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Fika chat on the "Quarnevalen" with Iris Callerholm and Gustav Heldt
What is Quarnevalen, and how do student-led activities such as Quarnevalen promote learning for future engineers at KTH? Podcast host Marcus Lithander visit the construction site to meet parade teams and discuss afterwards live, together with Joakim Lilliesköld (vice Programme Manager of Future Education at KTH), in the Maxistudio at the KTH Library with Quarneval staff PR representatives ("PRatare"), Iris Callerholm and Gustav Heldt ahead of the Quarneval parade on 16 May 2026.
The "Quarneval" is organised by KTH students every three years. The event is a celebration of student creativity and humour, and the highlight is the famous Quarneval parade, which attracts huge crowds.
Fika chat on the future of education episode 78 with Bruce M. McLaren och Elias Hedlin.
Fika chat on digital game-based learning
What does the research say about digital game-based learning (DGBL)? How can AI-driven personalisation, feedback and assessment be integrated into the game to support learning? And how do adults view, benefit from and sometimes oppose game-based methods in higher education, workplace training and lifelong learning? Professor Bruce M. McLaren and doctoral student Elias Hedling discuss what the research says about game-based learning with Joakim Lilliesköld, deputy programme director for the Future Education programme, and Marcus Lithander, host of the Fika chat podcast. Marcus holds a PhD in cognitive psychology.
Bruce M. McLaren is a Professor at Carnegie Mellon University, head of the McLearn Lab, and past President of the International Artificial Intelligence in Education Society (2017-2019). McLaren is passionate about how technology can support education and has dedicated his work and research to projects that explore how students can learn with digital learning games (also called educational games), intelligent tutoring systems, e-learning principles, and collaborative learning.
Elias Hedling is a newly enrolled doctoral student at the Department of Media Technology and Interaction Design within the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS). He is involved in the READ project, which focuses on improving children’s reading skills using human-centered AI. The overall idea is to develop AI-based reading tutors where children read aloud and receive personalised feedback, while teachers get insights into their progress. More generally, Elias is interested in, and have worked previously on problems relating to, how AI systems interpret and use information, and how that affects the way they interact with people.
Fika chat on the future of education episode 75 with Anna-Karin Högfeldt and Sofia Ritzén.
Fika chat on 10 years of Storträffen Meetups at KTH – lessons for the future with Sofia Ritzén and Anna-Karin Högfeldt
Storträffen meetup for education – what impact has it had, and what role could it play in KTH's future educational development?
The Faculty Council of KTH Royal Institute of Technology emphasises the importance of university-wide exchange and learning as part of the systematic quality work. To strengthen the exchange of experience and continuous quality development of our educational programmes, the Storträffen meetup is arranged every semester for all staff and students. The next Storträffen Meetup 19 May has the theme: A Decade of Storträffen Meetups - Lessons for the Future.
Sofia Ritzén, Dean, and Anna-Karin Högfeldt, who has organised the Storträffen Meetups from the outset, discuss the Meetups ahead of its 10th anniversary with Gunnar Tibert, Vice Programme Manager of Future Education at KTH, and Marcus Lithander, podcast host.
Fika chat on the future of education episode 76 from Open House at KTH Campus.
Fika chat from the KTH Open Day for potentially future KTH students
What's up at the Open Day for prospective KTH students, where they can find out about KTH’s first-cycle education programmes and get to know the campus? Fika chat's podcast host Marcus Lithander and Future Education Programme Manager Anna Jerbrant visit the Open Day at KTH Campus to meet students, study counsellors and programme directors who are helping visitors in their choice of education programme at KTH.
The episode refers to other episodes of Fika chat:
#58 Fika chat from the Fair in electro projects, year 1
#62 Fika chat from the KTH Reception of new students
Fika chat on the future of education episode 75 with the podcast guest Martin Viklund.
Fika chat on external review of educational programmes at other universities with Martin Viklund
How can external reviews of other universities' educational programmes strengthen the quality and relevance of KTH's programmes? Martin Viklund, Professor at the School of Engineering Sciences (SCI), and Anna Jerbrant, Programme Manager of Future Education at KTH, share their experiences of peer review at various universities and explain why they would welcome external reviewers to their courses and programmes.
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Martin Viklund has an impressive CV as both a researcher and teacher; among other things, he has been programme director (PA) for the Master's Degree Programme in Engineering Physics and has been rewarded "Teacher of the Year" by THS, the KTH Student Union. Martin has been asked on several occasions to conduct peer reviews of other universities' educational programmes (primarily in engineering physics)..
Martin has also previously podcasted in Fika chat on the Future of Education:
episode 34 on the role of programme director (PA)
episode 39 about admission rules with Lars Strannegård, President of the Stockholm School of Economics (Handelshögskolan).
Fika chat on the future of education episode 74 with the guests Gunnar Karlsson (KTH) and Sverker Janson (RISE).
Fika chat on the Vision broschure 2027/2028 with Sverker Janson and Gunnar Karlsson
One year left until the future is here – how close can a fictional 10-year education catalogue be to reality? In this episode, the catalogue's initiator, Gunnar Karlsson, and Sverker Janson (RISE) discuss fiction, vision, and reality for KTH's educational activities with Gunnar Tibert, Deputy Future Education Programme Manager, and Marcus Lithander, podcast host.
