This document discusses the future of vocational training (TVET) in Armenia in 2025 with a focus on integrating information and communication technologies (ICT). It notes that work is becoming more complex, demands are changing faster, and training needs to be more flexible, adaptive and faster. ICT can help address these needs through blended learning, micro-learning on mobile devices, game-based learning, and virtual/augmented reality. Many Armenian youth already use computers and smartphones, creating an opportunity to leverage these skills and devices for training. The document outlines initial steps such as developing an ICT adoption plan, building infrastructure, creating digital course materials, and training teachers to help bridge the digital divide in TVET and better prepare workers for

1. Vocational Training 2025
What‘s in store for Armenia digitally?
Arndt Bubenzer, Managing Director

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What will work look
like in 2025?

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Like this?

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Or more
like this?

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What will products
look like in 2025?

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Like
this?

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Or rather
like this?

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And how will we learn
and prepare for all of
this in 2025?

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Like this?

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Or more
like this?

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The truth is:
it is going to be
a little bit of
everything…

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What do we already
know about TVET in
2025?

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What do we already know about TVET in 2025?
▶ Work is getting more and more complex
▶ Demands from employers and trainees change quicker than
the TVET reality
▶ Training needs to take this complexity into account
▶ Training needs to be more flexible
▶ Training needs to be faster (time to market)
▶ Training needs to be more adaptive

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And here is the
jackpot question:
What is the link
between all
these aspects for
employers, TVET
institutions and
learners?

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ICT

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ICT in TVET. That’s what, exactly?
Let’s take a look at some trends from elsewhere…
ICT

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Blended Learning &
Flipped Classroom
• Combining face-to-face training with
forms of eLearning
• Theory (online) and practice (face-to-
face)
• „Best of both worlds“
• Teacher as Facilitator of „Learning
Pathways“
• Flipped Classroom: Theory at home,
classroom is only for applying

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Micro-Learning
• Short lessons (max. 10mins) on
Computer, Tablet or Phone
• Highly interactive
• For understanding theoretical
concepts or as background for
practical work
• Several Micro-Learning units can
be combined to form courses

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19 Mobile Learning
• Learning on Demand
• Anyplace, anytime
• Short and to the point
• BYOD – Bring your own Device

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Game-based
Learning
• Also called „Serious Games“
• Building on the assumption that
we all like to learn through play
• Short game sequences or
complex educational games

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Virtual and
Augmented Reality
• Virtual experience gaining
• Simulating large scale industrial
processes
• Replacement for real-life experiences
in very expensive environments

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So, where to start in
Armenia?

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Maybe here…?

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Computer
Usage:
Armenian
Youths
World Bank: Skills Towards Employability and Productivity (STEP), 2016
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Computer
Usage in
Armenian
Youths
World Bank: Skills Towards Employability and Productivity (STEP), 2016

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Why not use
these new skills
- and devices -
for training?

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Some important
steps…

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Bridging the Digital
TVET Divide
▶ Plan!
Develop a National Plan for ITC
adoption in TVET in order to make
workers more resilient to labor market
changes
Consider new sector needs
Develop strong policy messages

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Bridging the Digital
TVET Divide
▶ Build Infrastructure!
Equip the institutions (labs, sideloading
hotspots…)
Consider also equipment individually
owned (smart phones)

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Bridging the Digital
TVET Divide
▶ Create Courses and Material for digital
delivery!
Collaborate among institutions
Adapt existing materials
Partner with industry

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Bridging the Digital
TVET Divide
▶ Train the Trainers!
Train new trainers
Bring in-service trainers on board
Develop teaching guidelines for ICT

32. And then: start
small – think big
Start with pilot topics / pilot training
institutions / pilot target groups and pilot
employers

33. Then you might end up with:
 Happy Learners
 Happy Employers
 Happy Government

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շնորհակալություն | Thank you!
Arndt Bubenzer, Managing Director
a.bubenzer@common-sense.at