Look at the steps to set up WordPress. These steps can impart a lot of knowledge on the people following them. There are classical models of learning that seem very applicable - learning by doing, experiential learning and rote learning. The article is very clear society doesn't make highly proficient computer users, so if using open source doesn't create them where could they possibly be coming from?
Solving problems can be done in many ways. I reach first for OSS myself, but that's just me. Others solve the problems they must with tools which are not OSS.
What matters most is solving the problem at hand, not what tools are used.
I'm just a random Internet account, trying to impart a bit of perspective. Do with it what you shall.
- domain registration
- web hosting
- put Wordpress on the hosting
- configure Wordpress
https://www.shivarweb.com/website-setup