Digital Economy and E-commerceLaajuus (5 cr)

Learning objectives

Upon successful completion of the course, the student
- will learn the fundamentals of digital economy
- will learn what are on-going trends ?
- understands how e-commerce is related to digital economy
- increases personal awareness of security issues and learn few potential consequences
- gains understanding regarding the value of virtual networks in digital economy
- will identify the needs and skills required for setting up an own dynamic service
- will learn how to setup and methods configure own platform

Contents

The course has two modules:

- The theory part will be based on a course books and the subject related materials. Also your own awareness helps to reach the module objectives. In the theory part, the objective is to understand what means digital economics and e-commerce and what are the requirements of digital economy and e-commerce.

Keywords: Platform business, SaaS, PaaS, IaaS, immaterial economics, immaterial commodities, standards, EU data protection, on-demand services

- Hands on self study using a content management system, e.g. WordPress. In this module your mission is to gain practical knowledge of how an e-commerce platform works and study how to build an e-commerce or content management environment.

Keywords: On-site/out sourcing production models, CMS, E-commerce systems, open source communities, software extensions and plugins, configuration, testing.

How to set up Wordpress and services without technical and coding skills.

Lähtötaso ja sidonnaisuudet muihin opintojaksoihin

Pre-requisite: Orientation to Business and ICT
At least 46 completed credit units in the academical year

Implementation methods, demonstration and Work&Study

a. Contact hours, on-line virtual sessions, presentations
b. The exam
c. Self study and remote work

Accreditation of prior learning (APL):
To get a passing (P) grade and exemption from the course, student must display and demonstrate the competence by certificates from earlier studies or work experience covering the course objectives and contents.

Assessment criteria - grade 1

(40 %)
The student has sufficient knowledge of the course subject matter. The student has some skill how to use or develop a platform.

Assessment criteria - grade 3

(70 %)
The student has good knowledge of the subject matter. The student has a good understanding of the course subject. He/she has sufficient skills as to how to use a platform for e-commerce purposes. Student recognizes and adopt successfully the elements of e-commerce and/or digital economy.

Assessment criteria - grade 5

(85 %)
The student has excellent theoretical knowledge. The student has a comprehensive understanding of the course subject and student has established skills as to how to develop a platform or can present a model how to produce a platform including demonstration. Student recognizes and adopt successfully the elements of e-commerce and/or digital economy.

Learning materials

- Based on journals, books, related links and studies
- Multimedia presentations, animations, On-line session materials
- CMS documentation and case samples
- Software themes, plugins and extensions

Further information

Working life connections:
Case studies, community work, git hub repositories.
In the end of the course there will be a case sample how small and medium sized enterprises can produce platforms without remarkable financial investments,

Internationality:
The software tools and language used on the course are internationally recognized. The language of the course material is English.