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Designing Online MBA Programs to Promote Transformative Learning and Knowledge Creation through Project-Based Learning Using the Job Characteristics Model

Designing Online MBA Programs to Promote Transformative Learning and Knowledge Creation through Project-Based Learning Using the Job Characteristics Model

Sharon. E. Norris
Copyright: © 2016 |Pages: 26
ISBN13: 9781466695771|ISBN10: 1466695773|EISBN13: 9781466695788
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-9577-1.ch001
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Norris, Sharon. E. "Designing Online MBA Programs to Promote Transformative Learning and Knowledge Creation through Project-Based Learning Using the Job Characteristics Model." Handbook of Research on Learning Outcomes and Opportunities in the Digital Age, edited by Viktor Wang, IGI Global, 2016, pp. 1-26. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-9577-1.ch001

APA

Norris, S. E. (2016). Designing Online MBA Programs to Promote Transformative Learning and Knowledge Creation through Project-Based Learning Using the Job Characteristics Model. In V. Wang (Ed.), Handbook of Research on Learning Outcomes and Opportunities in the Digital Age (pp. 1-26). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-9577-1.ch001

Chicago

Norris, Sharon. E. "Designing Online MBA Programs to Promote Transformative Learning and Knowledge Creation through Project-Based Learning Using the Job Characteristics Model." In Handbook of Research on Learning Outcomes and Opportunities in the Digital Age, edited by Viktor Wang, 1-26. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2016. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-9577-1.ch001

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Abstract

Institutions of higher education are experiencing radical shifts as a result of advances in technology and communication along with increasing demands for online learning. The online learning environment creates a new learning space for students and instructors where new pedagogy and technology tools can be used to facilitate critical thinking and application of learning. Presented in this chapter is a design for online MBA programs to promote transformative learning and knowledge creation through project-based learning using the job characteristics model. Project-based learning activities enhance skill variety, task identity, task significance, autonomy, and feedback thereby strengthening meaningfulness of learning activities and enhancing student motivation, satisfaction, and performance. While engaged in project-based learning activities, online MBA students have the freedom to proactively self-initiate changes in task, relationship, and cognitive boundaries thus nurturing an environment for job crafting. Online MBA Programs are most effective when business students apply learning to real work experiences.

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