In the podcast, Gunnar Karlsson mentions a text he usually gives to his students to highlight indirect training elements for becoming an engineer – find it here:
The role of an engineer (Swedish, wordpress)
.
Fika chat on the future of education episode 73 with the guest Erik Wallström from Google Cloud.
Fika chat on the generative AI-tool NotebookLM with Erik Wallström
Erik Wallström is an AI Customer Engineer at Google Cloud. He has been invited to fika chat and show how can teachers benefit from NotebookLM with Joakim Lilliesköld, deputy programme manager for KTH's Future Education change programme, and Marcus Lithander, podcast host and principle coordinator for (P3) Active Student-Centred Learning in the Principle framework of the Future Education at KTH.
Status regarding the Google Cloud licence (6 March 2026)
Right now (March), IT is working on setting up the technical infrastructure so KTH groups can access the environment. After that, KTH groups that want to use Google Cloud services will be able to do so if a project code is linked to the user group so that all costs can be billed directly to the group. Users are responsible for learning how to use Google Cloud services, as there is currently no budget for support at KTH for this.
Please note that information about the Google Cloud agreement has yet to be added to the IT support's pages on
KTH’s approved AI services
.
Fika Chat on the Future of Education episode 72 with Sofia Knutz and Lena Salomonson
Fika chat on study counselling and study techniques with Sofia Knutz and Lena Salomonson
How can KTH support students with their study skills? Marcus Lithander is commissioned to develop a KTH-wide study technique concept with integrated study counselling support. In this episode, he talks to Sofia Knutz and Lena Salomonson (University Administration, VS), who lead the project "Study counselling and Funka".
Fika Chat on the Future of Education episode 71 live with Gunnar Karlsson.
Fika chat on lifelong learning at KTH following a report with Gunnar Karlsson
What will lifelong learning at KTH look like in the future? Professor Gunnar Karlsson has investigated the issue and presents his proposals in a report. In episode 71, he discusses lifelong learning with Gunnar Tibert, Deputy Programme Manager for the Future Education programme, and Marcus Lithander, podcast host.
Fika chat on the future of education is a podcast for sharing knowledge and perspectives on eudcational development – at KTH and beyond.
Fika chat on the 2025 project portfolio within Future Education at KTH with Anna Jerbrant
In 2025, more than 40 development projects have been active within the Future Education change programme. Programme manager Anna Jerbrant and podcast host Marcus Lithander discuss this year's project portfolio, and introduces the Maxistudio at KTHB.
Fika chat on small systems that can create big innovations
What innovative results can education lead to? The Fika chat podcast visited the Divisionof Micro- and Nanosystem’s (MST) annual poster fair, where Master's students, doctoral students and researchers present their projects.
We recommend that you watch the episode as a video podcast on YouTube or KTH Play.
Henar Marino, Doctoral student
Research funded by the Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research grant ARC19-0016.
Dr. Alireza Madannejad, Postdoctoral Researcher
Research funded by the Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research grant ARC19-0016.
Dr. Mina Kazemzadeh Dastjerd, Postdoctoral Researcher
Research funded by the EU under ERC grant CHIPzophrenia #101116523 CHIPzophrenia.
Views and opinions expressed are however those of the researchers only and do not necessarily reflect those of the EU or the ERC Executive Agency. Neither the EU nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.
Pen-Sheng Lin, Doctoral student
The SYMPHONY project has received funding from Horizon Europe, the European Union’s Framework Programme for Research and Innovation, under grant agreement 101135523.
Valentina Chrysovalantou Vasiliki Leva, Doctoral student
The research showcased here received financial support from the Swedish Research Council (VR Research Environment Grant 2018-06169), and the Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research (SSF Grant STP19-0065).
Fika Chat on the Future of Education episode 68 live with Pernilla Ulfvengren and Daniel Pargman.
Fika chat on how to teach wicked problems with Pernilla Ulfvengren and Daniel Pargman
How do you teach wicked problems? Join the live discussion with Pernilla ulfvengren, Daniel Pargman, Anna Jerbrant (Programme Manager of Framtidens utbildning) and Marcus Lithander (Podcast Host).
Pernilla is Docent in Industrial Engineering and Management and Sociotechnical Systems and Director of the KTH Centre for Sustainable Aviation. Read Pernilla's blog post as newly appointed Deputy GA at ITM:
It should be fun to work with quality
.
Fika Chat on the Future of Education episode 67 live with Rodrigo Muro.
Fika chat with Rodrigo Muro awarded KTH Pedagogical prize 2024
What educational philosophy guides a recipient of KTH’s Pedagogical Prize 2024? Rodrigo Muro conducts research and teaches at the Division of Architectural Lighting Design at the School of Architecture and the Built Environment (ABE). Tune in to Rodrigo’s Fika chat with Podcast Host Marcus Lithander and Daniel Koch, Assistant Programme Manager of Future Education at KTH.
Fika Chat on the Future of Education episode 66 with Olga Viberg. Graphic: KTH.
