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        <article-title>Information and consulting environment of the vocational education institution: a barrier-free space</article-title>
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          <string-name>Lyudmyla M. Skrypnyk</string-name>
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          <institution>Kryvyi Rih State Pedagogical University</institution>
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          <institution>Oles Honchar Dnipro National University</institution>
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        <p>The study focuses on defining and substantiating the concept of the information and consulting environment of a vocational education institution (VEI), which facilitates information exchange, consultative support, and the active involvement of all participants in the educational process. Drawing on environmental, creative-developmental, and systemic-structural approaches, the research outlines the content of the VEI's information and consulting environment and the criteria for its efective organisation. Observation and SWOT analysis reveal digital and sociocultural barriers to the provision of educational services amid military events in Ukraine. By applying retrospective, comparative, systemic analysis, and modelling methods, the study develops a methodology for optimising the organisation of the VEI's information and consulting environment to ensure its inclusivity and accessibility. This environment represents a multi-component system of educational resources and technologies that enable the informatisation, digitalisation, and automation of consulting services. Its well-structured organisation supports the modernisation of the educational process and fosters inclusive engagement through the integration of informational, consultative, diagnostic, interactive, coordinating, professional development, and instructional-methodological functions. Its structure encompasses social, spatial-object, and psycho-pedagogical dimensions. The research identifies significant achievements of Ukrainian VEIs in this area while also highlighting a critical insuficiency in the systemic-structural characteristics of the existing environments. This underscores the need for a qualitative renewal of their conceptual foundations, content, organisational models, and technological solutions. The proposed methodology for organising the VEI's information and consulting environment aims to raise the quality of educational services, enhance inclusivity by integrating participants through information lfows, and foster collaboration and co-creation in the institution's development.</p>
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        <kwd>vocational education institution</kwd>
        <kwd>information and consulting services</kwd>
        <kwd>barrier-free environment of the vocational education institution</kwd>
        <kwd>inclusive information and consulting environment</kwd>
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      <title>1. Introduction</title>
      <p>The contemporary challenges in education encompass not only the enhancement of specialists’
professional preparedness but also the creation of a qualitatively new environment within educational
institutions. Such an environment is expected to cultivate essential attributes in future specialists,
including competitiveness and readiness for sustained professional success. In turn, enterprises and
society as a whole demand specialist who are independent, proactive, and responsible, capable of active
engagement and efective interaction in addressing social, production, and economic challenges. The
responsibility for preparing such specialists squarely rests with vocational education institutions (VEIs).</p>
      <p>
        Currently, vocational education has experienced a significant decline in prestige, which is attributed
to a complex set of factors. These include demographic decline both in Ukraine and internationally,
a rise in labour migration, elevated social expectations among young people regarding employment,
a misalignment between labour market demands and the quality of workforce training, deficiencies
in career guidance systems rooted in outdated approaches, the accessibility of education abroad,
the growing influence of social media on career decisions and lifestyle choices, transformations in
educational organisation driven by the COVID-19 pandemic, and, unquestionably, the ongoing martial
state in Ukraine [
        <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="ref1 ref2 ref3">1, 2, 3</xref>
        ].
      </p>
      <p>
        Against this backdrop, it is important to emphasise that the development of an inclusive and
barrierfree information and consulting environment within vocational education institutions is of critical
importance for ensuring the delivery of high-quality educational services. Among the pivotal factors
are the readiness of both staf and learners to engage in consulting activities, leveraging modern ICT
tools, multichannel online consulting formats, and fostering creative, subject-to-subject interactions [
        <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="ref4">4</xref>
        ].
The digital space plays a pivotal role in this transformation, as institutions are increasingly adopting
electronic educational platforms and 3D modelling technologies to enrich the learning environment
[
        <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="ref5">5</xref>
        ]. Building an inclusive environment requires architectural, informational, and social accessibility,
alongside the provision of an adequate material and technical base [6]. Efective implementation in this
regard entails comprehensive teacher training, the establishment of inclusive clubs, and the promotion
of student-led initiatives. At the same time, researchers underscore the existence of a gap between the
opportunities ofered by educational institutions and the extent to which students can fully capitalise
on them, thereby highlighting the importance of fostering active learner participation in inclusive
education [7].
