Development and Implementation of Online Group Work Exercise Combined with Project-Based Learning and Active Learning Methods

As an ongoing research activity of “Educational Programs for Business Producers" for new human resources development in the AOYAMA BUSINESS REVIEW in 2021 1, this research targeted the subject of "Global Product Service Strategy II" in the fall course. The educational programs were demonstrated in the School of Business at Aoyama Gakuin University, led by Professor Tamaki, during classes from fiscal year 2015 to fiscal year 2021.Due to the influence of COVID-19, online classes were introduced into many university courses in 2020. Therefore, the purpose of this research was to research and develop new educational methods for "online group work exercises" that combine both project-based learning (PBL) and active learning (AL) so that the methods can flexibly respond to the new normal era as a countermeasure against COVID-19. The new educational methods will explore the research and development of educational organizations, learning support management methods, and learning environment systems. The active learning for "Global Product Service Strategy II" includes four different types of business roles, namely multi-sided platform (MPS) business modeling, new products/services, smart product strategy and application software design, and MPS service systems.