Information-educational environment of VET system: problems and prospects

Abstract

The work reveals the relevance of vocational education information- educational environment design

whose content is represented by scientific (educational) training materials for students and teachers of

vocational schools. The definition "information-educational environment” is specified. The features of

information and educational environment of vocational education and possible prospects for

administration, teaching staff and students are singled out.

Nowadays the status of IT-software of VET system in Ukraine does not meet the requirements of

Information Society, which seeks to integrate into the European and world community. There is a

certain lag from developed countries in some aspects: firstly, in an effective, professional use of IT in

training, retraining and advanced training of specialists in different fields and levels; secondly, in use of

Web-based technologies for development and transmission of data; thirdly, in absence of a single

information-educational environment of VET system whose conditions would ensure the activity of

educational institutions towards the incorporation of IT as a factor of influence on the development and

usage of innovative forms, methods and means of education.

It is assumed that the design of unified educational information environment of VET in Ukraine and

use of its content in vocational schools will promote the development of traditional and innovative

approaches to the implementation of educational, pedagogical, administrative and educational

activities. Qualitative characteristics of IT, such as Web-based technologies have to influence the

improvement of quality and availability of vocational education for various categories of the

population, which has been recently important for our country finding itself in a quite difficult socioeconomic

situation.