      </p>
      <p>In view of these considerations, the process demands a fundamental restructuring of consulting
services, grounded in a person-centred approach, alongside the transformation of methods for working
with information and clients. It also necessitates the reorganisation of data collection, exchange, storage,
and processing channels through the deployment of ICT and AI technologies.</p>
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      <title>2. Purpose</title>
      <p>The study is dedicated to identifying and substantiating the concept of an information and consulting
environment of a VEI, within which information exchange, consultative support, and maximum inclusion
of subjects in the educational process become possible.</p>
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      <title>3. Design/Methodology/Approach</title>
      <p>Based on environmental, creative-developmental, and systemic-structural approaches, the content
of a VEI’s information and consulting environment, as well as the criteria of its organization, are
presented. Through results from observation and SWOT analysis, digital and sociocultural barriers to
providing educational services during military events in Ukraine are identified. Employing methods
of retrospective, comparative, systemic analysis, and modelling, a methodology is designed to ensure
an optimal level of organization of a VEI’s information and consulting environment, its maximum
inclusiveness and accessibility.</p>
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      <title>4. Theoretical background</title>
      <p>The research concept is based on understanding the environment as a system of conditions created in
a specific space where the subject’s activities occur, and the environmental approach is defined as a
strategy founded on managing the process of personal development through the creation of a specific
environment [8].</p>
      <p>Given this, the modern VEI’s educational environment should be considered a material-technological,
social, and physical-spatial environment characterized by intelligent design, accessibility, innovation,
business orientation, openness, inclusiveness, and value orientation, which collectively contribute to
acquiring lifelong vocational education competencies regardless of geographical, gender, racial, or
cultural afiliation [9].</p>
      <p>
        Considering the content of the core categories, the VEI’s information and consulting environment is
defined as a relevant part of the space for the information society, inside which barrier-free, maximally
inclusive information exchange and consulting support for the subjects of the educational process and
other interested parties through computer-oriented technologies become possible [10, 11, 12]. This
environment is associated with the VEI’s information educational environment and embodies the tools
and methods of providing consulting services and information exchange for educational purposes.
Within its framework, consulting services are supplied to teaching staf, students, administrative and
service structures, parents, and social partners to improve the quality of educational provisions [
        <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="ref4">13, 4</xref>
        ].
      </p>
      <p>Integrating the qualities of both types of educational spaces (educational consulting and informational
educational ones), the information and consulting environment, using ICT and computer-oriented
pedagogical technologies, is capable of enhancing the advantages and compensating for some of the
shortcomings of each [14, 15]. Its functions combine informational, consulting, diagnostic,
interactive, coordinating, professional-developmental ones, and functions of pedagogical and
educationalmethodological support for all subjects in the educational process and stakeholders [16, 17, 18].</p>
      <p>
        It was established in our earlier research that the information and consulting environment is a
multi-component complex of educational resources and technologies that provide informatization and
automation of consulting services. For this goal, the environment creates opportunities to implement a
range of computer-oriented pedagogical technologies and technologies that ensure an appropriate level
of consulting services [
        <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="ref6 ref7 ref8 ref9">19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 15</xref>
        ] (figure 1).
      </p>
      <p>
        Most of the mentioned technologies possess didactic properties such as barrier-free access to
information and data from any geographical area, from any digital device, in a 24/7 format; personalization
(unlimited opportunities for individualization according to the needs and characteristics of learners);
interactivity (ensuring multi-subjectivity in the process of educational interaction); multimedia
(comprehensive involvement of various channels of information perception and ways of manipulating
it); hypertextuality (free navigation through the text, use of cross-references, reference nature of the
information, etc.); subculturality, etc. [
        <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="ref10">9, 25, 12</xref>
        ].
