scholarly journals The “Digital Facilitator”: An Extended Profile to Manage the Digital Transformation of Swiss Vocational Schools

2021 ◽  
pp. 169-187
Author(s):  
Alberto A. P. Cattaneo ◽  
Luca Bonini ◽  
Martina Rauseo
Keyword(s):  
Vocational Education ◽  
Digital Transformation ◽  
Individual Development ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Institutional Integration ◽  
Digital Competence ◽  
The World ◽  
Professional Profile ◽  
Digital Competency ◽  
The Individual

AbstractDigital transformation requires the field of education to increasingly deal with the interplay between the teachers’ individual development of digital competence and institutional integration and adoption of digital technology. This is especially crucial in the vocational education context, which is closer to the world of work and, therefore, more sensitive to the disruptive changes of digitalisation. This chapter addresses this issue by proposing the result of a project that aimed to identify a new professional profile in the context of dual vocational education in Switzerland. The Digital Facilitator is a new term that refers to a teacher with advanced digital competency who is an expert in facilitating digital innovation adoption within educational institutions. Thus, it constitutes a possible concrete way to address the issue of integrating the individual and the organisational perspectives related to digital transformation. The profile is discussed by presenting an analysis of acknowledged existing frameworks and by considering the specificities of the context in which it was developed. The opportunities and challenges associated with introducing the profile are also critically addressed.

scholarly journals Artificial Intelligence and Vocational Education and Training – Perpspective of German Vet Teachers

2020 ◽  
pp. 207-216
Author(s):  
Sophia Roppertz
Keyword(s):  
Artificial Intelligence ◽  
Vocational Education ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Digital Transformation ◽  
Vocational School ◽  
Vocational Education And Training ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
School Teachers ◽  
The World ◽  
And Training

The digital transformation will lead to a reorganization of the occupational world. Educational institutions play an important role in this context, as they train the future workforce. This raises the question of how vocational schools are already responding to changes in the world of work today? Does Artificial Intelligence and automation play a role and if so, which one? These and other questions are addressed in this article based on an online survey of German vocational school teachers. The survey was conducted through the European Taccle AI project.

scholarly journals Evaluation Methods in Teaching Translation by Saudi University Instructors under Coronavirus Pandemic

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (12) ◽  
pp. 33-46
Author(s):  
Eman Mohammad Mahmoud AlOneen
Keyword(s):  
Online Teaching ◽  
Evaluation Methods ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Online Questionnaire ◽  
Simple Observation ◽  
Assessment Tasks ◽  
University Instructors ◽  
The World ◽  
The Individual

Coronavirus pandemic has posed challenges in evaluating students’ performance in educational institutions all over the world. Therefore, university instructors may encounter some problems in evaluating their students fairly through online teaching since it was not an easy task before this worldly crisis. The current study aims at investigating the perspectives of instructors who teach translation courses at some Saudi universities towards the followed evaluation methods in teaching translation courses during Coronavirus pandemic. Two methods were used to collect data: simple observation and online questionnaire. The participants were 21 instructors from 10 Saudi universities. The findings of this study show that using machine translation and CAT tools by students in doing assessment tasks does not guarantee fairness among students during Coronavirus pandemic regardless of the nature of translation courses. In addition, online exams and assignments are less fair to show the individual differences among students compared with written exams before Coronavirus pandemic. To evaluate students’ performance in translation courses fairly, the participants of this study suggested some solutions such as modifying questions' patterns of some translation exams and assignments to cope with online teaching, emphasizing the importance of live sessions and online participation as assessment tasks for students during Coronavirus pandemic, using other evaluation methods such as live oral assessment, editing texts, multiple choice editing questions, etc. The study concludes with some recommendations for future research.

scholarly journals Online learning and digital competence: Ukraine and the world

2021 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Strategic Decision ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Teaching Staff ◽  
Digital Competence ◽  
Digital Infrastructure ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
The World ◽  
Teachers And Students ◽  
The Impact