Fika chat on AI and learning in higher education with Olga Viberg
There is a lot of talk about ChatGPT and other generative AI tools. How have they changed the way students learn at university? Marcus Lithander (Podcast Host) and Joakim Lilliesköld (Deputy Programme Manager of Future Education at KTH) chat over coffee in episode 66 with Olga Viberg (Cluster Coordinator for AI and Learning in Higher Education and a leading researcher in AI in education and learning analytics) about her vision for KTH as an international leader in AI in education, ongoing initiatives and what is happening in Digital Future's research focus period this spring.
Fika Chat on the Future of Education episode 65 with KTH Formula Student. Graphic: KTH.
Fika Chat on KTH Formula Student with Albin Eriksson, Alexander Ekman, Emil Tagesson and Mikael Nybacka
What is KTH Formula Student, and what impact does this student-led project have on the learning and future careers of the participating students? Marcus Lithander (podcast host) visits the Formula Student garage to meet students Albin Eriksson (project manager) and Alexander Ekman (head of business and marketing), along with Emil Tagesson (alumni) and Mikael Nybacka (faculty advisor).
If you have difficulty hearing this episode, please watch the video with subtitles and timestamps on
KTH Play #65
Fika chat on the Future of Education, episode 64 with Sara Naumann and Lydia Boij. Graphics: Malin Ringsby, KTH.
Fikachat on Course design and study techniques for learning with Sara and Lydia
How can student learning be improved? What can teachers do? What can students do? And the role as manager for the framework principle (3) Active student-centrered learning. Marcus Lithander (podhost and Manager of principle 3) and Anna Jerbrant (Future Education Programme Manager) in a discussion with
Lydia Boij (THS)
and Sara Naumann (Head of Department, and Programme Director, PA).
Fika Chat on the Future of Education episode 63 on the faculty council's recommendation of AI use in KTH's teaching with Iris Callerholm and Caroline Bern. Graphics: KTH.
Fika chat on Recommendations for AI use in KTH’s teaching with Caroline and Iris
How has the Faculty Council’s recommendation on what teachers should tell students about course-specific AI use been implemented at KTH? Marcus Lithander (podcast host) and Anna Jerbrant (Future Education programme manager) discuss in Swedish with Caroline Bern (E-learning) and Iris Callerholm (KTH Student Union, THS).
Fika Chat on the Future of Education episode 62 about the Reception of new students. Graphic by Malin Ringsby, KTH.
Fika chat on the Reception
What happens during the Reception? Who works there, how many people, how much, and for what value? The Fika Chat meets staff and students responsible for the Reception, and new students on Roll-Call Day, Campus Fair, and at the Welcome ceremony in the City Hall.
Fika Chat on the Future of Education episode 61 with Lars Uppvall. Graphic by Malin Ringsby, KTH.
Fika chat on industry partner collaboration in education with Lars Uppvall
Is the solution or the process most important in a project course involving external parties in order to give students authentic, wicked problems to work on? What are the challenges and side effects? How do you as a teacher get started and what should you consider? Marcus Lithander and Joakim Lilliesköld discuss with Lars Uppvall , Master's Programme Director (Indek, ITM), project manager in Future Education at KTH and KTH SoTL contributor.
Fika Chat on the Future of Education episode 60 live with Paris Carbone. Graphic by Malin Ringsby, KTH.
Fika chat on THS Teacher of the year Paris Carbone
How do you go from dislike and fear to joy? How do you scale up motivation and skill in larger student groups? But also, AI and what academia should learn from YouTubers came up in the conversation between Paris Carbone , Marcus Lithander and Anna Jerbrant. Paris is an Associate Professor at EECS and Director of the Data Systems Lab. The THS student union awarded him for his innovative and experimental teaching methods.
Fika Chat on the Future of Education episode 59 from Storträffen Meetup.
Fika chat on Storträffen Meetup
The big meeting for education – what's going on there? Why is it essential for KTH, and why should you go next time? Marcus Lithander asks teachers, students and employees how they experience the Grand Meeting, what they do there and think about current issues in the development of education at KTH.
Fika Chat on the Future of Education episode 58 with Gunnar Tibert. Graphic by Malin Ringsby.
Fika chat on Fair in electro project, year 1
What kind of robots that solve everyday problems can be produced by first-year students at the Master Programme in Electrical Engineering (CELTE)? We'll find out in a slightly different Fika Chat podcast when podcast host Marcus Lithander and deputy programme manager of Future Education at KTH, Gunnar Tibert, visit the teaching building (U-house) on the KTH Campus at the fair for the
electrical project 1 course (EH1010, Swedish)
.
Fika Chat on the Future of Education episode 57 with Carl Dahlberg. Graphic by Malin Ringsby.
Fika chat with Carl Dahlberg awarded KTH's Pedagogical prize 2024
How can teachers teach both traditionally and innovatively? And also in a way that has been rewarded with KTH's Pedagogical Prize 2024?
is a researcher at the Department of Engineering Mechanics and teaches solid mechanics in the Master of Science in Engineering programmes in Mechanical Engineering, Vehicle Engineering and Materials Design. Listen to Carl's coffee talk with podcast host Marcus Lithander and Joakim Lilliesköld, vice programme manager of Future Education at KTH.
