Using digital devices for learning vocational expertise in high- and low technology contexts : Case studies in Finnish and & Cuban contexts

Digital competence is an important ability for humanity in the 21st century. The use of technological tools in VET schools has expanded in recent years. Digital technologies cover a wide variety of tools such as computers, robots, learning environments, digital media like blogs, wikis and social media. The aim of the paper is to present for discussion uses of technological tools such as simulations in both high-technology context like Finland and in low technologycontext like Cuba. Technologies can act as a means for inclusion and exclusion to communities in multiple levels: in classrooms, organizations, work places as well as countries. The paper reflects on how the use of technological tools promotes learning vocations and what kinds of challenges do exist with digitalization. Furthermore, we discuss how the use of technological tools changes practices of VET