September 14th, 2016
17.30 - 18.30
MIT Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship
Kiron Open Higher Education (gGmbH) is a non-profit organization founded in 2015 with a mission to remove the barriers refugees face in accessing higher education. Through an innovative model of blended learning, Kiron offers tailor-made curricula of MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) through renowned educational platforms like Coursera and EdX so that refugees can start studying, regardless of their asylum status. Courses are mostly provided in English, completely free of charge for the students and all accessible via our learning platform Kiron Campus. Through strong partnerships with accredited universities worldwide, students have the opportunity to finish their program with a regular bachelor’s degree.
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About Kiron NGO
Who we are
Business development at
Kiron USA
Curriculum and Academics at Kiron USA
Ph.D. in Education pasionated about educational technology. She is an Instructional designer and a user experience researcher.
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Senior Project Manager at MIT's Office of Digital Learning (ODL). She previously worked in the state department of Bogota and Washington D.C.
Kiron in USA
First Kiron office was settled down in Cambridge in November of 2015. From our office, we represent Kiron at events and participate in the establishment of partnerships. Currently efforts are being focused on the core countries of Germany, France, Turkey, and Jordan for the foreseeable future. This is in order to dedicate resources to the countries with the most pressing needs and also to fully focus on proof of concept with the initial cohorts of students. Therefore US programming is on hold at this time.
If you are interested in volunteering with Kiron, please visit this page for job opportunities: https://kiron.ngo/jobs and/or reach out to recruiting@kiron.ngo with an interest statement and CV.
