Gmünd, 25 November 2014.
Media education for children and young people.
Invited Lunch Lesson, ZF Lenksysteme, Schwäbisch Gmünd, 7 November 2014.
Tablets in schools.
Invited talk at the Tablets in the Classroom – A Revolution training course, Landesakademie für Fortbildung und Personalentwicklung an Schulen, Comburg, 21 October 2014.
Primary media education with tablets and other devices.
Invited introductory talk at the media day of the Waiblingen district media centre, Waiblingen, 15 October 2014.
Research-methodological objectives for learning with tablets.
Main talk at the Swiping Fingers in Primary Social and Science Education – Tablets in Primary Schools conference, Gesellschaft für Didaktik des Sachunterrichts, New Media Working Group, University of Education Schwäbisch Gmünd, 11 October 2014.
Invited introductory talk at the Grundschulverband delegates' assembly, Göttingen, 10 May 2014.
Tablets for capturing and transforming digital images.
Talk and workshop at the Media Lifeworlds conference on challenges for schools and religious education, University of Education Schwäbisch Gmünd, 9 April 2014.
Parents supporting learning in kindergarten, school and leisure time.
Invited talk for Wirtschaftsjunioren, University of Education Schwäbisch Gmünd, 26 March 2014.
Questions of media education and media didactics.
Invited plenary talk, Kreismedienzentrum Göppingen, 12 March 2014.
Questions of media education and media didactics.
Invited main talk at Paducation – The (R)Evolution of Teaching and Learning, Commundo conference hotel, Ismaning, 4–5 April 2014.
Scientific conference of the Gesellschaft für Didaktik des Sachunterrichts (GDSU), New Media in Primary Social and Science Education Working Group, 10–11 October 2014. Venue: University of Education Schwäbisch Gmünd. Convenor: Prof. Dr. Thomas Irion. Organising team: Prof. Dr. Thomas Irion, Katja Schiefele and Dr. Mirelle Schied.
Questions of media education and media didactics.
Invited main/plenary talk at the 2013 annual meeting of school network and media education advisers in Baden-Württemberg, Hohenwart, 9 December 2013.
Media education and media didactics.
Invited plenary talk at the media day of the Ostalb district media centre, Landratsamt Aalen, 20 November 2013.
Invited introductory talk at Dialogue Conference I – Media Education across the Educational Pathway, University of Paderborn, 30 April 2013.
Theoretical foundations and examples of implementation.
Invited main talk at the media literacy day, Staatliches Seminar für Didaktik und Lehrerbildung, Lörrach, 5 March 2013.
Invited talk at the Media Literacy Makes Education congress of the Landesmedienzentrum Baden-Württemberg, Haus der Wirtschaft, Stuttgart, 15 October 2012.
Staatliches Seminar für schulpraktische Ausbildung, Laupheim, 9 October 2012.
Learning with (digital) media.
Invited talk at the annual People, Nature and Culture meeting of the state teacher training seminars, Staatliches Seminar für schulpraktische Ausbildung, Laupheim, 15 June 2012.
Theoretical foundations and practical examples.
Invited introductory talk at the Primary Media Literacy Days within the Kindermedienland Baden-Württemberg initiative of the state ministry in cooperation with the Landesmedienzentrum Baden-Württemberg, Altenburgschule Stuttgart, 15 February 2012.
Talk at the 20th annual conference of the DGfE Commission for Primary Education Research, University of Paderborn, 21 September 2011.
Talk in the symposium Getting inside the black box: In-depth studies of ICT integration in education, European Conference on Educational Research (ECER 2011), Freie Universität Berlin, 13 September 2011.
Invited guest lecture, University of Kassel, 27 June 2011.
Tasks and opportunities for primary education.
Grundschule Fischbach, 1 June 2011.
A cyclical model for developing context-specific learning support.
Talk at the annual conference of university learning workshops, University of Kassel, 18 March 2011.
