Without stress

With the help of tutorials, you can test yourself to understand how you can use AI. During six weeks, you can learn more about what you want, at your own pace, without stress. For example, it can be about how to fly drones, read driver's license theory or train dogs.

What do you think?

Kan det här vara något

FÖR DIG?

Could this be something

FOR YOU?

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!

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.

Take a look at the application

Register your interest

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".

Picture of an empty train platform at sunrise.

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 .

Collaborative partners

En pixel version av en musmattan och mus på bordet. Redigerat med hjälp av AI.

A day at SkillStation

Days can differ depending on your wishes.

With the support of AI and tutors, you spend time working on your special interest. Everyone has their own workstation.

Supervisors are available until 3:30 p.m.

Coffee is included and lunch is available at a subsidised price.

I want to know more about this!

En grupp människor diskuterar något spännande runt bordet medan någon jobbar själv i bakgrunden.

A permissive environment

At SkillStation, we want to create an environment which caters for the participants' terms. Some days you can't or don't want to be social, and that's perfectly fine.

Everyone who participates in SkillStation can contribute their experiences about their own learning.

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

Use new technology

AI can help you with many different things, such as creating text, images, video, music or summarizing information.

You don't need any prior knowledge.

En robot som tittar på blommor ut i skogen.

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

SanaLabs

ChatGPT
and DALL-E

Adobe products

Kahn Academy

Duolingo

Moderskeppet

Learn on your terms!

At SkillStation, we believe that you learn best when you have the conditions you need, without being forced into a template or timetable. We can agree on what would suit you best.

Here you don't compare yourself to others, because everyone gets involved in different things.