Effects of Using Technological Innovations on Developing Tourism Education and Learning Methods: Paradigm Shift from Learning Outcomes Perspective

Fostering e-learning information and communication technologies (ICTs) in tourism are used to explain how technological innovations improving the tourism learning outcomes. Technological innovations can be used in enhancing tourism knowledge, experiences and employment skills provision, and adapting work-experienced maximization methods. The aims of the study are: putting substantial improvements guidelines in quality of tourism educational process, measuring effects of using technological tools and possibilities on developing tourism education and learning methods, explaining how learning outcomes interrelated with tourism employability and job competitiveness, and putting paradigm shift from learning outcomes perspective. Wide random sample approach used to maximize accuracy and realistic primary data collection process, 540 valid respondents were collected from tourism education academic staff and employees. The structure model analysis depends on using SPSS V.21, and Smart Partial Least Squares and Structural Equation Modeling (SmartPLS-SEM 3.0) programs. They were applied to conduct descriptive analysis, relationship intermediates, factor loadings and reliability, cross loadings, discriminant validity and convergent validity of study model.
The analysis of the discussed variables in the current study comprises; technological innovation tools, characteristics, reasons and justifications, tourism curriculum mapping design measurements, Kolb’s learning styles modes, Bloom's digital taxonomy and Web2.0 social media, employability competitiveness, learning outcomes, future of innovative technology tools, and future of traditional classroom tools. The major findings from the study model supported and confirmed significant relationships between tourism learning outcomes and the following five main variables: tourism curriculum mapping design measurements, Kolb’s learning styles modes, Bloom's digital taxonomy and Web2.0 social media, and employability competitiveness as reflective and formative indicators. Moreover, obtained findings recognized effects and supported positive relationships between using technological innovations on tourism learning outcomes in the future, and employability and job competitiveness. In contrast, findings supported negative relationships between using traditional classrooms systems on tourism learning outcomes in the future, and on employability and job competitiveness. The study ended with integrated complex paradigm shift in tourism e-learning links.