Readiness of High Schools for Industry 4.0 On the Basis of Their Websites Profiles

Abstract

In this study, it is aimed to evaluate the readiness for Industry 4.0 depending on the profiles of private and public high schools and to develop suggestions for practitioners and researchers in this framework. The Internet is one of the important resources that individuals refer to while performing practices, making decisions and reasoning in their daily lives. In the research, official websites of private and public high schools in the sample were used as study material. The research was carried out in the 2021 academic year within the scope of 20 high schools in the sample of private and public high schools affiliated to the Ministry of National Education in the Bornova District of İzmir province. Random sampling method was used in the study. In data collection techniques, researchers use primary data and, in this direction, data were collected from the official web pages of the schools. In the context of Industry 4.0, within the framework of the development stages of web technology, the situation of communication model, information quality, target audience, content, interaction level variables on the official web pages of the schools was examined. 74% of the web profile percentages of public high schools in the study group are on the Web 1.0 platform, and 26% are on the Web 2.0 platform. On the Web 3.0 platform, it was observed that no public high schools were included. Looking at the web profile percentages of private high schools, it is seen that 66% are on the Web 1.0 platform, 32% are on the Web 2.0 platform, and only 2% are on the Web 3.0 platform. Based on the web profile of private and public schools, when their readiness for Industry 4.0 is evaluated, it is seen that most of them are still in the Web 1.0 phase. Although it is seen that the changes in the education system occur slowly, applications such as augmented reality, virtual reality simulations, internet of things, digital learning platforms and educational data mining that come with the Education 4.0 paradigm are partially included in the targets of the 2023 MEB Vision document, but schools are still able to express themselves. It is seen that the use of these technologies on websites that are a part of their corporate identity is not settled. It is thought that the educational information network model, which includes artificial intelligence applications such as EBA, which is used more frequently with the Covid 19 pandemic process, can also be used on the websites of schools, and this will provide an awareness and acceleration in the adaptation of schools to innovations in this sense. Key Words: High School, Industry 4.0, Education 4.0, websites