Empowering Entrepreneurship Education with Digital Technologies Tools
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.55737/qjss.vi-i.25305Keywords:
Entrepreneurship Education, Digital Tools, Experiential Learning, Emerging TechnologiesAbstract
Entrepreneurship education is a key engine to equip students with the high-level skills of creativity, problem-solving and strategic decision-making to navigate the constantly evolving global economy. The current study explores the role of digital tools in enhancing entrepreneurship training, focusing on the communicative platform, the collaborative platform, the simulation platform and the gamification platform. Tools such as Moodle, Capsim, Tableau and Kahoot make experiential learning possible, connecting the abstract with the concrete. Although digital tools have a mediated impact on learning outcomes related to entrepreneurship by promoting skill development, problems with digital skills, a lack of infrastructure and a culture of resistance to change are obstacles to achieving the full playing capacity of digital tools. The liberating possibility for the potential of future technology, especially AI and VR, for providing highly personalized and immersive education is demonstrated to be meaningful to the need for equitable access to resources and for having robust change management strategies. This research highlights the key and important role of digital technologies in entrepreneurial education reform and identifies the roadblocks to integrating those technologies effectively as well as suggests intervention strategies for better quality and access to education services in all SES levels.
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