A THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK FOR CLOUD LEARNING FOR ADVANCED VOCATIONAL EDUCATION PREPARATION TO ENHANCE STUDENTS' DIGITAL COMPETENCES
Keywords:
cloud technologies, cloud learning environment, professional education, digital competencesAbstract
Digital education in the education sector has everything in common with modern education, which
allows for the creation of an interactive learning environment. In this case, among the possible organization of
training, some dissuade on educational standards and comprehended for educational purposes, which gives the
opportunity for reverse insertion and comprehend at the temples of educational results. The article presents a
theoretical framework for learning in a cloud environment for the advanced preparation of professional education
with the aim of increasing the digital competences of students. For the purpose of the study, a cloud learning
environment is defined and its characteristics are described. The social learning theories constructivism,
connectivism and cloud technologies serve as its theoretical base. Pedagogical, technological and content aspects of
learning in a cloud environment are considered. According to the presented framework, a website was created for
training students from Blagoevgrad Vocational High School in the subjects "Information and Communication
Technologies" - 8th grade and "Computer Modeling" - 9th grade. To create the site, the capabilities of Google's
cloud technologies for education were used.
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