Students’ Perception of Studying in Digital Environment and Preparedness for Workplaces in Digital Economy - Current State and Perspectives

In order to utilise modern technologies in efficient, effective and reliable ways within tertiary (higher) education, it is necessary to fulfil certain framework conditions. Modern technologies need resources, infrastructure and human resources who will utilise and implement them in economically justified way. Also, it is absolutely necessary to integrate them in curriculums, while learning outcomes obtained by utilizing those new solutions must be evaluated and at, both, the national level and the international level. Necessary measures for the implementation of those improvements require long-term strategic planning, positive changes in the business environment and the allocation of optimally adequate financial funds. Therefore, the main challenge of this scientific paper is to analyse and, based on the achieved results, evaluate tendencies of utilisation and further possibilities of utilisation of modern technologies in the teaching process and in the learning process. Whereas, the main focus was put on perception of studying in digital environment and consequent preparedness for workplaces in digital economy. With scientific questionnaire authors have included students and lecturers at selected higher learning institutions in the Republic of Croatia. Thus, in the context of this paper, analysis is used to evaluate the current state and synthesis is used to gain proper perspectives.