Prospect of Vocational Education under the Background of Digital Age: Analysis of European Union's “Digital Education Action Plan (2021-2027)”

Abstract

The rapid development of digital technology has a profound impact on the social economy, which is a significant sign that the society has entered into the digital age. Digital technology promotes the popularization and promotion of digital education while enabling education. Under this background, the European Union in 2020 issued the Digital Action Plan (2021-2027) at the end of September 2020, pointing out that the integration of digital technology and education is the general trend of the digital age. It is also pointed the development direction and priority actions for the digital transformation of education, and provides policy guidance for the digital transformation of vocational education. Based on the interpretation of the plan proposed by the European Union, and through the statistics and comparative analysis of the running data about vocational education in recent years, to discuss and combine with the digital education plan, the formation of high-quality and inclusive vocational education is in urgent need. Therefore, vocational education in the digital age need to constantly improve the digital capabilities of talents and promote the digital transformation of vocational education, so as to match the rapidly changing economics structure and the skill demand changed in the labor market.