      </p>
      <p>The information and consulting environment can be distinguished into several components. It
consists of the social component encompassing the participants of the environment and its socio-cultural
surroundings, the spatial-object component defining its topographical design, and the psychological and
pedagogical component covering methodological support for the implementation of the environmental
goals (figure 2).</p>
      <p>Social component
• Participants
• Stakeholders
• Socio-cultural context
• Communication networks</p>
      <p>VEI’s information
and consulting
environment
Spatial-object
component
• Physical infrastructure
• Digital platforms
• Resource allocation
• Topographical design</p>
      <p>Psychologicalpedagogical component
• Methodological support
• Learning strategies
• Assessment tools
• Professional development</p>
      <p>The criteria reflecting the inclusivity of the VEI’s information and consulting environment in the
context of removing digital and socio-cultural barriers for its users cover the system-structural criterion,
the criterion of readiness of teaching staf and students for consulting activities using the environment’s
tools, and the level of satisfaction of the subjects of the educational process with the
informationconsulting services of the environment. The corresponding indicators are presented in figure 3.</p>
      <p>Based on the brightness of their manifestation, the pedagogical monitoring of the state of functioning
of the environment becomes enabled according to the unsatisfactory, critical, suficient and high levels
indicators.</p>
      <p>These theoretical generalisations provide the foundation for designing a model for the organisation
of the information and consulting environment within vocational education institutions, alongside
a system of pedagogical measures aimed at ensuring barrier-free and inclusive access to consulting
services for all educational participants and stakeholders.</p>
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      <title>5. Results</title>
      <p>The study of the state of the problem of organising the information and consulting environment in VEIs
across Ukraine was carried out over the period 2022–2024. Throughout these years, it engaged a total
of 400 students from Kryvyi Rih Applied College of Trade and Hotel and Restaurant Business, the State
Educational Establishment “Interregional Higher Professional School of Polygraphy and Information
Technologies” (Dnipro), the Private Institution “Centre for Vocational Education and Training” (Kryvyi
Rih), the Subdivision “Lviv Professional College of Food and Processing Industry, National University
of Food Technologies”, as well as 200 teachers, including 60 members of administrative staf.</p>
      <p>The first stage of the empirical research involved conducting a SWOT analysis of the obtained results,
which identified the opportunities and threats, as well as the strengths and weaknesses present in this
area of VEIs’ activity [12]. This analysis recorded the undeniable achievements of vocational education
institutions in establishing modern, functional, and dynamic information and consulting environments
that meet contemporary requirements and demonstrate considerable potential (as shown in Table 1).</p>
      <p>Opportunities Threats
– Raising the institution’s ranking. – Risk of ranking decline due to insuficient
re– Enhancing the quality of educational services. source provision.
– Improving information culture and awareness – Loss of traditional forms of consultation.
among participants and stakeholders. – Decrease in inclusivity indicators.
– Development of innovative consulting structures – Growth of digital barriers.
(techno park, hub, automated systems). – Limited development of professional skills and
– Broad opportunities for training and develop- practical training.
ment within a unified environment. – Inefective management of information and
con– Automation and modernisation of education and sulting flows.
consulting services.</p>
      <p>Strengths Weaknesses
– 24/7 consultative support. – Dependence on internet and hardware/software
– Readiness to use ICT across institutional activi- infrastructure.
ties. – Reduced live communication.
– Accessible communication for all participants. – Additional costs for maintaining the information
– High stakeholder and expert engagement. environment remotely.
– Implementation of distance, blended, and mobile – Decline in students’ independent learning
quallearning formats. ity.
– Reduced costs for educational and consulting – Challenges in monitoring the professional
develservices. opment of students and staf.</p>
      <p>Based on the results of the SWOT analysis, a “probability-consequences of threats” matrix was
constructed (table 2) [12].</p>
      <p>The analysis of the obtained data highlighted the need for a qualitative update of the conceptual,
content, organizational, and technical-technological aspects of the functioning of the barrier-free
information and consulting environment in VEI (figure 4).</p>
      <p>Based on the analysis of primary sources and empirical data, conditions have been identified. They
facilitate overcoming dificulties and resolving contradictions in the studied scientific area, ensuring the
optimal organization and efective functioning of the VEI’s information and consulting environment.
