A Problem-Based Approach to Web-Based Corporate Learning

This paper questions the pedagogy behind some existing Web-based Corporate Learning (WBCL), and proposes the adoption of a problem-based learning (PBL) approach to WBCL as pedagogically sound. The proposed WBCL model is based on scaffolding the PBL processes with the aid of a type of concept map. The model was applied in the design and development of an `Effective Communication ' course for junior managers of Frima1, a multinational company based in Shanghai, China. The descriptive account of this process highlights several real-world implications for the major stakeholders of WBCL: WBCL service providers, human resource managers, and knowledge workers