Digitalisation, Artificial Intelligence and Vocational Occupations and Skills: What are the needs for training Teachers and Trainers?

The paper seeks to explore the impact AI and automation have on vocational occupations and skills and to examine what that means for teachers and trainers in VET. It looks at how AI can be used to shape learning and teaching processes, through for example, digital assistants which support teachers. It also focuses on the transformative power of AI that promises profound changes in employment and work tasks. The paper is based on research being undertaken through the EU Erasmus+ Taccle AI project. It presents the results of an extensive literature review and of interviews with VET managers, teachers and AI experts in five countries. It asks whether machines will complement or replace humans in the workplace before going to look at developments in using AI for teaching and learning in VET. Finally, it proposes extensions to the EU DigiCompEdu Framework for training teachers and trainers in using technology

Problems Of Vet Governance And Scope For Improvement - A Comparative View

The panel aims at the analysis of problems in VET governance, according to the framework of VET research proposed at the Vocational Skills Week, Brussels. Issues of multilevel coordination were identified as a main challenge. Examples from four countries (Austria, Germany, Hungary, Italy) are discussed, to illustrate the challenges in governance of VET. Different methodologies are used, and issues of the relationship of central control and local delivery, and about strategic guidance and operative freedom of action are tackled. The German and Austrian examples point from different angels to issues of cooperation between the many involved stakeholders. The Hungarian and Italian examples both give emphasis to apprenticeship policies and show some pitfalls of VET policies because of too weak or too strong power policies

Neue Lernkonzepte in der dualen Berufsausbildung. Abschlussbericht des Programmträgers zum BLK-Programm

Das BLK-Modellversuchsprogramm hatte als übergreifendes Ziel, "die Effizienz und Qualität der dualen Berufsausbildung zu steigern, die curriculare Innovationsfähigkeit beruflicher Schulen zu stärken und neue Lernkonzepte und unterrichtliche Organisationsformen zu implementieren." Es sind 21 Modellversuche aus 14 Bundesländern beteiligt gewesen; darüberhinaus wurden vier Forschungsaufträge vergeben. Der Bericht gibt im ersten Kapitel einen Überblick über Anlage, Programmziele und Implementation sowie über wichtige Rahmenbedingungen des Programms. Im zweiten Kapitel werden die Instrumente, Verfahren und Aktivitäten des Programmträgers (Institut Technik und Bildung, Bremen und Staatsinstitut für Schulqualität und Bildungsforschung, München) vorgestellt. Das dritte Kapitel stellt die Innovationsbeiträge der Modellversuche im Hinblick auf die Programmziele dar. Im vierten Kapitel werden die Innovationswirkungen des Programms untersucht. Die im Rahmen des Programms vergebenen Forschungsaufträge werden genannt und es wird eine abschließende Programmbilanz gezogen sowie Empfehlungen ausgesprochen. Das letzte Kapitel beinhaltet eine Zusammenstellung der Veranstaltungen, Vorträge und Veröffentlichungen des Programmträgers. Der Anhang enthält den Fragebogen des Programmträgers zur Evaluation der Modellversuche. (DIFP/Kr.

Artificial Intelligence in Policies, Processes and Practices of Vocational Education and Training

The report examines the impact of artificial intelligence on vocational education and training in Europe. Based on a conceptual clarification, the societal and social aspects of this technology are examined using international literature. This includes various scenarios about future development as well as the effects on the commercial technical professions. A comprehensive analysis of future changes in qualifications and skills, especially with regard to the various professions, is undertaken. Chapter five looks at important subaspects of vocational education and training such as tutorial learning support, the creation of new learning environments such as »smart classrooms & factories«, as well as learning analytics and digital assessment. The empirical part of the study contains a summary evaluation of the more than 40 interviews carried out in the European countries Germany, Greece, Italy, Lithuania and UK. The first project approaches are presented in case studies, in which AI is used in corresponding projects. The results of the online survey conducted in Germany among vocational school teachers will then be presented. The summary underlines the complex effects of this new technology with regard to the further development of professional content and which methodological didactic measures in the form of a new kind of professional learning and work tasks are especially necessary.7