Implementation of Virtual Laboratory of Electronic Commerce Into University Course

Abstract

Plenty of information and communication technologies are frequently employed in educational activities to improve the opportunities for students to gain knowledge and experience, including the virtual laboratory. The virtual laboratory is quite often implemented into educational process in many science, technology, and engineering courses at the university level of education. However, the use of virtual laboratory in the field of electronic commerce education is rather rare. In our educational practice, a virtual laboratory of electronic commerce was designed and implemented within the course of electronic entrepreneurship. This paper presents the design of the virtual laboratory of electronic commerce and provides an outline of its integration into the university course's teaching process. The study examines the learning progress claimed by the students who participated in the most current edition of the course delivered utilizing this virtual laboratory. The findings revealed improvement of course participants' experience and abilities in the field of electronic entrepreneurship in e-commerce.