On April 9th, under the guidance of the Provincial Department of Education, the third teacher teaching competence enhancement workshop of the Zhejiang - Western Australia Vocational Education Alliance was successfully held in a hybrid online and offline format. Jointly organized by Zhejiang Institute of Economy and Trade and the South Metropolitan TAFE College of Western Australia, the event innovated a two-way empowerment exchange model. A Chinese Vocational Education Lecturer Group composed of three teachers—Hong Yang from Ningbo Health Vocational and Technical College, and Hong Weiqing and Li Yufan from the Business Intelligence College of Zhejiang Institute of Economy and Trade—conducted specialized training for 124 teachers from multiple TAFE colleges in Western Australia and engaged in interactive exchanges and discussions.
Hong Yang, with the theme of Technology - Empowered Development and Practice of Digital Resources for Higher Vocational English, explored how educators can use technological tools to empower the project - based development of vocational language teaching resources in a global context and enhance the autonomous learning ability of vocational students. The report systematically explained the inevitable trend of transitioning from traditional textbooks to digital and project - based teaching resources. By analyzing the development cases of national planning textbooks, he innovatively proposed the Occupational Competency Map Integration Method. He also demonstrated task - driven curriculum design based on job - related competencies. In particular, he highlighted the revolutionary impact of AI technology on language teaching. Chinese and Australian teachers engaged in in - depth dialogue on cutting - edge topics such as the dynamic update mechanism of digital resources and the construction of intelligent evaluation systems, providing a practical model for building a technology - enhanced language learning ecosystem.
Hong Weiqing and Li Yufan jointly presented a special report on Innovative Practices of Live - Streaming E - commerce Industry - Education Integration in China. They shared the background and data of China's live - streaming e - commerce industry, mainstream platforms and models, as well as the cooperation model and practical achievements of NetEase Yanxuan's school - enterprise collaboration. They provided a comprehensive overview of the new live - streaming e - commerce course design under the industry - education integration model and deeply explored the application of AI in live - streaming and its use in live - streaming courses. The live - streaming workshop real - scene teaching video demonstration sparked lively discussions among Australian teachers. Teachers from Western Australia's TAFE colleges indicated that this bringing the live - streaming room into the classroom teaching model offers a new approach for Australian e - commerce talent cultivation and provides valuable insights for the deep integration of vocational education courses with industry demands.
This teacher teaching competence workshop innovatively reversed the teaching model from one - way input to two - way empowerment. The excellent teaching by the three teachers received high praise from the Australian participants. During the teaching process, there was frequent interaction between Chinese and Australian teachers, with more than 100 interactive messages during the live - streaming courses alone. Kim, the international project director of the South Metropolitan TAFE College of Western Australia and the vice - chairman unit of the alliance, sent a thank - you letter. He highly praised the teaching level of the three teachers and the Chinese vocational education model, noting that the course integration strategies and industry - education integration innovation models demonstrated by Chinese peers provide important references for the reform of Australian vocational education.
As a brand project of the alliance, the teacher teaching competence enhancement workshop has so far conducted 10 thematic exchanges and training sessions over three phases. The successful hosting of this event not only highlights the innovative vitality of China's vocational education but also builds a bridge for mutual learning and signing of vocational education teaching competence in the digital economy era. Looking to the future, Zhejiang Institute of Economy and Trade will continue to deepen international cooperation between Zhejiang and Western Australia, expand cooperation fields, deepen cooperation connotations, and create a more exemplary Zhejiang - Western Australia vocational education community, contributing Zhejiang's wisdom to the global reform and development of vocational education.
