Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Training Application for MET Institutions

ABSTRACT: Based on the technological initiatives among Maritime Higher Training and Education (MHET) institutions, this study explored the attitudes of academicians, senior lecturers and lecturers in Maritime Faculty of Istanbul Technical University toward information and communication technologies (ICT). The findings suggest that academicians, senior lecturers and lecturers have positive attitudes toward ICT in MHET institutions. This study constitutes firstly the definition of e-learning with the existing advantages and their integration methodology to higher education institutions via by MHET application. Then training and education system based management are discussed with IT applications to clearly identify the e-learning communities into maritime education. The outcomes for the utilization of communication in MHET are proposed not only with full time training model but also e-learning concept. Consequently the opportunities of e-learning with MHET are proposed for enable the institutions to benchmark their existing applications.

KEYWORDS: Maritime Education and Training (MET), Information Technology (IT), MET Institutions, Information and Communication Technology (ICT), Training, e-Learning, Maritime Higher Training and Education (MHET), e-Education Management System

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Citation note:

Kadioglu M.: Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Training Application for MET Institutions. TransNav, the International Journal on Marine Navigation and Safety of Sea Transportation, Vol. 2, No. 1, pp. 111-116, 2008

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