Establishing a Tight Link between Students and Society Environment for Education 4.0 – An Online Interaction Case Study

Authors

  • Phuong Truong Le Lac Hong University (LHU), Vietnam
  • Thi Thuy Tran Hue Industrial College, Vietnam
  • Huu Chuc Nguyen Hue Indusstrial College, Vietnam
  • Thi My Trang Do HCMC University of Technology and Education, Vietnam
  • Thi Lai Giang Nguyen HCMC University of Technology and Education, Vietnam
  • Lai Jiang Kuleuven University, Belgium

Corressponding author's email:

lephuongtruong@lhu.edu.vn

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54644/jte.70A.2022.1220

Keywords:

education 4.0, online interaction, virtual internships, virtual career counseling, Virtual field trip

Abstract

This paper presents research results on online interaction for higher education toward 4.0 education. In addition to online interaction in universities through learning management systems, this study builds a model of online interaction between universities and enterprises and presents methods for implementing different types of online special terms outside the academic environment such as virtual reality tours, virtual internships, and virtual career counseling.

The analysis has shown that creating a virtual interactive environment outside the university has brought lots of benefits such as saving cost and time, personalizing learners, changing awareness about digital technology, diversifying learners’ approach.

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Author Biographies

Phuong Truong Le, Lac Hong University (LHU), Vietnam

Le Phuong Truong (M’82) is presently as Head of quality assurance and a main lecturer in mechatronics and Electronics at lac Hong University. He graduated master's degree in field electrical engineering in 2010 at southern Taiwan university science and technology and PhD degree in 2016 at Dayeh University, Taiwan. His research based on renewable energy including solar energy, wind energy and education science.

In the year 2016 to present, he join the BUILT -IT projects, it public-private ecosystem is designed to produce graduates who can solve problem and engineer solution and value for Vietnam's social and economic development (https://builditvietnam.org/). Furthermore, in the year 2018, I have joined the EMVITET Project (Empowering Vietnamese VET teacher for transformation Toward Education 4.0) as a core team. I hope I and my team can transfer our knowledge of education 4.0 to LHU's teacher. Email: lephuongtruong@lhu.edu.vn and letruonglhu@gmail.com

Thi Thuy Tran , Hue Industrial College, Vietnam

Tran Thi Thuy as a Head of Department of Business Administration And Tourism and also Soft Skills Department at Hue Industrial College. She graduated with a master's degree in Business Administration in 2012. She is interested in entrepreneurship, education and especially soft skills. She have participated in the EMVITET – Empowering Vietnamese VET Teachers for Transformation Towards Education 4.0 project.

Huu Chuc Nguyen , Hue Indusstrial College, Vietnam

Nguyen Huu Chuc received the B.Sc degree in automatic control engineering from the Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology, Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam, in 2003 and the Ph.D. degree in engineering from the School of Mechanical Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul, Korea, in 2009. From 2010 to 2013, He was an Associate Research Fellow at the ARC Centre of Excellence for Electromaterials Science and School of Mechanical, Materials and Mechatronic Engineering, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, Australia. From 2014 to now, he is Head of Department of Research Management and International Relationship, Hue Industrial College. His interests include: Robotic system, Control algorithm and Teaching Pedagogy

Thi My Trang Do, HCMC University of Technology and Education, Vietnam

Do Thi My Trang (F ‘80) is a lecturer at Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology and Education. She got a Master of Education in 2006. She also has had a lot of experience in teaching for 20 years. Currently, she is researching students' learning approaches and self-learning skills as well. mytrang@hcmute.edu.vn

Thi Lai Giang Nguyen, HCMC University of Technology and Education, Vietnam

Nguyen Thi Lai Giang (F ‘72) is presently a main lecturer in the Graphic Arts and Media Faculty for 21 years. Besides, she also works as a Deputy of HR Department at HCM City University of Technology and Education. She graduated with a Master of Printing Management in 1995 and a Master of Education in 2005. She is interested in studying packaging design and packaging technology, and instructional design for e-learning.

giangntl@hcmute.edu.vn

Lai Jiang, Kuleuven University, Belgium

Lai Jiang. (F’77) is a researcher and an educational consultant. She has delivered training and advised educational organizations and policymakers in more than 13 countries in Asia, North America, and Europe. The training topics are diverse, such as student assessment, thesis supervision, course planning and curriculum development for both face-to face and online settings. Lai currently is working at KU Leuven and the Institute of Tropical Medicine, Belgium. Her expertise and special interest is on how to design technology-supported courses/programmes that stimulate students’ critical thinking and self-learning ability (ljiang@itg.be).

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30-06-2022

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P. T. Le, T. T. Tran, H. C. Nguyen, T. M. T. Do, T. L. G. . Nguyen, and L. . Jiang, “Establishing a Tight Link between Students and Society Environment for Education 4.0 – An Online Interaction Case Study”, JTE, vol. 17, no. 3, pp. 70–76, Jun. 2022.

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