The current wave of the digital revolution, primarily driven by generative [artificial intelligence] AI and other disruptive digital technologies, is distinguished from its predecessors by its speed, magnitude, and profound implications. This revolution presents significant challenges, particularly in the realm of work. Technological advancements are creating new jobs at an unprecedented rate while making many others obsolete. Today's youth and adults, educated under traditional paradigms, often lack the digital and transversal skills required in modern professional environments. The knowledge
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The current wave of the digital revolution, primarily driven by generative [artificial intelligence] AI and other disruptive digital technologies, is distinguished from its predecessors by its speed, magnitude, and profound implications. This revolution presents significant challenges, particularly in the realm of work. Technological advancements are creating new jobs at an unprecedented rate while making many others obsolete. Today's youth and adults, educated under traditional paradigms, often lack the digital and transversal skills required in modern professional environments. The knowledge and skills acquired in school quickly become outdated in the face of rapidly evolving technological and industrial landscapes. The mismatch of skills, combined with a global increase in youth unemployment, underscores the urgency of recalibrating our Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) system, a key driver of educational success and workforce readiness, to meet the demands of the digital age. By actively engaging in and adapting to digital transformation, we can enhance the potential of TVET systems in societies, bridge the skills gap, and empower our younger generations and all workers to be resilient and prepared for the future, thereby promoting global sustainable development.
This report serves as a guidebook that demystifies the methodologies for digital transformation and breaks it down into manageable and actionable steps for TVET leaders and educators. It analyzes digital transformation in TVET systematically, covering theoretical underpinnings, governance modes, programmes and curricula, use of technologies, essential competencies, international cooperation, and emerging challenges. In each domain, this report can serve as a resource book, illustrating the best practices currently employed at Shenzhen Polytechnic University and our partner institutions and enterprises worldwide. The contents are as follows: Introduction / Wenming Yang; Background of digital transformation in TVET / Xiuzhen Zeng and Zhuoya Zhong; Methodology for digital transformation in TVET / Wenxi Wu and Wenming Yang; Digital transformation of TVET governance / Xiuzhen Zeng; Digital transformation of TVET programmes and curricula / Qianmin Lin and Wenming Yang; Digital transformation of EdTech and pedagogy in TVET / Xueying Chen and Liucheng Pan; Capacity building for digital transformation in TVET / Zhuoya Zhong; International collaboration and exchange in the digital transformation of TVET / Liucheng Pan; Challenges, trends, and recommendations / Wenxi Wu; Appendix: promising practices.
Edited excerpts from publication.
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