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For the purpose of examining our hypothesis, that synchronous learning (SL) and students’ employability are connected in Vietnamese higher education (HE), we sought to obtain Vietnamese English pre-service teachers’ (hereafter referred to as PSTs) beliefs and perceptions of employability capital, given the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. We invited 168 teacher trainees to participate in a questionnaire. They showed positive attitudes towards the development of employability capital (Tomlinson, Educ Train 59:338–352, 2017). Specifically, they capitalized on SL to familiarize themselves with career-related requirements and develop job-related knowledge and teaching skills (human capital). We also found an interconnection between three other forms of capital, that is, their psychological engagement (psychological capital), their relationships (social capital), and their understanding of cultural differences (culture capital). Therefore, it is suggested that SL greatly facilitated PSTs’ employability capital. SL could be used in the future, potentially together with traditional face-to-face instruction, to train both PSTs and other university students.
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Appendix A: Digital Platforms
Appendix A: Digital Platforms
Digital platforms | How they are embedded in the study? |
|---|---|
Zoom (https://zoom.us) | Zoom is a product of an American communication enterprise, which offers tools that assist multiple purposes. For education specifically, video chat and online text services make it suitable for synchronous online learning |
Google Docs (https://docs.google.com) | Google Docs is a free-of-charge service provided by Google, which is a online word processor which can be accessed and updated online in a convenient fashion for users wishing to collaborate on a shared file |
Kahoot! (https://kahoot.it) | Kahoot! Is a game-based platform that supports educational activities and can serve a large number of students at the same time. Multiple-choice quizzes can be utilized via web browser or device app (e.g., laptops, smart phones or tablets) |
Skype (https://www.skype.com/en/) | Similar to Zoom, Skype is a telecommunication application to be used by computers, laptops, tablets or smart phones, which fully supports synchronous online teaching and learning by enabling telecommunications (including calls or texts) between learners regardless of their geographical locations |
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Vu, N.T., Hoang, H., Nguyen, T. (2021). Vietnamese Pre-service Teachers’ Perceived Development of Employability Capital in Synchronous Learning Amidst the Pandemic. In: Chen, J. (eds) Emergency Remote Teaching and Beyond. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-84067-9_7
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