Information and Communication Technology in Technical and Vocational Education and Training for Sustainable and Equal Opportunity

This book provides an in-depth analysis of current development concerning ICTs with reference to vocational education and training. It presents the best and innovative ICT-based solutions implemented in education and explores controversial topics such as challenges and opportunities.  Information and communication technologies (ICTs) have dramatically changed the way we learn and work. They have created new opportunities along with new challenges, putting profound and urgent implications on vocational education and training (VET). Nowadays, we must think broadly and make the right choices about VET using innovation and digitalization to boost the quality of vocational education and training, enable the upskilling and reskilling of adults, and enhance the employability of learners. The potential and the impact of ICTs in vocational education and training have yet to be fully exploited, leading to an emerging direction of research.  This book helps readers to understand the idea of business education and education governance in a digital age. It is of interest to practitioners, administrators, researchers, teachers, teacher educators and students. 

Reem Khamis Hamdan is an Assistant Professor of management and finance at University College of Bahrain.  Dr. Reem was awarded her PhD from Brunel University London in 2020 in “board gender diversity and firm performance” and MBA degree from Ahlia University, Bahrain. She received Sharjah award for best PhD thesis in the Arab world and Al Owais award for the best research about United Arab Emirates. Dr. Reem research interest areas are “business gender studies”, “Strategy and entrepreneurship” and firm performance. She serves as guest editor in the Strategic marketing journal and has edited numerous books in springer. Allam Hamdan Allam Hamdan is a Full Professor, he is listed within the World’s top 2% scientists list by Stanford University, he is the Dean of College of Business and Finance at Ahlia University, Bahrain. Author of many publications (more than 300 papers, 250 listed in Scopus) in regional and international journals that discussed several accountings, financial and economic issues concerning the Arab world. In addition, he has interests in educational related issues in the Arab world universities like educational governance, investment in education and economic growth. Awarded the First Prize of Al-Owais Creative Award, UAE, 2019 and 2017; the Second Prize of Rashid bin Humaid Award for Culture and Science, UAE, 2016; the Third Prize of Arab Prize for the Social Sciences and Humanities, 2015, and the First Prize of "Durrat Watan", UAE, 2013. Achieved the highest (1st) scientific research citation among the Arab countries according to Arcif 2018-2022.  Appointed an external panel member as part of Bahrain Quality Assurance Authority and National Qualifications Framework NQF as a validator, and appeal committee, General Directorate of NQF, Kingdom of Bahrain. Member of Steering Committee in International Arab Conference of Quality Assurance of Higher Education. Currently leading a mission driven process for International Accreditation for College of Business and Finance  by Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB).  Bahaaeddin Alareeni is an Professor of Accounting and Auditing. He did his PhD’s thesis in Accounting and Auditing on the relative performance of auditors’ going concern ‎opinions and statistical failure prediction models for listed companies in Jordan. His main research interests are in the ‎areas of Auditing, Accounting, the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), Internal Audit, Financial ‎Accounting, and financial analysis. He has practical experience in the Accounting profession for more than ten years ‎in different organizations, e.g., banking, NGOs, government sector, and private institutions. He is currently working for the Middle ‎East Technical University (METU) in Turkey – Northern Cyprus Campus, which is one of the top 550 universities in ‎the world based on the QS ranking 2018. ‎ Rim El-Khoury is an Associate Professor of Finance at the Adnan Kassar School of Business at Lebane