Fika Chat on the Future of Education episode 56 with Daniel Koch. Graphic by Malin Ringsby.
Fika chat on Learning environments – a wicked problem (?) with Daniel Koch
Are KTH's learning environments a so-called "wicked problem"? Or how can you define and translate the concept? Regardless, KTH's learning environments are a challenge that we at KTH need to address together: how can we make the most of what we have to support pedagogy and learning? Podcast host Marcus Lithander and programme manager of Future Education at KTH Anna Jerbrant meet
Daniel Koch
, Deputy Head of First and Second Cycle Education (GA) at the School of Architecture and the Built Environment (ABE). Daniel has been appointed Assistant Programme Manager in the Future Education programme management as of 2025.
Fika Chat on the Future of Education episode 55 with Nina Wormbs. Graphic by Malin Ringsby.
Fika chat on Clear student information for AI and learning with Nina Wormbs
How should students know if and how they can use AI in a course? The Faculty Council has now produced a joint KTH recommendation on what teachers should tell students about what applies. Vice Dean
Nina Wormbs
reveals the "theft", why the recommendation is so short and talks (in Swedish) to Marcus and Joakim about the development, implementation and effects for teachers and students around AI and learning.
Fika Chat on the Future of Education episode 54 with Linus Remahl and Anders Cajander. Graphic by Malin Ringsby.
Fika chat on KTH Spaces at Campus Flemingsberg with Anders Cajander and Linus Remahl
What is the pedagogical value of open learning environments like Spaces, and why is it essential that they are open and accessible to KTH students? Watch a slightly different Fika Chat where
Anders Cajander
and
Linus Remahl
show Flemingsberg's open learning environments. After the tour, Marcus Lithander and Joakim Lillliesköld talk with Anders over coffee.
Fika Chat on the Future of Education episode 53 with Åsa-Karin Engstrand. Graphic by Malin Ringsby.
Fika chat on learning activities for ethical AI integration with Åsa-Karin Engstrand
How can ethical perspectives be taught to strengthen students' ability to handle ethical dilemmas related to AI? Marcus Lithander and Gunnar Tibert meet
Åsa-Karin Engstrand
who shares results from a development project on developing a model for ethical AI integration in the Industrial Engineering and Management programme.
Fika Chat on the Future of Education episode 52 with Patrik Hilber. Graphic by Malin Ringsby.
Lessons learnt from a student completion project with Patrik Hilber
What can KTH and individual teachers do to get more students to graduate? Get tips on concrete measures and the challenges of broadening participation in our education programmes. If you have a project idea for developing KTH's education, you will also learn what to do. Marcus and Anna meet with the project manager for "
All onboard – student completion (Swedish)
,
Patrik Hilber,
Deputy GA at EECS.
Fika Chat on the Future of Education episode 56 with Torbjörn Bäck och Torbjörn Gräslund. Graphic by Malin Ringsby.
Fika chat on Quality in education with Torbjörn Gräslund and Torbjörn Bäck
What exactly is quality in education, and how do we work with it at KTH? What is worth gold to the teacher? How can quality work become stress-relieving? What happened at the workshops for programme directors, and when will the new course evaluation system be launched? Our new podcast host Marcus Lithander and Anna Jerbrant talk to Torbjörn Gräslund (GA, CBH) and Torbjörn Bäck (vGA, SCI).
Fika Chat on the Future of Education episode 50 with Henrik Kniberg. Graphic by Malin Ringsby.
Fika chat on Generative AI and programming with Henrik Kniberg
When today's knowledge in generative AI and programming will be dated asap, how will the role of teachers change? How will teachers learn to ensure that graduates have the ‘right’ skills that industry demands? Johan and Joakim Lilliesköld talk in Swedish to KTH alumnus
Henrik Kniberg (crisp.se)
about practical applications of generative AI and how it will change both education and the need for programmers in the future.
Fika Chat on the Future of Education episode 49 with Anders Rosén and Lena Gumaelius. Graphic by Malin Ringsby.
Fika chat on Challenge-Driven Education with wicked problems Anders Rosén and Lena Gumaelius
What makes a student say to a municipality ‘This is not a good challenge’? And what do all the teachers who have worked challenge-driven say? Johan and Gunnar talk with
and
about, among other things, conflicting goals, complex versus complicated, concrete tricks on how teachers can gradually introduce wicked problems in their course (without having all the answers!) and tips on various competence development activities for teachers.
Fika Chat on the Future of Education episode 48 with Avid Fayaz and Arnold Pears. Graphic by Malin Ringsby.
Fika chat on Various perspectives on AI in higher education with Arnold Pears and Avid Fayaz
How are generative AI tools used in courses today at KTH? Until KTH has decided on common guidelines: what general principle can students use to know what is considered ‘cheating’? What can't be said too often in these contexts? Johan and Joakim Lilliesköld talk to Professor
and student
, who is a podcaster and active in the
KTH AI Society
.
Fika Chat on the Future of Education episode 47 with Pontus Johnson. Graphic by Malin Ringsby.
