Technical gazette, Vol. 33 No. 6, 2026.
Preliminary communication
https://doi.org/10.17559/TV-20251202003179
The Potential Role of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the Improvement of Teaching Processes and Resource Management within the Regional Centers of Competence
Petar Mišević
; University North, Dr. Žarko Dolinar Sq. 1, Koprivnica 48000, Croatia
*
Dajana Maria Horvat
; University North, Dr. Žarko Dolinar Sq. 1, Koprivnica 48000, Croatia
Matija Kikelj
; University North, Dr. Žarko Dolinar Sq. 1, Koprivnica 48000, Croatia
* Corresponding author.
Abstract
Modernization of vocational education is essential to achieve greater competitiveness in the labor market. Investment in Regional Competence Centers is one of the possible directions of investment in modernization. The potential of artificial intelligence is extremely broad, and their increasingly frequent application calls into question their integration into education. The research includes the perceptions of stakeholders within Regional Competence Centers (principals, teachers, secretaries and professional associates) on the potential application of artificial intelligence in improving teaching processes and more efficient resource management. The research covers the economic aspects of the implementation of artificial intelligence, such as the perception of benefits, obstacles and differences in attitudes regarding the role of the respondents. The research was conducted using a survey questionnaire that included questions related to smart management of equipment and laboratories within the Center, automation of administrative tasks, but also the willingness to accept artificial intelligence for educational purposes and ethical dilemmas that may potentially arise. Understanding such attitudes is extremely crucial in order to consider the possibility of introducing artificial intelligence into Regional Competence Centers, but also into vocational education itself in the future. It also indicates the willingness of stakeholders to embrace new digital technologies in education.
Keywords
AI, education, regional centers of competence
Hrčak ID:
353103
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Publication date:
7.11.2026.
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