Keynote presentation at the annual conference of the Lifelong learning Plattform in Vienna in June 2018

1. Prof. Dr. Ulf-Daniel Ehlers
Baden-Wurttemberg Cooperative State University
European Association for Institutes of Higher Education
European Distance and E-Learning Network
Learning for a life.
Learning lifelong.
The social and cultural dimension
on lifelong learning: enablers and
barriers Annual Conference 2018
Lifelong Learning Platform
Vienna, Austria

4. Imagine...
Painting 20 m high up
on your back...
...and creating in your head/ heart the
unforeseen...

5. Sistine chapel
520 square metre

6. Design Mindset
Thinking in Perspectives

8. © 2007 Dr. Ulf-Daniel Ehlers ::: Reflexion im Netz :::
ulf.ehlers@lernqualitaet.de
Serendipity and the
prepared mind?!
Is ... eductaion
fit for this challenge?

9. Higher Education
„Competencies are […] in principle unlimited dispositions and abilities,
to act self-organised and successfully in an unknown, complex and
undetermined future.“ (translated)
Knowing-in-Action
Reflection-in-Action
Reflection on Reflection-in-Action
Higher Education as Reflection-Laboratory
(Schön 1983, 1986)
Implicit Action-Knowledge
Ad-Hoc Strategies
Development of ind. Action Theories
Professionality
Competence Responsibility
Action Adequacy
Abilities Will
Knowledge Apply
Information Connect (Wildt 2006)
(Erpenbeck 2005)

10. Do you use Google?
Perpetual Beta =
Co-Produktion of Learning =

11. A Thought Experiment...
A school beginner in September 2016...
• ... finishes 2020 primary school
• ... gradutaes from high school in 2028
• ... receives his bachelor degree in 2031
• ... and his Master in 2033
• ...starts to work...

12. Modernization of the World of Work
Resolution of system of fixed professions
From lifetime employment to lifetime employability
From employed professionals to entrepreneurial
professionals
1
2
3
(Lisop 1997)
(Beck, Giddens, Lash 1996)
(Voß, Pongratz 1998)

13. Changes are inevitable
we will jump 10-15 times

14. LLL as the new Master Narrative

15. But LLL is more...
Between emancipation and obligation
Between risk-avoidance and risk-generation
Medium of pleasure in present

16. How to achieve permeability?
Cultural Diversity
Different Educational Leitmotivs (Nagel 2004)
 Scandinavian Countries: Students are viewed as young citizens, education is the
obligation of the state
 In Anglo-Saxon countries students are viewed as customers and investors,
education becomes a more individual duty
 In southern Europe students are seen as family members, education is a family
matter
Learning Infrastructures
 Different Platforms
 Different Tools
 Different Technologies
 Different Access Possibilities
Educational Systems
 Different School Systems (Duration, Preferred Learning Mode, etc.)
 Vocational Education
 University Education

17. 50%+

18. Exclusivity
Massification
Individualissation
Personalisation

19. need for constant learning
from
preparation up front
to
episodical throughout

20. Jeff Warner, CEO of LinkedIn

21. Skillmyth

22. Learning
Society
Digital
Technology
Unbundling
Selforganisation
Lifelong
Learning
Permeability
Sequentiality
Individualisation/
Diversity
Uni-
versity
50% Plus
Changing
Labour Market
Unbundling of certification,
teaching, etc.
Multicampus
Digital as
Standard
Entgrenzung
Multiinstitutional

24. ulf.ehlers@dhbw-karlsruhe.de
Baden-Wurttemberg Cooperative State University
European Association for Institutes of Higher Education
www.dhbw-karlsruhe.de
www.ulf-ehlers.net
www.mindful-leaders.net
Thank you for your attention!