Fika chat on game-based structure in ethical hacking courses with Pontus Johnson
According to Professor Pontus Johnson, what would solve the cyber security problem? In the conversation with Johan and Joakim, we hear everything from his challenge-driven project course with the "Capture the Flag approach", what is required for scaling up, lifelong learning activities, KTH Royal Roppers to ongoing and potential university collaborations.
Fika Chat on the Future of Education episode 46 with Mikael Nybacka. Graphic by Malin Ringsby.
Fika chat on project E-mobility as a transversal Master's profile with Mikael Nybacka, Jagruti Ramsing Thakur and Shreyash Khatiwada
What does it mean for KTH, students and professionals if KTH can offer and clearly communicate an interdisciplinary competence profile without creating and establishing a new Master's programme? Johan meets
Mikaels Nybacka
,
Jagruti Ramsing Thakur
, and the student Shreyash Khatiwada, working on a joint KTH development project within the Future Education at KTH.
Fika Chat on the Future of Education episode 45 with Helene Rune and Cecilia Månson Blom. Graphic by Malin Ringsby.
Fika chat on coordinated administration for exams with Helene Rune and Cecilia Månson Blom
What does the teacher need to do, and how much do we save when KTH has now coordinated the examination administration of written and digital on-campus exams and quizzes that require exam invigilators, including Funka exams? Listen to Johan's discussion with Helene Rune and Cecilia Månson Blom about the build-up and the upcoming implementation on a large scale.
Fika Chat on the Future of Education episode 44 with Nicole Kringos. Graphic by Malin Ringsby.
Fika chat on learning Centres for broader recruitment and lifelong learning with Nicole Kringos
Nicole Kringos, who has worked to broaden recruitment to KTH for many years, is now leading a KTH joint project within the programme Future Education at KTH. Nicole talks to Johan and Jocke about how the partnership with learning centres has the potential to strengthen KTH's broader recruitment and, at the same time, reduce the regional brain drain.
Fika Chat on the Future of Education episode 43 with Gunnar Tibert. Graphic by Malin Ringsby.
Fika chat on education development and leadership in change with Gunnar Tibert
Gunnar Tibert wears many "hats" at KTH. He was recently awarded the Borelius Medal for ""his significant contributions to the school's education through his forward-looking, supportive, and analytical leadership". Here, he reasons with Johan regarding change and development in education regarding pedagogy, courses and programmes offered at KTH, and leadership at the course, programme, school, and KTH levels.
Fika Chat on the Future of Education episode 42 with Arnold Pears. Graphic by Malin Ringsby.
Fika chat on the KTH-joint AI project taking off this autumn with Arnold Pears
This autumn, a number of new development projects will be launched within the framework of Future Education at KTH. As was the case last year, most of the projects are fairly limited in time and scope and "belong" to a school. New this year are a number of KTH-wide projects that in many cases build on last year's development projects. In this episode, Arnold Pears talks about one of the new development projects: "Pedagogical use of AI in teaching".
Fika Chat on the Future of Education episode 41 with Mikael Lindström Graphic by Malin Ringsby.
Fika chat on KTH's planned move of two campuses with Mikael Lindström
In November last year, KTH's Board decided to concentrate operations on three campuses - KTH Campus on Valhallavägen, in Solna and in Flemingsberg. This means that the operations in Södertälje and Kista will move to KTH Campus and Flemingsberg. It's a big decision that affects many people, not least students and employees at KTH. In this episode, KTH's Deputy President Mikael Lindström talks about the move.
Fika Chat on the Future of Education episode 40 with Magnus Wiktorsson and Martin Edin Grimheden. Graphic by Malin Ringsby.
Fika chat on the development project on experimental environments at KTH with Magnus Wiktorsson and Martin Edin Grimheden
The possibility of combining theory with practice, in the form of lab exercises or practical work in experimental environments, is a feature of all engineering and architectural education. Magnus Wiktorsson and Martin Edin Grimheden have led a project to see how to coordinate some different experimental environments at KTH. The project is called Product Innovation and Manufacturing Open Lab (PRIMO Lab). In this episode they talk about the project.
Fika Chat on the Future of Education episode 39 with Lars Strannegård. Graphic by Malin Ringsby.
Fika Chat with Lars Strannegård on changes to admission rules with Lars Strannegård
KTH admits students in different selection groups, the most common of which are via upper secondary school grades or via results of the Swedish Scholastic Aptitude Test. As an authority, KTH does not have much freedom to change the rules for this. The Stockholm School of Economics is a privately owned university and therefore has greater freedom to design its admission rules. They are now going to utilise this by setting different requirements for student applicants, which Lars talks about in this episode.
Fika Chat on the Future of Education episode 39 with Asif Farazee. Graphic by Malin Ringsby.
Fika chat with Farazee Asif awarded KTH Pedagogical prize 2023
Farazee Asif has been a teacher at KTH for almost 15 years and has, among other things, been involved in developing and running the course
Circular Manufacturing System
. For this work, he was awarded KTH's pedagogical prize 2023. The course has several features that makes it unique in its kind, including combining theory and practice in a framework in a pedagogical and useful way that is appreciated by the students.