Presentation of the Evaluation Report 2011 – Media Education.
Talk to the international jury, Stuttgart Town Hall, 16 March 2011.
Main talk at the evaluation workshop for media education projects of the Landesmedienzentrum Baden-Württemberg, Stuttgart, 12 November 2010.
Invited talk at the early-career researchers' workshop of the 19th annual conference of the DGfE Commission for Primary Education Research, University of Education Weingarten, 29 September–1 October 2010.
developing digital literacy in primary social and science education
Talk at the 19th annual conference of the Gesellschaft für Didaktik des Sachunterrichts, University of Oldenburg, 4–6 March 2010.
Research projects on the use of new media in teaching.
Talk at the New Media in Primary Social and Science Education conference, University of Duisburg-Essen, 10 October 2009.
elements of modern learning environments or reinforcement of one-sided, content-driven rote learning?
Talk at a meeting of the Centre for Early Childhood and Primary Education, University of Education Weingarten, 29 September 2009.
Opportunities and limits of the PROFI project on professional development through school-based training in the integrated subject People, Nature and Culture.
With Anja Heinrich and Bernd Reinhoffer. Talk at the 2009 annual conference of the DGfE Commission for Primary Education Research and Pedagogy, University of Hildesheim, 22 September 2009.
elements of modern learning environments or reinforcement of one-sided, content-driven rote learning?
With Trudy Sweeney. Talk at the 2009 annual conference of the DGfE Commission for Primary Education Research and Pedagogy, University of Hildesheim, 22 September 2009.
possibilities and challenges of synchronised text and video analysis
Talk at the Video-based Methods in Educational Research conference on uses in social, cultural and educational research, CeBu, University of Hildesheim, 20 June 2009.
Theoretical and Practical Issues.
Talk at Edith Cowan University, Perth, 7 April 2009. Organised by the Centre for Schooling and Learning Technologies (CSaLT), Edith Cowan University, and the Educational Computing Association of Western Australia (Inc).
Theoretical and Practical Issues.
Keynote at the Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Computers in Education Group South Australia, Education Development Centre (EDC), Adelaide, 30 March 2009.
Talk at Flinders University, Adelaide, 25 March 2009.
Media education in primary social and science education
Grundschule Oberteuringen, 15 January 2009.
international experience and didactic challenges for designing learning environments with digital boards
Talk at the 2009 autumn meeting of the Media Education Commission of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Erziehungswissenschaft (DGfE), University of Dortmund, 5–6 November 2009.
Introductory talk at the Media in Teacher Education conference, University of Education Ludwigsburg, 10 October 2008.
Talk at the 7th RC33 International Conference on Social Science Methodology, Università di Napoli ‘Frederico II’, Naples, 3 September 2008.
A qualitative video study of prior experience and research skills.
Talk at the Subject-related Learning in Primary Schools in Baden-Württemberg conference, University of Education Weingarten, 13 June 2008.
Results of pupil surveys.
Talk at the University of Education Weingarten, 12 June 2008, with B. Reinhoffer and I. Pöttinger.
A qualitative study as a basis for planning follow-up projects.
Talk at the transfer workshop of the MO project MeGa – Multimedia in Schools Offering All-day Programmes, Landesmedienzentrum Baden-Württemberg, Bretten, 5 June 2008.
Talk at the All-day Schools – The Shortest Route to Media Literacy?! conference of the Landesmedienzentrum Baden-Württemberg, Landesmedienzentrum Karlsruhe, 10 April 2008.
Results of pupil surveys.
Talk at the University of Education Schwäbisch Gmünd, 26 June 2008, with B. Reinhoffer and I. Pöttinger.
Media installation at the University of Education Weingarten, 2008–2012.
Presentation at the international cooperation meeting between the Regionales Didaktisches Zentrum Rorschach (Switzerland) and the primary education centre of the University of Education Weingarten. University of Education Weingarten, 28 November 2007.
