An Examination of a Collaborative Learning Environment in the context of Web-based Business Education

This dissertation may be made available to the general public for borrowing, photocopying or consultation without the prior consent of the author. The advancement of computer and networking technologies presents great opportunities for business education up to now. This research started from questioning the appropriate educational use of information and communications technologies in current business situations, where organisations and companies are in a period of great change. The knowledge required of professionals is increasingly dependent on learning abilities to confront innovative change. This dissertation is a study to examine the possibility of collaborative and resource-based learning environment in the context of web-based instruction in business education, which implement a ‘constructivist’ approach to learning. A wide range of literature has been reviewed to establish a theoretical position for this research: instructivist and constructivist learning theories; Internet technologies in education; workplace learning; collaborative learning and resource-based learning