The article is devoted to strengthening the role and importance of online learning and digital competence of teachers and students in the context of globalization and accelerating scientific and technological progress. A comparative analysis of the development of ICT, relevant electronic devices and the introduction of open online courses in the world is done. The main difficulties, shortcomings and achievements in the process of accelerating the dynamics and scale of application of online and distance learning during the lockdown period caused by the coronavirus pandemic are defined. The examples of Ukraine and the European Union show a significant difference between the countries of the world in terms of the development of material and technical base of educational institutions, digital infrastructure, access to high-quality and high-speed Internet, readiness of teachers and students to study in new conditions. There is a significant gap between global scientific and technological development and digital competence of citizens. Based on the use of historical, logical, comparative methods, principles and laws of dialectics argues the need for a deeper and more systematic theoretical understanding of current trends in ICT, rapid improvement of digital competence, especially the teaching staff. The importance of introducing in-depth, systematic and systematic research in Ukraine to assess the available technical resources, quality and prospects of digital infrastructure, the level of digital competence of citizens, the dynamics of online training courses, the impact of the social environment on education. The subject of analysis and strategic decision-making in the field of national digital policy should be relevant social, political, economic and technological problems in the country, improving the legal framework, technical re-equipment of educational institutions of all levels, increasing motivation, especially teaching staff for self-improvement and digital competence.

scholarly journals Vocational Education and Training in the Age of Digitization

2020 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Vocational Education ◽  
Structural Changes ◽  
Digital Age ◽  
Education And Training ◽  
Vocational Education And Training ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Vocational Schools ◽  
The World ◽  
New Challenges ◽  
And Training

The increasing digitization of the world of work is associated with accelerated structural changes. These are connected with changed qualification profiles and thus new challenges for vocational education and training (VET). Companies, vocational schools and other educational institutions must respond appropriately. The volume focuses on the diverse demands placed on teachers, learners and educational institutions in vocational education and training and aims to provide up-to-date results on learning in the digital age.

scholarly journals Information literacy and digital competence of teachers in the age of digital transformation

2021 ◽  
Vol 273 ◽  
pp. 12077
Author(s):  
Konstantin Zakharov ◽  
Aleksandra Komarova ◽  
Tatiana Baranova ◽  
Elena Gulk
Keyword(s):  
Digital Literacy ◽  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Digital Transformation ◽  
Diagnostic Tools ◽  
Traditional Teaching ◽  
Digital Competence ◽  
Engineering Programs ◽  
Digital Resource ◽  
Ict Competence ◽  
Digital Competency

The study discusses the specifics of digital literacy and digital competence of a big community of teachers in one of the regions of St. Petersburg. It contains the calculations of digital literacy indices and digital competency index of the teachers that were made using the range of diagnostic tools of NAFI research center. It was found that today teachers are most advanced in content and assessment, while digital resource technology and management is the least developed field of pedagogical activity where digital technologies are applied. Two levels of digital transformation are introduced in the teaching and learning process - replacement and improvement, to ensure that the zone of traditional teaching is operative. For teachers to be able to transfer successfully to the zone of pedagogical engineering, programs have to be developed to provide psychological and pedagogical support as they improve their ICT competence.

scholarly journals Corporate Sustainability: Study of "New Normal" Factors that Affect Corporate Sustainability

2021 ◽  
Vol 04 (07) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sumas Wongsnuopparat ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Government Policy ◽  
Behavioral Change ◽  
Corporate Sustainability ◽  
Digital Transformation ◽  
Technological Transformation ◽  
New Normal ◽  
Normal Life ◽  
The World ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Relationship