The creation of resource, methodological, technical, and organizational terms, collectively aimed at
developing all subjects of the educational process – students, educators, administration, parents, and
social partners – secures their efectiveness through the organizational and managerial activities of
the administration and educators. This facilitates the formation of an innovative personality in future
specialists within a barrier-free inclusive educational environment.</p>
      <p>The integration of the above factors allows for the formulation of a comprehensive set of necessary
and suficient pedagogical terms as circumstances under which the components of the VEI’s information
and consulting environment are in the best possible interconnection. This creates an atmosphere
of fruitful collaboration and provides productive teaching, efective management of the educational
process, and the provision of quality educational services (figure 5).</p>
      <p>To provide direction in organizing an inclusive and barrier-free information and consulting
environment in VEI, a special methodology has been developed. The modelling of this methodology was
grounded on scientific concepts regarding its goals, objectives, content, stages, forms, and methods, as
well as on social expectations concerning its results in addressing the main tasks of the institution; it
structured formative influences into the target, organizational and content, and evaluate and resultative
blocks.</p>
      <p>The target block reveals the core principles of organising the information and consulting environment,
detailing its goals, objectives, as well as the approaches and principles that underpin the methodology
for its implementation in a vocational education institution. The organizational and content block of
the model specifies the structure, methods, formats, and technologies for setting up the information
and consulting environment in the vocational education institution, while also coordinating the logical
sequence and phases of this process, namely: organisational-methodical, activity-productive, and
controlprognostic ones. The evaluate and resultative block outlines the criteria, levels, and diagnostic tools
that serve as indicators of the efectiveness of organising the information and consulting environment
in the vocational education institution. The intended outcome of applying the methodology is to
ensure the predominance of suficient and high levels of organisation of the information and consulting
environment, thereby enabling the full realisation of its key functions within the vocational education
institution (figure 6).</p>
      <p>To ensure the efective implementation of the developed methodology, it is essential to purposefully
establish the identified pedagogical terms. It should be emphasised that the optimal organisation of the
information and consulting environment in a VEI is facilitated by the creation of these terms.</p>
      <p>Specifically, an adequate level of readiness among the teaching staf and students for consulting activities
with the use the modern ICT allows for the psychological, cognitive, and activity-based training of all
subjects of the educational process for utilizing the opportunities provided by the such environment in
their personal and professional development.</p>
      <p>In order to provide direction in fostering the readiness of the administration, teaching staf, and
learners of the educational institution for efective engagement within the information and consulting
environment of the vocational education institution, we have developed and piloted a series of four
seminars entitled “The System of Consulting Services in the Vocational Education Institution” (table 3).</p>
      <p>Each session involved the active engagement of both teaching staf and learners in discussing the
means of organising the information and consulting environment, the methods and techniques for its
implementation, and the exchange of ideas and experiences in the use of digital technologies within the
educational institution and the preparation of qualified specialists. Following each session and upon
completion of the seminar series, rapid surveys and discussions were conducted with both students and
teachers, using Google Forms and the communication tool Zoom. The purpose was to adjust the content
and formats of methodological work, to assess participants’ readiness, and to emphasise the necessity
of developing consulting services within the educational sector of Ukraine, highlighting the role of
innovative technologies and AI as powerful drivers in building inclusive and barrier-free educational
environment.</p>
      <p>The next pedagogical term implied the establishment of resource provision for consulting activities,
tailored to the content of vocational education. This involved the renewal and enhancement of the
institution’s technical infrastructure, human resources, and educational-methodological support, aimed
at strengthening its information and consulting capacity by upgrading the institutional website, training
and involving qualified consultants, incorporating open educational resources, employing cloud
technologies, leveraging the opportunities ofered by MOOC platforms, and integrating artificial intelligence
technologies into consulting services.</p>
      <p>Our approach was based on the premise that providing advisory activities focused on the content of
vocational education enables the use of technical, human, and educational-methodological resources
to support the educational process, oriented towards the requirements of the Professional Education
Standard and the anticipatory development of the professional field.</p>
      <p>Within the framework of the experiment on organising the information and consulting
environment of the vocational education institution, and in collaboration with and with the support of the
methodological and human resources departments of vocational and professional pre-tertiary education
institutions, the following resources were analysed and further developed, with a special focus on
fostering inclusivity and barrier-free access to educational and consulting services in the context of
martial law. These eforts specifically addressed the enhancement of the following resource components:
• Technical resources (the physical component of the environment): a comprehensive catalogue
and database were created, priorities and critical factors for their utilisation were identified,
a development plan was formulated and aligned with the capacities of partner institutions,
employers, and cloud services providers, with particular attention to the integration of AI-driven
systems and digital tools to support blended and distance learning and consulting formats.