Tasks for primary schools and primary education research in overcoming disadvantages in media literacy acquisition.
Talk at the 2007 annual meeting of the DGfE Commission for Primary Education Research and Pedagogy, Freie Universität Berlin, 25 September 2007.
A qualitative video study of prior experience and research skills.
Poster presentation on Research Day, University of Education Weingarten, 12 July 2007.
Macro photography with lower secondary pupils.
Poster presentation on image manipulation, University of Education Weingarten, 28 June 2007.
Opportunities and tasks for primary teaching.
Invited talk at the Primary School Media Day, Kreismedienzentrum Ravensburg, 18 October 2006.
Computer presentations at the Primary School Media Day, Kreismedienzentrum Ravensburg, 18 October 2006.
Poster presentation at the University of Education Weingarten and Oberstadtschule primary and secondary school with Werkrealschule, Weingarten, 22 June 2006.
Workshop contribution at the Learning Workshops Conference, Humboldt University Berlin, 28 September 2005.
Grund- und Hauptschule mit Werkrealschule Bergatreute, 13 May 2005.
Professional development day, Falkenhausenschule Kehl, a Baden-Württemberg model school for the use of information and communication technologies in primary education, 15 March 2005.
a survey
Talk with Prof. Dr. Bernd Reinhoffer at the annual conference of the Gesellschaft für Didaktik des Sachunterrichts, University of Education Ludwigsburg, 11 March 2005.
developing visual literacy with tablet PCs
Poster and multimedia presentation on image manipulation with digital technologies at the Virtual Network Day of Baden-Württemberg's universities of education, University of Education Ludwigsburg, 28 January 2005.
Computer presentations and a poster exhibition on the university's Open Day, University of Education Weingarten, 29 October 2004.
Talk with Heiko Steffen, Olympus Deutschland GmbH, University of Education Weingarten, 15 January 2004.
Invited talk at an information event on working with media in primary schools, Landesmedienzentrum Stuttgart, 18 November 2003.
Invited talk to the Freiburg primary schools working group, Karoline-Kasper-Schule, Freiburg, 12 March 2002.
Multimedia presentation for the Schulen ans Netz initiative at the Education Fair 2002, Cologne, 19–23 February 2002.
A web project for developing hypermedia research skills.
Talk at the Uni@Schule.de competition awards ceremony, University of Education Freiburg, 20 November 2001.
An interactive approach to interactive reception.
Talk at the Qualitative Research in Psychology workshop, Center for Qualitative Psychology, University of Tübingen, 20–22 October 2000.
Talk at Online Research: Approaching the Internet as a Cultural Space, University of Magdeburg, 15–16 December 2000.
Talk at School Online 2000, organised by Schulen ans Netz, Bildungszentrum West, Neuss, 24–25 November 2000.
A qualitative study of exploratory and research-based learning pathways.
Talk at the 1st meeting of the DGfE Commission for Primary Education Research and Pedagogy within the School Pedagogy Section, University of Koblenz-Landau, 5–7 October 2000.
Bürgfeldschule Welzheim, 2000–2002; multiple sessions.
Professional development day, Grundschule Kaisersbach, 15 May 1995.
Alleenschule Kirchheim, 1994–1995; multiple sessions.
Invited online talk at the media day of Bürgfeldschule Welzheim. 9 December; year unknown.
Organisation and moderation of a futures forum at the Grundschulverband congress Kinder.Lernen.Zukunft: 100 Years of Primary Schools – 50 Years of the Grundschulverband. Year unknown.
Stuttgarter Nachrichten, Stuttgarter Zeitung, Schwäbische Zeitung, Spiegel Junior, Eltern, SWR Rheinland-Pfalz, SWR Baden-Württemberg, MDR Figaro, various podcasts and YouTube videos. LinkedIn: Thomas Irion. Bluesky: @thomasirion.bsky.social.