Naslov
Digital Platform Education for STEM Professors

Autori
Žagar, Martin ; Samardžija, Jasminka ; Mutka, Alan ; Havelka Meštrović, Ana ; Mihaljević, Branko ; Vejzagić, Vanja ; Labaš, Ivona

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u zbornicima skupova, cjeloviti rad (in extenso), znanstveni

Izvornik
Proceedings of EDULEARN21 Conference / - : International Academy of Technology, Education and Development (IATED), 2021, 3074-3078

ISBN
978-84-09-31267-2

Skup
13th International Conference on Education and New Learning Technologies (EDULEARN21)

Mjesto i datum
Online, 05.07.2021. - 06.07.2021

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
STEM, digital platforms, learning experience, Higher Education Institution

Sažetak
Digital platforms have significantly changed the face of education. This is true for all spheres: online learning, offline learning, and blended learning. Digital platforms have also accelerated business developers and success of SMEs, where they are now in the position to gain the extra market, customer relations channels and to build their different additional value proposition for the customers. However, a lot of business owners are still afraid of the possibilities and outcomes that digital platforms could generate because they are missing digital literacy about these platforms and the changes in their business models the platforms are generating. Findings of the survey we conducted at our institute reveal that many students believe that digital platform literacy should become a priority in modern curricula. In this paper, we propose and discuss comprehensive education from all of the aspects of digital platform education – the psychology aspect, managerial aspect, technical aspect, digital pedagogical aspect, and financial aspect. With this in mind, we are able to design some of the future jobs like Digital Product Managers and Internal Digital Trainers for SMEs to boost the competitiveness of digital products and SMEs where they are developed, but also to educate current business owners who would need help in adopting the digital concepts and adapting to business platforms. Digital transformation requires a major consolidation of existing systems and applications invoking retire/replace strategies and very demanding complex integration based on specific digital skills ; acquiring the knowledge and experience needed here is the focus of our proposal and we are boosting it through our regional business laboratory that is simulating and monitoring the artificially created effect of digitally encouraged leadership and entrepreneurial characteristics of leadership with the best praxis. In this paper we will describe how the knowledge, technical and pedagogical skills of HEI (Higher Education Institution) lecturers could be improved ; how transversal, generic, and subject-specific skills of learners are enhanced. The economic consequences of COVID19 are huge and there is an existential need for resurrecting the entrepreneurial spirit of HEI graduates with the inclusion of digital platform education as a key competence.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Računarstvo, Interdisciplinarne tehničke znanosti, Interdisciplinarne društvene znanosti

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