• Human resources (the intellectual component of the environment): training was provided for
consultants and supervisors of teaching staf; guest consultative events were introduced;
forwardlooking professional development plans were developed, along with a model for preparing learners
and students to engage efectively with consulting services, including the use of AI tools and
innovative educational technologies.
• Educational and methodological resources (the informational component of the environment): an
electronic methodological repository, electronic gradebook, learning management systems,
content management systems, thematic pages, social media posts, methodological blogs, workshops,
open educational resources, educational content, video tutorials, guidelines, and algorithms were
created and systematised, supplemented by AI-based tools and interactive platforms designed to
enhance blended and distance consulting services.</p>
      <p>The implementation of multichannel and multidisciplinary online consulting, which realizes the functions
of the educational institution’s information environment, permits the fulfilment of the potential of various
types of consultations, increasing the website trafic of the institution due to the relevance of its
resources, and ensuring the significance of the accessible tools of the website (LMS, LCS, messengers,
blogs, mobile applications, educational institution web pages, electronic document management and its
structural units, electronic library, etc.).</p>
      <p>In this context, the creative-developmental subject-subject interaction via ICT tools, which initiates
methodological reflection among teachers and students in advisory activities , concentrates on organizing
an environment where not only information exchange occurs but also the creative application of all
resources, their development by the transfer of ideas and project activities involving all subjects engaged
in the information and consulting environment.</p>
      <p>This requirement was met by establishing an Innovation Hub within the educational institution.
The principal technologies utilised in the operation of the Innovation Hub include coworking
(collaborative creative and cognitive activity within a purpose-designed environment), information and
cloud technologies, AI, and educational-methodological web quests. The creation of the Innovation
Hub began with the collection and systematisation of electronic learning materials and resources to
support the educational process. Special emphasis was placed on developing electronic libraries and
educational resources, structured in accordance with the needs of users – both consultants and recipients
of information and consulting services.</p>
      <p>One of the crucial areas of activity within the Innovation Hub is the development of cloud storage
systems to centralise sector-specific informational and educational resources, including electronic
textbooks and reference materials, encyclopaedias, video tutorials, multimedia tools, testing resources,
and other materials selected to support both individual and group forms of learning and consulting.
Access routes to these servers were provided on the website of the educational institution.</p>
      <p>In this study, the Innovation Hub is viewed not merely as a modern version of an electronic
methodological repository, but rather as a cultural environment that enables qualified pedagogical guidance
and supervision of teachers’ professional development and the educational and professional activities
of learners and students. This complex objective was achieved through the implementation of specific
initiatives within the framework of the Innovation Hub (table 4).</p>
      <p>
        An essential pedagogical term was the integration of artificial intelligence technologies into the
consulting environment of vocational education institutions, with a focus on expanding access to consulting
services and ensuring their continuity under the constraints of martial law. Particular attention was
given to the deployment of AI-powered chatbots, such as ChatGPT and other specialised consulting
bots integrated into institutional websites and learning management systems. These tools provided
automated, round-the-clock support to both teachers and learners, ofering assistance with
navigating educational platforms, accessing methodological resources, and resolving routine academic and
organisational inquiries. For example, chatbots were used to guide students through course registration
processes, explain assessment criteria, and direct them to appropriate support services. The application
of these technologies reduced the workload on human consultants, increased the responsiveness of
the consulting system, and maintained inclusivity by ensuring continuous support regardless of users’
location or individual circumstances. The integration of such solutions has strengthened the capacity
of vocational education institutions to deliver high-quality consulting services in both blended and
distance learning formats while supporting the creation of a barrier-free educational environment
[
        <xref ref-type="bibr" rid="ref10 ref13">28, 25</xref>
        ].