Fika Chat on the Future of Education episode 37 with Sören Östlund. Graphic by Malin Ringsby.
Fika chat on CDIO, a global framework for engineering education with Sören Östlund
Around the turn of the millennium, KTH was one of the initiators of the now global framework for engineering education called CDIO. Someone who has been involved from the beginning is KTH professor Sören Östlund. In this podcast, Sören talks about the background to CDIO, what it is and, perhaps above all, what it has meant and means for engineering education at KTH.
Fika Chat on the Future of Education episode 36 with Anders Söderholm. Graphic by Malin Ringsby.
Fika chat on KTH's educational offering with President Anders Söderholm
Based on six criteria, KTH's education will be developed and renewed. The vision that KTH will take a leadership role in the transition to a sustainable society will also be reflected in the education offered. This was established in a
by the President 10 April, but what does it mean and what is the background to these six criteria? KTH's President Anders explains all in this episode.
Fika Chat on the Future of Education episode 35 with Alina Lingnau. Graphic by Malin Ringsby.
Fika chat on KTH's national student recruitment with Alina Lingnau
Each semester, national students can apply to KTH's programmes. This episode is joined by Alina Lingnau who is responsible for national education communication, the group that works with national student recruitment at KTH. She talks about the work of recruiting national students to KTH.
Fika Chat on the Future of Education episode 34 with Martin Viklund. Graphic by Malin Ringsby.
Fika chat on the role as Programme Director at KTH with Martin Viklund
KTH has around 100 different educational programmes, all of which are led by a teacher who is Programme Director. The role includes a number of responsibilities, ranging from the reception of new students to the systematic quality work. In this episode of the podcast, Professor Martin Viklund talks about what it means to be a Programme Director at KTH.
Fika Chat on the Future of Education episode 33 with Gunnar Karlsson. Graphic by Malin Ringsby.
Fika chat on KTH's mission to train cyber soldiers with Gunnar Karlsson
KTH has a Centre for Cyber Defence and Information Security that is run in close cooperation with the Swedish Armed Forces. One of the tasks is to train conscripted cyber soldiers. In this episode of the podcast, KTH professor Gunnar Karlsson, who plays a key role in this work, tells us all about it.
Fika Chat on the Future of Education episode 32 with Helene Rune. Graphic by Malin Ringsby.
Fika chat on KTH-wide management of exams with Helene Rune
Written on-campus exams are just one of many forms of examination that students encounter during their studies, but behind every exam there is a lot of administration, especially for written on-campus exams. In the autumn of 2023, there was a joint KTH pilot project to test new ideas for the administrative management of written exams. Helene Rune joined the podcast to talk about KTH-wide administrative management of written exams.
Fika Chat on the Future of Education episode 31 with Bengt Wittgren and Gabriel Montgomery. Graphic by Malin Ringsby.
Fika chat on a brand new 3-year engineering programme
As of autumn semester 2024, KTH has a new 3-year engineering programme: Industrial Engineering. In the development work, future employers were an important part of developing relevant profiles in the programme, based on the principle of "one entrance - several exits". In this episode, Gabriel Montgomery and Bengt Wittgren tell us about the new programme and the development work
Fika Chat on the Future of Education episode 30 with David Puustinen and Gustav Svensson. Graphic by Malin Ringsby.
Fika chat on THS about a vibrant campus with David Puustinen and Gustav Svensson
THS has conducted a study on what a vibrant campus means for KTH's students. A vibrant campus is of course more than buildings and premises, but what is needed to be able to say that KTH has a vibrant campus? David Puustinen and Gustav Svensson from THS visited the podcast to talk about the results.
Fika Chat on the Future of Education episode 29 with Stefan Östlund. Graphic by Malin Ringsby.
Fika chat on the international dimension of programmes with Stefan Östlund
Stefan Östlund, Vice President for International Relations, visited the podcast to discuss the international dimension of KTH's programmes. KTH is, and is aiming to continue to be, a leading global technical university in education. Stefan explained what that means and what components are included in that work.
Fika Chat on the Future of Education episode 28 with Mikael Enelund. Graphic by Malin Ringsby.
Fika chat on Chalmers about the flexible education concept Tracks with Mikael Enelund
Mikael Enelund leads Tracks, an educational concept at Chalmers that develops both learning and learning environments. Within the framework of Tracks, there are opportunities for individualised studies and collaboration between industry, society and academia. He visited the podcast to talk about the concept.
Fika Chat on the Future of Education episode 27 with Anita Kullen. Graphic by Malin Ringsby.
Fika chat on developments in the bachelor degree project course with Anita Kullen
Anita Kullen is Associate Professor and responsible for the bachelor degree project course in the Electrical Engineering programme at EECS. For many years she has been responsible for the course and has developed it into a popular course among both students and teachers. In this episode Anita talks about developing the bachelor degree project course.
Fika Chat on the Future of Education episode 26 with Arnold Pears. Graphic by Malin Ringsby.