When we look back on the history of the world, the term “New Normal” has been employed concerning World War I, the global financial crisis of 2007 -2008, the September 11 attacks in the United States, and the global recession of 2008 -2012. Still, this term has never powerfully shocked our hearts. The COVID-19 pandemic has been changing human life since 2020. People gradually move away from everyday life and progressively walk into the “New Normal” life. However, the life of “New Normal” is full of uncertainty. The uncertainty may come from the different variants of the COVID-19 virus, and it may come from the resetting of the global economy. In the “New Normal” life, more and more companies go bankrupt and are about to face bankruptcy. Even though some companies do not want to default, but it has been hard to survive nowadays. Until now, it is hard to know if the “New Normal” life is a brief time in this long history of the world or the “New Normal” life will be a permanent state. Anyway, the “New Normal” factors of “New Normal” life have provided opportunities to force the world to eliminate outdated technologies, eliminate the backward enterprises, reorganize the business framework of companies, optimize the industrial structure, strengthen human resources, re-set the world economy, reorganize the business relationship of the world. History always moves forward according to its natural developmental trend, and no force can resist the law of the development of things. Still, also no power can resist people to pursue a better life. Individuals, groups, regions, and countries are connected based on the relationship between the individual and country is the relationship between the individual and the larger society. In addition, the relationship between the individual and the world is the relationship between the individual and the human organization. Therefore, individuals, groups, regions, and countries must look forward and keep a positive mindset to adopting the “New Normal” factorsin the “New Normal” life. As we can see, many companies are adopting “New Normal” factors, and some are expanding their business network and further towards corporate sustainability despite this COVID-19 pandemic making the challenging situation in this business world. The main research question of this study is “What are the “New Normal” factors that have a significant effect on corporate sustainability?” In this study, eight independent variables including Working from home (W.H), Workforce transformation (R.W), Digital transformation (D.T), Technological transformation (T.N), Psychological effect (P.C), Uncertainty (U.C), Consumer behavioral change (C.N), Government policy (G.V), and one dependent variable Corporate adjustment (C.S) is the studied. This study aims to understand the structural relationship among these potential variables that could influence corporate sustainability in the “New Normal” life. The dataset utilized to test the hypothesis postulated in this study is the Structural Equation Model (SEM). The results from this study suggests that Technological transformation, Uncertainty, Consumer behavioral change, Digital transformation, and Government policy significantly affect corporate sustainability in the “New Normal” life. Considering different politics, economy, and cultural backgrounds in countries and industries, we also found that some irreconcilable factors affect technological transformation, uncertainty, consumer behavioral change, digital transformation, and government policy. Finally, this study identified technological transformation, uncertainty, consumer behavioral change, digital transformation, and government policy as significant factors that affect corporate sustainability. Therefore, this study provides some valuable suggestions for all companies to better adapt to the business market in the “New Normal” time. In addition, this study also provides some evidence and ideas for researchers to explore corporate sustainability in the “New Normal” time and post-COVID-19.

scholarly journals A Study on Effectiveness of Online Learning System during COVID-19 in Sargodha

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 122-137
Author(s):  
Ijaz Hussain Ijaz Hussain ◽  
Rana Muhammad Basharat Saeed ◽  
Ali Furqan Syed
Keyword(s):  
Online Learning ◽  
Statistical Design ◽  
Learning System ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Efficient System ◽  
Individual Perception ◽  
The World ◽  
Novel Coronavirus ◽  
The Individual

The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) is known to be the worst pandemic on the planet which has not only affected humankind very severely but also frozen all areas of life on the sphere. The pandemic caused the largest turmoil in the field of education across the world. The conventional system of education has been disrupted resulting in the closure of all educational institutions around the globe. The exams were postponed which made the students more concerned about their academic achievements. The educationists around the world started thinking about some good alternatives for this problem and subsequently considered online learning as the best substitute for conventional learning at educational institutes. The current study was carried out to accentuate the effectiveness of online learning system during the wave of COVID-19. To achieve the objective of the study, two educational institutes, one government and one private institute, were selected in Sargodha through convenient sampling and the individual perception of the participant teachers was documented using questionnaire as the data collection tool. The descriptive and inferential statistical design was followed for the analysis of the data. The overall findings revealed that the online learning was an effective and efficient system of learning to fulfill the educational needs of learners at distant locations. On the whole, the inferences supported the effectiveness of the online learning system during COVID-19.