      </p>
      <p>The quantitative, qualitative, and statistical analyses conducted upon completion of the methodology’s
piloting revealed a positive trend in the levels of organisation of the information and consulting
environment in vocational education institutions (table 5).</p>
      <p>Thus, the findings of the conducted analyses, supported by the data presented in table 5, confirm the
efectiveness of the developed methodological approach and the relevance of the identified pedagogical
terms. The positive dynamics observed in the levels of organisation of the information and consulting
environment demonstrate the potential of the proposed solutions for improving the quality, accessibility,
and inclusivity of consulting services in vocational education institutions. These outcomes provide a
solid foundation for formulating general conclusions and determining further directions for research
and practical implementation.</p>
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      <title>6. Conclusions</title>
      <p>The introduction of a unified information and consulting environment in VEIs has shown significant
potential in addressing current educational challenges. The comprehensive methodology developed
and tested in 2022-2024 focuses on creating an inclusive, barrier-free environment that supports both
personal and professional development for all participants in the educational process. This environment
utilizes modern ICT tools, which facilitate the seamless exchange of information and consulting support.</p>
      <p>The SWOT analysis conducted revealed key strengths, including the availability of consultative
support 24/7 and the integration of ICT in educational activities. However, challenges such as
dependence on internet infrastructure and the risk of minimizing “live” interaction were also identified. The
ifndings underscore the importance of resource, methodological, technical, and organizational terms in
supporting the optimal functioning of the information and consulting environment.</p>
      <p>Quantitative and qualitative analyses post-experiment indicated positive changes in the organization
of these environments within VEIs. Specifically, there was a notable improvement in the readiness of
educators and students to engage in consulting activities, as well as increased satisfaction with the
environment’s functionality. The development of innovative consulting structures, such as technoparks and
hubs, and the efective use of online and multidisciplinary consultations, integrative of AI technologies
were critical in enhancing the educational process.</p>
      <p>The scientific-theoretical significance lies in the developed resource provision for consultative
activities; ways for implementing multi-channel and multi-disciplinary online consulting; procedures for
creative-developmental subject-to-subject interaction via digital technologies. The practical significance
of the results occupies in creating tools for direct and indirect pedagogical management of the process
of gradually involving teaching staf and students in information and consulting activities in the form
of methodological events and networking; the concept of an innovative educational hub, the structure
of the institution’s system of electronic document management and information exchange.</p>
      <p>In summary, the efective organization of the information and consulting environment in VEIs requires
a strategic approach that integrates ICT and emphasizes inclusivity and accessibility. This approach
not only enhances the quality of educational services but also aligns with the evolving demands of the
digital economy and professional standards. The continued development and implementation of such
environments are crucial for fostering innovative and competent professionals equipped to meet future
societal needs which is particularly important during the wartime and post-war recovery period in
Ukraine.
6.1. Limitations
The study was conducted based on two VEIs and two institutions of higher vocational education in
Ukraine. Its results and main provisions cannot be uncritically applied to the functioning of HEI.
Furthermore, considering the continuous digital transformation of all life spheres, it is necessary to
periodically review specific provisions of this research in the context of the latest technological trends
and changes in the organisation of educational systems.</p>
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structure of the text. The authors retained full control over the content, structure, and scientific
argumentation of the article. AI-assisted tools were applied exclusively for language editing, formatting
suggestions, and checking stylistic consistency, without generating original research findings or
influencing the scientific conclusions presented in the work. All conceptual development, data analysis, and
interpretation of results were conducted independently by the authors.
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