Digital toolkit for students of economics – Emerging technologies virtualized

This report shows how a virtualized learning environment enables flexible and mobile learning that is operating-system-independent. This virtual enviroment can be backed up and restored at any time. This enables safe experimentation and testing. The paper also explains how emerging technologies and web basics can be taught to business students. The use of a virtual learning environment, a content management system (Wordpress) and web frameworks allows beginners to quickly achieve respectable results, which positively affects students’ motivational level. This approach speeds up learning success and outcomes, even with abstract topics.