scholarly journals Technical and Vocational Education (TVE): Role in Individual and National Growth

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (9) ◽  
pp. 213-215
Author(s):  
Salma Amin
Keyword(s):  
Vocational Education ◽  
National Economy ◽  
Growth And Development ◽  
Individual Development ◽  
Educational Foundation ◽  
Technical And Vocational Education ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
National Growth

This paper focuses on understanding the role of Technical and Vocational Education (TVE) in individual development by gaining better employment and higher earnings. It further explores the relationship between Technical & Vocational Education and the growth of national economy. Technical and Vocational Education is the form of education that consists of training all necessary skills required for profitable employment as well as acquisition of basic educational foundation. TVE enables the individual to gain all necessary skills and competencies for employability which affect the national growth and development

scholarly journals SIGNIFICANCE OF DIGITAL COMPETENCE OF THE SPECIALIST OF AUTO TRANSPORT PROFILE IN PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 ◽  
pp. 481
Author(s):  
Vasyl Kovalchuk ◽  
Valerii Soroka ◽  
Artem Zaika
Keyword(s):  
Vocational Education ◽  
Automotive Industry ◽  
Structural Changes ◽  
Rapid Development ◽  
Modern Technology ◽  
Unmanned Vehicles ◽  
Digital Competence ◽  
Motor Transport ◽  
Professional Activities ◽  
Digital Competency

Every day modern technology is radically changing various industries at ever faster paces. The modern era of innovation is accompanied by a number of inventions and know-how – from robotization of production to the introduction of artificial intelligence at state levels.An important component of the training of future specialists in vocational education is the formation of digital competency which involves the ability and ability of the logical and systemic use of digital technologies.The automotive industry is currently undergoing structural changes due to the rapid development and implementation of modern digital technologies such as programmed electric vehicles, unmanned vehicles, robotic mechanisms for controlling mechanisms, remote control and contactless operations.The purpose of the study is a theoretical justification and experimental study of the levels of digital competence formation of future specialists in the automotive industry.To achieve the goal of the study, the following methods were used: analysis, synthesis, comparison, generalization, questioning.The article analyzes the features of the formation and development of digital competence of a motor transport specialist in the process of their preparation in vocational education institutions of developed countries.In the study the total number of respondents was 72 participants. The study was conducted on the basis of the results obtained in the process of questioning graduate students of the specialty "Transport" at the Professional and Pedagogical College of the Glukhov National Pedagogical University named after Alexander Dovzhenko. Based on the results of the questionnaire, the level of digital competency of future specialists in the automotive industry was established.The obtained results allow us to identify some problems in the formation and development of digital competence in the preparation of a motor transport specialist in vocational education institutions.  

scholarly journals Readiness of teachers of agricultural universities to manage the process of distance learning

2021 ◽  
Vol 258 ◽  
pp. 10018
Author(s):  
Konstantin Zakharov ◽  
Olga Kunina ◽  
Olga Kalashnikova ◽  
Ekaterina Tuana
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Distance Learning ◽  
Vocational Education ◽  
Management System ◽  
Learning Management System ◽  
Educational Environment ◽  
Digital Competence ◽  
Academic Degree ◽  
The World ◽  
Technical University

The electronic educational environment is now being actively implemented in the field of vocational education all over the world. The concept of digital competence and the readiness of a university teacher to use the Moodle distance learning management system are considered. The study involved 45 respondents - teachers of the humanities at a technical university, 23 - with an academic degree, 21 - higher education without an academic degree. The described study based on the analysis of questionnaire answers reveals significant differences in the components of digital competence of teachers of different generations.

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