The document discusses reimagining lifelong learning for lifelong employability. It argues that learning is essential for human survival and adaptation, allowing people to acquire both skills and knowledge as well as self-knowledge. It promotes empowering communities to support learning through various local institutions and experiences outside of traditional schools. The presentation calls for reimagining the next education system to be more holistic, diverse, multi-modal, open, and focused on continuous learning throughout life to maintain employability.

1. Reimagining lifelong learning
for lifelong employability
Hróbjartur Árnason
University of Iceland
hrobjartur@hi.is
ICDE Conference Lillehammer 12.2.2019
Link to this presentation: http://tiny.cc/L3Lillehammer

2. LearningThe human survival strategy

3. Did you ever wonder
why a guy like me
would ever bother to
learn to speak?

4. Cos, they never leave me alone,
they go on and on… looks like they
really want like to know me!

5. Survival is about
Adapting
Innovating
Thriving

6. Learning to do…
Skills
Knowledge

7. Learning to be…
Self Knowledge
Living
together

8. “It takes a village to raise a child”
Empower the village!
Home
Village
Learning
Centres,
libraries,
job, street,
cLubs…

9. Human
Holistic
Diverse
Multi
modal
Open The next
education
system

11. Reimagining lifelong learning
for lifelong employability
Hróbjartur Árnason
University of Iceland
hrobjartur@hi.is
ICDE Conference Lillehammer 12.2.2019
Link to this presentation: http://tiny.cc/L3Lillehammer