Characteristics of ‘Problem-Based Learning’ in Post-COVID-19 Workplace

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic forced many workplaces to adapt to drastic changes in the work environment around the world. Despite the changes in the previous years in relevance to new technologies and digitisation, the abrupt changes of the pandemic require steep-learning. As the world emerges from the lockdown, more collaborative approaches to solving complex problems are needed. Therefore, this paper investigates the requirements of Problem-based Learning (PBL) in the new normal; an era expected in the post-COVID-19 pandemic. This research uses the dimensions of both the new normal demands and the competency to be learned through the analysis of a questionnaire that investigates the need for PBL. The authors illustrate how the utilisation of PBL helps in the selective approach of the types of possible problems to be solved. The implication of this paper is that it shed light into the rising need for PBL as an attitude after COVID-19 and establish early tools to encourage further more in-depth research on the subject.