A Suggestion of an Application of Blended Learning in MET Through a Harmonized STCW Model

Abstract

The article addresses the problem of modern maritime education and training in the perspective of computer technologies development, especially the internet. Computer-based training is being a standard for the maritime industry for almost 25 years, but there is still no unified approach on the use of this teaching method in MET. Authors suggest to open a conversation on harmonization of standards regarding CBT in the industry and wider implementation of this teaching method into STCW training process via a blended learning approach, where theoretical part of the course may be taken online, while the practical part is taken in the training facility.

Advanced learning methods in maritime education and training: A bibliometric analysis on the digitalization of education and modern trends

“…Considering that several studies in the evaluation category also propose new methods it is possible to argue that theoretical and methodological development is rather abundant. The subject in this type of work mainly focuses on simulation training but also includes plenty of topics on different teaching methods [8,10,54,90,121,128,169]. Review and case studies are the main categories of work for methodological and theoretical articles.…”

“…An investigation by these studies includes but is not limited to challenges, advantages, effectiveness, development, assessment, and implementation of different teaching methods. Since topics range from blended learning to flipped classrooms or research-informed teaching, we consolidated these under the teaching methods structure [26,43,80,101,128,164]. Many also incorporated curriculum and syllabus requirements, concerns, and recommendations in their works [7,19,77,82].…”

“…Only 16 papers focused on the engine department side of things. However, several studies take both departments as well as the general maritime education population into consideration [12,128,161,175]. Studies that focus on specific courses mainly gather on the category of navigational education.…”