A Study to Explore the Practice of ICTs in TVET in Bangladesh and South Korea
2013
The purpose of the study was to review Technical & Vocational Education and Training (TVET) expansion with technologies, in particular to compare the present status of ICTs used in teaching-learning in TVET organizations both in Bangladesh and South Korea. The authors explored the current trends and issues of ICTs in teaching-learning in TVET mechanism on both of the countries. The structured questionnaires are used as data collection tools for knowing the current status of ICTs used in TVET in Bangladesh. Moreover, documents analysis techniques accomplished to compare the specific issues covered by the study. The issue ICTs in TVET is a broad phenomenon of comparison. Thus this study narrowed down five areas as specific criteria taken from the Survey report of UNESCO (2003) to pursue the study: (1) technology as curriculum, (2) technology as organizational mechanism, (3) technology as delivery mechanism, (4) technology as a complement to instruction, and (5) technology as instructional tools. The outcomes of the study revealed that the countries with more advanced economic should assist developing countries in establishing ICT infrastructure and capacity building in TVET; the open courseware initiative and public repository of learning objects must be encouraged to minimize the effects of the digital divide. Based on the findings and results of the document analysis the authors drew some recommendations to promote ICTs use in TVET in Bangladesh. The research theme would be beneficial for the scholars and practitioners of TVET of the countries.
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