EMPOWER - EPALE Community Conference 2023
Reskilling and Upskilling are crucial to unlocking the European workforce’s potential and translating opportunities into action. How do we bridge labour shortages by mastering the green and digital transitions and ensuring Europe’s competitiveness?
What skills are more relevant to match people’s aspirations with real opportunities in the job market?
Special live streaming from Brussels! The opening day of the Conference is organised in collaboration with the Belgian EPALE National Support Services and will be live-streamed from LaVallée - Centre de création in Brussels. The moderator, the speakers and the live audience will be hosted in a creative hub from where they will be broadcasting the opening sessions.
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Education and AI
It is too soon for AI in many levels of education. It's even too soon for calling this technology an AI.
However, the question of reducing human workforce remains open. Not every person is keen on learning for that kind of technology usage. Instead of making bold statement that we CAN use AI, we need to ask ourselves SHOULD we use it.
Research by Ljubica Nedelkoska
To delve into the topics mentioned by Ljubica Nedelkoska, have a look at:
- The working paper version of the upcoming publication: https://www.econstor.eu/bitstream/10419/271199/1/1847008011.pdf
- A non-technical summary of the main findings: https://www.h2020-pillars.eu/insight/skill_mismatch
Get to know Clare Stark
To get to know more about Clare Stark, UN Coordinator at UNESCO for Emerging Technologies. Ethics of AI Recommendation - https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000381137
Guidance for generative AI in education and research - https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000386693/PDF/386693eng.pdf.mu…
AI and education: guidance for policy-makers https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000376709.locale=en
AI for autonomy of learning
How could AI support autonomous exploration of knowledge?
The ability of AI to interact in a human-like way with people could multiply the channels of interaction in education. Could this make it easier for students to explore knowledge following their own personal inclinations by interacting with a number of human-like sources of information, anytime and anywhere, without being worried about overwhelming their teacher?
Could this perspective be useful? Can we educate students to fruitfully use AI in this manner?
Digital literacy
I agree that AI brings many opportunities for learning and freeing up space for self-development. The issue of access to technology is also relevant, but the issue of basic literacy, including digital literacy, is perhaps even more important.
AI and Elections
How worried should we be about AI disrupting elections? Thank you!
Research among educators in the Czech Republic
According to research in Czech schools, 45.5 % of respondents rate AI as a positive tool for future development. On the other hand, almost half (47 %) of respondents believe that the use of AI will lead to the dumbing down of humans. At the same time, Czech teachers overwhelmingly think that it is too early for AI to be widespread.
The truth is that we will never be ready enough. I am glad that the EU is responding and making proposals for regulation. In particular, practices such as subliminal influence, exploitation of vulnerable populations, the creation of 'social scores', real-time biometric identification..
Good morning, In my opinion…
Good morning,
In my opinion it will be inevitable, AI will end up replacing us in most jobs. But, in terms of skills, I think we have a lot to gain from AI. Learning will be able to be effectively individualized, adjusted to the needs of each person and will be able to happen naturally throughout our lives. We will probably need a very different school and teachers who will be more mentors. I don't think that's bad! All of this will probably dictate the change in education that we all feel necessary.
The European Commission and skills
The European Skills Agenda: https://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?catId=1223
The Pact for Skills: https://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?catId=1517&langId=en
The 2023 European Year of Skills: https://epale.ec.europa.eu/en/content/commission-kick-starts-work-europ…
Outreach and how to fund it?
I would be interested in hearing out how the outreach of less or under served learner groups is being funded around Europe? Are there any current or upcoming funding tools at sight to facilitate funding of training opportunities for them who cannot pay themselves and do not have an employer etc. to pay the training for them?
Especially the options that serve not only nationally but on European level are of interest (online and onsite).
Erasmus+ programme
Know more about the Erasmus+ Programme for Adult education:
https://epale.ec.europa.eu/en/erasmus-adult-education
As mentioned by our first speaker Sophia Eriksson Waterschoot, the European Commission has also just opened a public consultation on Erasmus+, which will help evaluate how the current programme is going. Share your views on the consultation page!
https://epale.ec.europa.eu/en/content/share-your-views-erasmus-and-help-commission-evaluate-it
Workshop Boosting green and digital skills for adults
Workshop "Boosting green and digital skills for adults", co-organised by EPALE and the ETF. Today at 11.45.
There are still some seats available!
Know more and subscribe via this link: https://epale.ec.europa.eu/en/blog/boosting-green-and-digital-skills-ad…
Post your comments and questions!
Are you ready to untangle the many implications of Artificial Intelligence in education and to discover how upskilling and reskilling can meet the challenges of shortages in the labour market?
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We'll then address them to our speakers!
Welcome!
Good morning everyone!
And welcome to the first day of the 2023 EPALE Community Conference. We are looking forward to starting the streaming in less than half an hour!
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Mākslīgais intelekts un seniori
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