Development Of Digital Competences of Business Students Through E-Business Learning Based on CMS Wordpress

Abstract

Digital competences play an important role in the information society. According to a study conducted at the Bydgoszcz University of Science and Technology, however, many students are unable to use many online applications and their abilities are largely limited to social media. In an attempt to broaden the digital competences of economics students, an innovative curriculum has been developed to teach them how to build websites on the WordPress CMS along with an e-shop. This article presents the results of research conducted at 2 Polish universities-the public Bydgoszcz University of Science and Technology and the private WSB University in Warsaw-over the last 4 years. The results of the study indicate that such new skills will allow students to enter the job market (work in CMS-based website administration jobs) or start their own business faster and better (by, for example, reducing the initial cost of setting up a website) and should be further developed. The graduates, who were also included in the additional survey, in several cases confirm that they are able to use their newly acquired competences, which have helped them in their professional and private lives.