Authors:
Jeļena Zaščerinska
1
and
Andreas Ahrens
2
Affiliations:
1
University of Latvia, Latvia
;
2
Hochschule Wismar, University of Technology, Business and Design, Germany
Keyword(s):
e-Business applications, Engineering education, Needs analysis.
Related
Ontology
Subjects/Areas/Topics:
Applications
;
Cloud Computing
;
Collaboration and e-Services
;
Data Communication Networking
;
e-Business
;
Education/Learning
;
Enterprise Information Systems
;
Platforms and Applications
;
Social Networks
;
Telecommunications
Abstract:
Contemporary engineers need to become more cognizant and more responsive to the emerging needs of the market for engineering and technology services. Engineering education has the potential to contribute decisively to the sustainable development of e-business applications or enterprise 2.0, which penetrate our society more thoroughly with the availability of broadband services. However, the success of e-business applications in engineering education requires needs analysis to be considered. Aim of the following paper is to analyze the student engineers’ needs in e-business applications of Web 2.0 technologies within engineering education on the pedagogical discourse. The meaning of the key concepts of e-business applications, engineering education and needs analysis is studied. The study shows a potential model for development, indicating how the steps of the process are related following a logical chain: determining e-business applications → revealing e-business applications in engi
neering education → defining needs analysis → empirical study within a multicultural environment. The results reveal that needs analysis of e-business applications in engineering education contributes to the incorporation of business-driven topics in the curriculum of engineering science.
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