Chapter 19
Designing Technology-Enhanced Learning Environments in Vocational Education and Training
Carmela Aprea, Alberto A. P. Cattaneo,
Alberto A. P. Cattaneo
Swiss Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training (SFIVET)
Search for more papers by this authorCarmela Aprea, Alberto A. P. Cattaneo,
Alberto A. P. Cattaneo
Swiss Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training (SFIVET)
Search for more papers by this authorBook Editor(s):David Guile,
Lorna Unwin,
David Guile
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Search for more papers by this authorSummary
Societies and economies all over the world are currently experiencing substantial transformations driven by, among other factors, the rise of new digital technologies. These transformations are going to fundamentally change all aspects of our private, social, and professional lives, and will also have substantial influences on vocational education and training (VET). The goal of this chapter is to demonstrate how these technologies can be used to effectively support learning and teaching processes in this educational field. We start by introducing the potentials and affordances of technologies as a means to connect different learning locations and provide a set of examples of prototypical uses of several technologies as boundary-crossing tools.
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