Fika chat on how AI is changing education with Arnold Pears
Arnold Pears is Professor of Engineering education research at KTH. His research focuses on understanding the learning experience from a student perspective, both in terms of learning specific engineering concepts and more generally in terms of engineering skills and competences. He joined the latest episode of the podcast to talk about the impact of AI on education and teaching.
Fika Chat on the Future of Education episode 25 with Per Fagrell, Gunnar Tibert, Joakim Lilliesköld. Graphic by Malin Ringsby.
Fika chat on programme management for Future Education with Joakim Lilliesköld, Gunnar Tibert and Per Fagrel
The Future Education change programme has been running for a year now, after the management team was appointed in December 2022. How has the first year been and what has it meant for education at KTH? And perhaps most importantly, what are the plans for 2024 and beyond? In this episode, podcast host Johan talks to most of the Programme management for Future Education.
Fika Chat on the Future of Education episode 24 with Joakim Jaldén. Graphic by Malin Ringsby.
Fika chat on flipped classroom with Joakim Jaldén
Joakim Jaldén is the Programme Director for the degree programme in Electrical Engineering (CELTE) and part of the Digital Futures faculty. Since 2013, he has worked actively with video in teaching and flipped classroom, which is also the focus of this conversation.
Fika Chat on the Future of Education episode 23 with Leif Kari. Graphic by Malin Ringsby.
Fika chat on time as Vice President foreducation with Leif Kari
Johan and Joakim chat with Leif Kari, who has been KTH's Vice President for education since 2019. He talks about his experiences from his four years as vice president and his thoughts on the biggest challenges in education in the coming years.
Fika Chat on the Future of Education episode 22 with Anders Johansson. Graphic by Malin Ringsby.
Fika chat on lifelong learning with Anders Johansson
What does lifelong learning mean for KTH and how has the development of courses for professionals looked in recent years? Johan and Per meet Anders Johansson, coordinator for lifelong learning at KTH.
Fika Chat on the Future of Education episode 21 with Sofia Ritzén. Graphic by Malin Ringsby.
Fika chat on KTH's quality assurance system with Sofia Ritzén
What is a quality assurance system, and why do we have it? How does a system for quality assurance differ from one for quality development? How has the faculty council's work with the newly revised system been carried out, and when will teachers notice the implementation? Johan and Jocke talk to Dean Sofia Ritzén.
Fika Chat on the Future of Education episode 20 with Per Berglund. Graphic by Malin Ringsby.
Fika chat on digital and continuous assessment with Per Berglund
Why implement digital and continuous assessment? What lessons have been learned from previous implementation? What does this mean in practice for students and teachers, respectively? Johan and Anna in a conversation with Per Berglund, former vice Dean with special responsibility for education issues.
Fika Chat on the Future of Education episode 19 with Charlotte Janson and Pontus Juth. Graphic by Malin Ringsby.
Fika Chat about the KTH Libary and the students' digital skills with Charlotte Janson and Pontus Juth
In what ways do
KTH Library
's activities and teaching support increased participation and student completion? Should the courses be compulsory for students? What do teachers and students say about students' digital skills? Listen to Charlotte Janson and Pontus Juth in conversation (Swedish) with Johan and Per.
Fika Chat on the Future of Education episode 18 with Elina Eriksson and Daniel Pargman. Graphic by Malin Ringsby.
Fika chat on the ideas behind a new Master's programme with Elina Eriksson and Daniel Pargman
Soon, KTH will have a master's programme titled
Sustainable Digitalisation
. Johan and Per talks (in Swedish) to Elina Eriksson and Daniel Pargman about what the new programme adds to KTH's education offering and how new pedagogical approaches can equip graduated students to take on complex challenges better.
Fika Chat on the Future of Education episode 17 with Sofia Ritzén. Graphic by Malin Ringsby.
Fika chat on KTH's Dean reflections after a visit to Aalto with Sofia Ritzén
What does Aalto do well that we can learn from? Johan and Per talked with Dean Sofia Ritzén about, among other things, maker space, handling the issue of education offer ("product portfolio" of courses and programmes), the value of goals and data to drive innovative development and the meta-value of the visit to Aalto University.
Fika Chat on the Future of Education episode 16 with Stefan Stenbom. Graphic by Malin Ringsby.
Fika chat on digital learning with Stefan Stenbom
How did KTH handle the pandemic? What is the benefit of learning analytics? What is Community of Inquiry, Stefan's research topic? And how do we continue to work forward?
Fika Chat on the Future of Education episode 15 with Elin Lindblad. Graphic by Malin Ringsby.
Fika chat on the examination flow with Elin Lindblad
Why is it so difficult to get relevant support for other forms of examination than a written exam in a classroom? Johan and Anna meets (in Swedish) Elin Lindblad, who is working on establishing a cross-functional team for the flow of examination where working methods for structured collaboration are to be developed and tested.
Fika Chat on the Future of Education episode 14 with Geir Øien. Graphic by Malin Ringsby.
Fika chat on NTNU's "Technology Studies of the Future" with Geir Øien
What challenges do we share with NTNU's development program, and what lessons can we learn from their development journey, which began a few years before KTH? Johan talks to program leaders Jocke and Geir Øien, Professor and centre leader at NTNU, Norway's University of Technology and Natural Sciences.
