Review article
https://doi.org/10.32903/zs.68.1-2.7
INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY IN PRACTICAL EDUCATION IN THE PROFESSION GENERAL NURSE AND GENERAL HEALTHCARE TECHNICIAN
Kristina Horvat
; Tehnička škola Virovitica
Abstract
Information and communication technology has become an integral part of everyday life as well as of the educational process. Like all the other education sectors, vocational education also faced many difficulties and problems during remote learning. The use of digital tools can facilitate the educational process significantly, and the possibility of achieving educational outcomes using digital tools should not be neglected. This claim could provoke many debates about the justification of the use of information and communication technology in vocational education because, in many vocational education sectors, it is not possible to achieve the outcomes of practical teaching by using it. This paper points to the problems of conducting practical education classes and achieving learning outcomes for the general nurse and general healthcare technician course due to the imperative of the "transition to a virtual classroom" caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Moreover, due to practical remote learning, unfulfilled educational outcomes could arise as possible issues. The distinctiveness of this educational programme lies in the fact that it is realised through 4618 teaching hours of vocational subjects, 2972 hours of which relate to exercises in planned educational environments such as clinical settings, homes for the elderly and infirm, and kindergartens. It is in these environments that it is only possible to achieve the planned educational outcomes in person and without the use of digital tools through planned activities aimed at acquiring competencies for the profession for which the student is being educated.
Keywords
e-learning; information and communication technology; nurse / medical technician; educational outcomes; vocational education
Hrčak ID:
289584
URI
Publication date:
30.12.2022.
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