Exploring Engineering Students’ Perceptions About the Use of ICTs and Educational Technologies in VET

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Abstract

At the institutional level, Chilean universities and Vocational Education and Training (VET) institutions have made significant investments in information and communication technologies (ICTs), such as virtual platforms, learning technologies, and streamlining bureaucratic processes related to university management among others. Before the COVID-19 pandemic, there was already a significant use of ICT resources, especially in many post-graduate programs, which were offered in online or blended learning modalities. The main goals of the study were to explore students’ perceptions from a Chilean vocational school (post-secondary education) and university of applied sciences, with campuses (more than 27) in all regions of Chile about the use of ICTs and educational technologies, and to know about the participants’ attitudes towards the educational use of ICTs and other educational software. Based on scientific literature and their previous experience in research projects about the use of ICTs and the development of a didactical strategy to incorporate educational technologies in the learning process of engineering students, the authors developed a categories system with indicators for the instrument design. The instrument consists of a questionnaire with closed (25 items) and open-ended questions (3) organized into eight main categories with their respective items.

Details

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationLearning in the Age of Digital and Green Transition
EditorsMichael E. Auer, Wolfgang Pachatz, Tiia Rüütmann
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media B.V.
Pages444-451
Number of pages8
Volume1
ISBN (print)9783031268755
Publication statusPublished - 2023
Peer-reviewedYes

Publication series

SeriesLecture Notes in Networks and Systems
Volume633 LNNS
ISSN2367-3370

Conference

Title25th International Conference on Interactive Collaborative Learning
SubtitleLearning in the Age of Digital and Green Transition
Abbreviated titleICL 2022
Conference number25
Duration27 - 30 September 2022
Degree of recognitionInternational event
LocationHilton Park Vienna & online
CityVienna
CountryAustria

External IDs

Scopus 85151127798
ORCID /0000-0002-6958-4572/work/142238965
WOS 001004128000042

Keywords

Research priority areas of TU Dresden

Keywords

  • Educational technologies, Engineering education, ICT, VET institutions, Ict