Fika Chat on the Future of Education episode 13 with Maja Rosén. Graphic by Malin Ringsby.
Fika chat on "A chair is not a place to study" with Maja Rosén
What do the students think of KTH's physical study environment? Which needs are in the top five to be categorised as an excellent place to study for the students? Johan and Anna talked to Maja Rosén, who is responsible for Educational Affairs at the Student Union (THS).
Fika Chat on the Future of Education episode 12 with Malin Wennerholm and Eva Liedholm Johnson. Graphic by Malin Ringsby.
Fika chat on development projects at ABE with Eva Liedholm Jonsson and Malin Wennerholm
Johan and Per talks with Eva Liedholm Johnsson and Malin Wennerholm, the Director and Deputy Director of the First and Second Cycle Education (GA) at the School of Architecture and the Built Environment (ABE), about ABE's development projects for 2023 within the programme Future Education at KTH.
Fika Chat on the Future of Education episode 11 with Marcus Lithander. Graphic by Malin Ringsby.
Fika chat on cognitive psychology to support course development with Marcus Lithander
Johan and Per meet Marcus Lithander to discuss cognitive psychology to support course development. He highlights several examples and experiences from developing courses in lifelong learning (LL) at KTH.
Fika Chat on the Future of Education episode 10 with Mats Nilsson and Anna Jerbrant. Graphic by Malin Ringsby.
Fika chat on development projects at CBH and ITM with Mats Nilsson and Anna Jerbrant
Johan and Per meet Mats Nilsson and Anna Jerbrant, Directors of First and Second Cycle Education (GA) at the School of Chemistry, Biotechnology and Health (CBH) and Industrial Engineering and Management (ITM), respectively. The conversation concerns the development projects at CBH and ITM, both the process of how the project came about and which projects have now started.
Fika Chat on the Future of Education episode 9 with Ruth Graham. Graphic by Malin Ringsby.
Fika chat on educational development with Dr. Ruth Graham
Where is engineering education going, and should KTH worry about falling behind? Johan and Joakim talk to Dr. Ruth Graham, who has 20 years of experience in academic research and development in higher education. KTH is one of several universities that will be part of Dr Graham's forthcoming benchmark study on academic career development.
Fika Chat on the Future of Education episode 8 with Anders Söderholm. Graphic by Maja Lind.
Fika chat on Future Education with the President Anders Söderholm
In this season's eighth and final episode of "Fika Chat on future education", podcast host Johan Fridell and Joakim Lilliesköld, KTH's President Anders Söderholm, meet for a conversation about his thoughts both about KTH and about the work with Future Education.
Fika Chat on the Future of Education episode 7 with Ines Lopez Arteaga. Graphic by Malin Ringsby.
Fika chat on The Engineering Education of the Future with Ines Lopez Arteaga
Ines is the Dean of Faculty and leads development work for the engineering education of the future at Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e). In her conversation with Jocke and Johan, she contributed an international perspective on the future of engineering education.
Fika chat on development projects starting in 2023 with Gunnar Tibert (SCI) and Markus Hidell (EECS)
Which development projects will be started in 2023 within Future Education at the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) and the School of Engineering Sciences (SCI)? Johan Fridell and Per Fagrell discuss with Directors of First and Second Cycle Education (GA) at SCI, Gunnar Tibert and Markus Hidell at EECS.
Fika Chat on the Future of Education episode 5 with Luigia Brandimarte. Graphic by Malin Ringsby.
Fika chat on learning outside the classroom with Luigia Brandimarte – awarded KTH Pedagogical prize 2022
KTH’s Teacher of the Year, Luigia Brandimarte, spoke with Johan and Jocke about creative, cross-disciplinary learning outside the classroom. It turned into a collegial conversation that may inspire other teachers.
Fika chat on developing educational culture at KTH with Filip Axelsson and Maja Rosén
Johan Fridell and Per Fagrell are joined by Filip Axelsson and Maja Rosén, who are both responsible for influencing education at THS (the student union at KTH). The conversation largely deals with how important a developing educational culture is for the quality of education.
Fika chat with teacher awarded KTH's Pedagogical prize 2022 Tomas Ekholm
In this third episode, Johan Fridell (podcast host) and Gunnar Tibert (deputy programme director) are joined by Tomas Ekholm, who has been awarded KTH's Teaching Award 2022.
Fika chat on learning in STEM, SoTL and Other Arenas with Anna-Karin Högfeldt
The podcast is back, and in this second episode, Johan Fridell (podcast host) and Per Fagrell (programme coordinator) are joined by Anna-Karin Högfeldt, who is head of department at Learning in STEM at the ITM School. They discuss the work being carried out at "Learning in STEM", the SoTL conference and other arenas for pedagogical development at KTH, and how this connects with the Future Education development programme.
Podcast Premiere with Joakim Lilliesköld and Johan Fridell
In the premiere episode, Joakim Lilliesköld, programme director for Future Education, joins podcast host Johan Fridell. They discuss the change programme: why it started, what is happening now, and who is doing what going forward. Also participating are programme communicator Sofie Kim and programme coordinator Per Fagrell.
