A presentation held by Dr. Minna Riikka Järvinen in Shanghai New Air Education Forum, Dec. 27, 2019

1. Future Education Needs
Paradigm Change:
Artificial Intelligence and
Future Competences
PhD, EMBA, MA Minna Riikka Järvinen
CEO
Opinkirjo Education and Training
Shanghai New Air Education Forum Dec.27, 2019

2. WORLD
CHANGES. THE
QUESTION IS
HOW.

3. INDUSTRY
AND
MANUFACTURING
Source: FuturesPlatform

4. ARTIFICIAL +
ROBOT
WORKERS
Source:FuturesPlatform

5. Adopted from FuturesPlatform

6. CITIES
Source:FuturesPlatform

7. EDUCATION IS
THE MEANS TO
IMPLEMENT
ANTICIPATION

8. INDUSTRIALISM
◦ EDUCATION AS MEANS FOR
PRODUCING STANDARDIZED
LEARNING FOR INDUSTIAL WORK
◦ BEHAVIORISM
◦ IN FINLAND TRANSITION TO
SYSTEMATISED SCHOOLING FROM
1880’S
◦ -> ELEMENTARY SCHOOL FOR ALL 4
YEARS + CITIZENS’ SCHOOL 2 YEARS
OR GRAMMAR SCHOOL 5 YEARS

9. SERVICE
ECONOMY
◦ EDUCATION FOR NEEDS OF
CUSTOMERS
◦ SOCIAL CONSTRUCTIVISM
◦ IN FINLAND 1970-, BASIC
EDUCATION, 9 YEARS

10. Future on education?
◦ Global markets
◦ Over-population and environmental crisis; lack of resources
◦ Global warming
◦ Artificial intelligence
◦ Growing un-equiety -> growing risk of violence in all levels
WHAT SHOULD BE CONSIDERED?

11. AI and how it will change education
Some Points to be made
◦ Future workforce; low-skilled routine jobs will vanish; highly skilled and creative jobs will be in demand
- > from low to high-skill domain is essential
- Possibilities: on standardizing learning of basic skills and assessing + equalizing education (groups with
socio-economical challenges, disadvantaged groups, special educational needs etc.
- Risks in data-protection, privacy and ownership
(Unesco 2019: International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Education. Final Report. Education2030)

15. Effective use of
AI in education
requires

16. Future of
Work
Fourth Industrial Revolution

17. ERA OF EMERGING
EDUCATION
PARADIGM SHIFT FROM
◦ CONSTRUCTIVISM TO EMERGENCE:
◦ Learning is an emerging process where learning occurs in
different contexts (virtual and non virtual) and creates
learning which out-come depends on the individuals in the
learning process.
◦ Open ended learning processes, SERENDIPITY
◦ LEARNING KNOWLEDGE TO LEARNING
SKILLS AND COMPETENCES
◦ AI will give all knowledge needed, human imput is
needed when creating innovative solutions and new ideas

18. SKILLS AND
COMPETENCES
NEEDED
◦ 1) RESILIENCE
◦ 2) CROSS-CULTURAL COMPETENCE
◦ 3)SOCIAL INTELLIGENCE
◦ 4) VIRTUAL COLLABORATION
◦ 5) NOVEL AND ADAPTIVE THINKING
◦ 6) COGNITIVE LOAD MANAGEMENT
◦ 7) SENSE-MAKING
◦ 8) NEW MEDIA LITERACY
◦ 9) DESIGN MIND-SET
(Future Skills. Update and Literature Rewiew 2017)(overlap
with EntreComp2016; EU)
Entre

19. 21st Century
Learning

20. National Core Curriculum
for Basic Education 2014,
Upper Secondary CC 2020-
◦ Finland’s response for
Educational Challenge 2030

21. Development Centre Opinkirjo’s
services for Finnish Schools
Themes:
Creative Problem Solving
Design Education
Entrepreneurship Education
STEAM programs, competitions, materials
Thinking skills
Participation and social skills
Methods enhanced:
- Problem based learning
- Phenomena based learning

22. S k i l l s f o r t h e f u t u r e
P r o b l e m s o l v i n g
C o - d e v e l o p i n g , T e a m w o r k a n d C o l l a b o r a t i v e s k i l l s
C r e a t i v e n e s a n d I d e a t i t i o n m e t h o d s
E m p a t h y
E x p e r i m e n t a n d R e s e a c h m e t h o d s
S k i l l t o C r y s t a l l i z e
C r i t i c a l d e s i g n e d u c a t i o n a l s o o p e n s t h e e y e s t o e n v i r o n m e n t a l
t h e m e s a n d c o n s u m p t i o n .
W h e n f a c e d w i t h a p r o b l e m w e c a n a l w a y s b e n e f i t f r o m t h e
d e s i g n t h i n k i n g a n d d e s i g n m e t h o d s w e h a v e l e a r n e d .
W H Y D E S I G N E D U D A T I O N ? v i d e o

23. D E S I G N P R O C E S S
- a g e n c y, i n v o l v e m e n t , p a r t i c i p a t i o n

24. WWW.OPINKIRJO.FI/EN

25. THANKYOUFORATTENTION
PHDMINNARIIKKAJÄRVINEN
MINNARIIKKA.JARVINEN@
OPINKIRJO.FI