Published : 2019-05-06

Effective teaching in the area of creative professions, on the example of “big data, digital marketing, trend-watching” specialty at the University of Lower Silesia.

Agnieszka Węglińska



Section: Articles Varia

Abstract

RESEARCH OBJECTIVE: The main purpose  of this paper is to analyze the level of competences among postgraduate students of Big Data, digital marketing and trend-watching specialization at the Department of Journalism, Communication and Technological Studies University of Lower Silesia.

THE RESEARCH PROBLEM AND METHODS: The main aim of the paper is to diagnose and define competences of the future in the context of the labor market and to indicate points the most important competences in the didactic process. Current data from labor market and 12 in-depth interviews with lecturers working on the project are analyzed. The group of lectures consists of academics and professionals.

THE PROCESS OF ARGUMENTATION: The argumentation comprises two main parts. Firstly, most needed competences in the field of internet marketing are characterized. Currently available data from the labor  market is the basis of this part of the study. In the second part, dilemmas of lectures , their observations and conclusions are presented. Competences which are considered as key one by academics and professionals are named.

RESEARCH RESULTS: Students’ digital competences are considered by the lecturers to be at the very high level, however, their social and managing skills are considered to be poor .

CONCLUSIONS, INNOVATIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS: The research points out  the necessity of developing students’ social and interpersonal competences. At the same time, students’ digital competences should not be neglected. The most important recommendation for academic society is that professionals should  be included as lecturers in order to adjust the academic education to the demanding labor market.   

 

Keywords

big data ; education ; competences ; internet marketing ; in depth interview



Details

References

Indicators

Authors

Download files

PDF

Altmetric indicators


Licence

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms:

  1. Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a CC BY-ND licence that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.
  2. Authors are asked to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgement of its initial publication in this journal.

 

Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) prior to and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work (See The Effect of Open Access). We advise to use any of the following reserach society portals:


Redakcja czasopisma
Horyzonty Polityki

email: horyzonty@ignatianum.edu.pl
email: horyzonty.polityki@ignatianum.edu.pl
tel. +48 12 3999 651
O platformie:
Copyright 2019 by Uniwersytet Ignatianum w Krakowie
OJS Support and Customization by LIBCOM
Platform & workfow by OJS/PKP