Teaching Digital Literacy Course using Spreadsheet in the Age of AI: Challenges and Opportunities

Business students frequently enroll in introductory spreadsheet courses, which may fulfill university-wide digital literacy requirements or serve as data literacy courses required by most business majors (McCloskey & Bussom, 2013).Prior research has found that these courses often suffer from low student motivation and engagement.Many students fail to see the value of the course or its relevance to their majors.In most cases, students follow step-by-step instructions from textbooks with more focus on completing tasks in Excel rather than understanding the data or data analysis concepts.This limits their chances to develop critical thinking and real problem-solving skills.