Work-based learning in a digital age and the role of AI in Industry 5.0

 The special issue will assist in rethinking what might be the new needed skills for the business education to meet the changing needs of the work environments in terms of modes of education, artificial intelligence and workplace ethics as well as the implications of the changing technologies for employers and workplaces.

List of topic areas

•  Boundaries of work-based learning in a digital age, including obstacles, advantages, dilemmas, and possibilities created.
• The role of technology in advertising and its importance in supporting the success of business in the  Industry 5.0  revolution.
• Interrelationships between online and offline work-based learning in Business Education
• Remote work-based learning and technologies in Business Education.
• The role of digital technologies to rethink the concept of learning and teaching in Business Education.
• Best practices in cloud technologies and work-based learning in Business Education.
• Data analytics and work-based learning in Business Education.
• Internet of Things and work-based learning in Business Education.
• Computer-supported collaborative workplace and work-based learning in Business Education.
• Data mining technologies/applications and work-based learning in Business Education.
• The role of digital technologies in rethinking the skills needed in Business Education.
• Growing importance of soft skills and technologies.
• New modes of education delivery and methodologies for work-based learning and teaching in Business Education.
• Implications of changing technologies for firms and employers.
• Megatrends in work-based learning in Business Education.
• Toward a learning society to meet the needs of Industry 5.0.
• Work-based learning in the face of a crisis (e.g., pandemics, natural disasters).

Submissions Information

Submissions are made using ScholarOne Manuscripts. Registration and access are available at: https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/dlo

Author guidelines must be strictly followed. Please see: https://www.emeraldgrouppublishing.com/journal/dlo?distinct_id=17f1ade2…

Authors should select (from the drop-down menu) the special issue title at the appropriate step in the submission process, i.e. in response to “Please select the issue you are submitting to”.

Submitted articles must not have been previously published, nor should they be under consideration for publication anywhere else, while under review for this journal.

Key deadlines

Opening date for manuscripts submissions (if agreed with publisher): 03/03/2022

Closing date for manuscripts submission: 31/08/2022