Explore your interests

Your own way forward with AI support

Do you want to fill your time with something meaningful?
Do you want to deepen your knowledge in a specific area?
Do you want to learn more about AI and other digital tools?
Do you want to get to know new people, both other seniors and young people?

Do you recognize yourself? At SkillStation you devote yourself to your own projects based on your interests free of charge!

A couple of seniors are at a yoga class.

An elderly couple plans something at a computer.

A photo album that someone uses for genealogy.

At SkillStation we believe that it is never too late to learn new things, as long as you can do it at your own pace, in your own way and without stress. For six weeks (with the possibility of an extension), you explore something you want to learn more about with the help of AI support and digital tools.

Our mentors are here to help you when things get complicated.

What do you want to explore?

A happy lady sits at her SkillStation workstation with a few others discussing something in the background.

Learn your way!

AI generated image of a robot standing in the garden looking at flowers. It is a green background with sun rays that illuminate the robot's face.

Maybe you want to learn about social media, write a book, take care of family photos or learn Italian and plan a trip?

Do you want to keep up with what is happening and experience how AI can support you in your everyday life? For example, you can learn more about BankID, Swish, e-mail and social media.

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Use New Technology

At SkillStation, we use the following programs (among others):

SanaLabs

Chat GPT
and DALL-E

Adobe
products

Kahn Academy

Duolingo

Moderskeppet

A group of young people and seniors are discussing something while someone else continues to research for himself. Here at SkillStation, there is no requirement to participate in group activities..

08:30

Morning meeting/checks-in with each other.

Voluntary talk through how everyone's project is going. Here is also the chance to raise common issues.

09:10

Time to go to your own workstation and focus on your project.
A mentor is always on hand at SkillStation to be able to support and discuss ideas if you need it.

11:30

Break for lunch. At Leksand Folkhögskola there is a good kitchen that serves a good and appreciated lunch at a subsidized price of SEK 60.

12:30 p.m

Continuation with own project. Sometimes there is also the opportunity to take part in an organised lecture.

15:30

Our mentors are available until 3:30 p.m.

Schedule

The days can look different depending on what your project requires and your daily schedule. However, we always start with a morning meeting.

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Social Community

Find new social context

As a senior, perhaps you miss some of the social contact you had during your professional life. At SkillStation you meet both young and old who are all working on their interests.

Safe environment

Here we want to create a respectful social environment on your terms.If you can't or don't want to be social sometimes, that's perfectly fine. However we believe that feeling a sense of belonging with others is meaningful.

SkillStation participants

We will take in 12 people, 6 young and 6 seniors. Those who participate in SkillStation are all involved and contribute their insights and experiences about their own learning.

We start the day together

Every morning when we gather, you can share as much or as little as you want, depending on how the situation is that particular day. We make decisions about things that affect the work processes and the group democratically.

We are very careful to ensure SkillStation is an inclusive and accepting environment.

A day at SkillStation

Take a look at the application

Do you have any questions?

Are you curious? Does SkillStation sound like something for you?

Come and visit for a day or for that matter, apply and stay as long as it works for you.

Application

Are you curious about SkillStation, but want more information?
Would you like to visit us to see if this might be for you?

We are happy to answer your questions!

Email: team@skillstation.se

Telephone: 070-731 44 50

Postal address: Box 281, 793 26 Leksand

Visiting address: Siljegårdsvägen 21, 793 33 Leksand

Contact us!

We are here for you!

SkillStation mentor team with the project manager

Our mentor team with project manager
Mats Svensson

A team picture of SkillStation's tutors: Magnus, Minna and Nadia.

Technology is fantastic, but sometimes it's very nice to be able to talk through ideas with someone for real.

Our tutors are here to support you. Perhaps it is about finding a structure in the subject you want to learn more about, to help you move on if you get stuck or you just need some inspiration, we are here for you!

Our tutors

What is SkillStation?

SkillStation is a new kind of educational environment financed by Allmänna Arvsfonden and owned by Leksands folkhögskola. Its target groups are young people and seniors. With the help of AI and tutoring, participants have the opportunity to develop their unique interests and skills.

In short, a program where you can learn "how to learn".

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A portrait of Mats Svensson Project manager and founder of SkillStation.

The idea for SkillStation came about during Christmas 2022 when Mats Svensson, who has worked as a teacher for a long time and started several projects over the years, experimented with the AI tool GPT-3 together with his grandchildren. The inspiration came from a story time where the children created a story about a clumsy hippo ballerina in the jungle.

As AI gained momentum, AI tools developed to enable learning practically anything on your own.

With a background of his own negative experiences of school as a teenager, Mats saw how AI could offer a new dimension of self-directed learning. He envisioned a platform that could inspire young and senior alike to learn on their own terms and at their own pace.

Inside the SkillStation premises there is a large table and a cozy sofa with a few armchairs where you can have coffee and talk through your ideas.

SkillStation is located at Leksands Folkhögskola in a room that minimizes distractions and is well suited for personal development and one's own learning.

The venue is located near the center of Leksand, out on a headland where Lake Siljan and Dalälven river meet, where old timber buildings house meeting rooms, accommodation and workshops, a bit like a village of its own.

WiFi is available on site. The premises and the boarding school are adapted for those who have a functional challenge.

See where SkillStation is located here .

We are proud to have support from the Allmänna Arvsfonden to explore how digital competence in AI can promote individual learning.

The General Inheritance Fund was established in 1928 when the Riksdag decided that cousins and more distant relatives should no longer have the right to inherit. Inheritance from those without family heirs and without a will now goes to a separate fund for public purposes where the recipients of the money are children, young people and seniors.

For more information about this globally unique fund, read here .