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Due to the necessity of fully online education during the corona pandemic, concerns about educational quality and thoughtful digitization have increased from the Dutch House of Representatives. During the budget debate on education on Wednesday, 17th November 2021, the Minister of Education, Culture, and Science has pledged to work with the education field to develop a vision for the thoughtful use of ICT in vocational education (mbo) and higher education (ho). The Ministry of Education, Culture, and Science has commissioned Dialogic to conduct research for the formation of a digitalization vision in mbo and ho. This research is overseen by a committee consisting of representatives from the Ministry of Education, JOB, LSVB, ISO, MBO Raad/MBO Digitaal, VH, and UNL.
In recent years, various parties in vocational education (mbo), higher education (hbo), and academic education (wo) have thoroughly contemplated the added value and prerequisites for digitalization. The digitalization programmes Acceleration Plan (for ho) and Advancing Digitalization (for mbo) will conclude at the end of 2022. These programmes will be partially succeeded from 2023 onwards by the Educational Digitization Impulse, where mbo and ho will collaborate.
In our research, we do not independently formulate a vision on digitalization in mbo and ho. Instead, we analyse various plans, policy documents, and publications from recent years to synthesize the digitalization vision (explicit and implicit) from them. We also consider potential differences between mbo, hbo, and wo. Themes addressed in the vision include educational quality, flexibility, personalized learning, public values, labour market alignment, societal alignment, privacy, cybersecurity, and student well-being/motivation.
The research will ultimately result in a report detailing the national digitalization vision for mbo and ho. This report is expected to be completed in early 2023.
Want to learn more about this research? Contact Max Kemman.