Competence of Vocational Teachers in the Use of Technology in the New Normal Era

DOI

10.2991/assehr.k.211208.003How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Competence; Vocational; Teacher; Technology; Pandemic

Abstract

The Covid-19 pandemic presents new challenges to education, especially vocational education. Learning activity could not be done face-to-face, but online learning is an alternative. The regulations governing online learning are of common concern because in vocational education there is not only theoretical learning but also practical learning. This pandemic creates new challenges for the competence of vocational education teachers specifically to be able to use of technology to support the implementation of online learning. This research was conducted on vocational education teachers in Sumatra Barat Indonesia, examining their competence and use of technology during the pandemic. Samples were taken from six cities; Padang, Bukittinggi, Tanah Datar, Payakumbuh, Agam, and Pariaman. This result shows that teachers always try to improve their competences during the pandemic by training their self to use information technology in online learning, but it is not easy for them. Teachers still master pedagogical competence, personality competence, professional competence, and social competence. Teachers are more dominant in using computers and smartphones, and using WhatsApp and YouTube applications to support the implementation of learning during the pandemic. Teachers must continue to adapt and innovate in online learning using hardware technology as well as the use of offline and online software applications.

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© 2021 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press SARL.

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This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC license.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Nizwardi Jalinus
AU  - Sukardi
AU  - Syahril
AU  - Syaiful Haq
AU  - Rizky Ema Wulansari
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2021/12/08
TI  - Competence of Vocational Teachers in the Use of Technology in the New Normal Era
BT  - Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Technical and Vocational Education and Training (ICTVET 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 11
EP  - 16
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.211208.003
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.211208.003
ID  - Jalinus2021
ER  -