Internet and Web Literacy in Creating Start up Business
S Muljanto, Y Purwanti, E D Sofyawati, R K Adiredja, W Hasim
English Department, Institut Pendidikan Indonesia
Information Technology, Institut Pendidikan Indonesia
Institut Pendidikan Indonesia
Abstract
In the times of digital era, students of higher education are still uncertain about their future plan. With the rapid flow current of technology advancement, students of Indonesia Institute of Education (IPI) are hesitating on deciding to become one profesional teacher or to do a business. Those are the choices that have to be made. Therefore, besides teaching skills, the duty of IPI is also to make an introductory course for their students on entrepreneurial skills. The purpose of this research is to identify students interest in start up business through the introduction of internet and web awareness. Data were gathered by using online and distributed to 117 students in the form of questionnaire and open ended questions.The result of this research showed that by introducing internet and web functions for the business, the students have profound interest to make their own business. The impact of this study was to suggest the government to create a policy for supporting these new emerging start up and the head of higher education to include internet and web literacy into their curriculum.
Keywords: Internet literacy, web literacy, start up business
Topic: Management Science