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Corporate university is a platform providing further education for employees in the corporation. Smart learning advocated by the corporate university helps the corporation to maintain its uniqueness and succeed in fierce competition. This chapter introduces the development and current status of corporate universities in China, including their background, features, functions, teachers and the structure of courses. The connection of learning elements in the corporate university and smart learning is also identified with case analysis in this chapter. The online platform of corporate university is introduced by description of its framework, functional module, application and effective implementation. In the end, the future directions of corporate universities are discussed.
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Liu, D., Huang, R., Wosinski, M. (2017). Smart Learning in Corporate University. In: Smart Learning in Smart Cities. Lecture Notes in Educational Technology. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-4343-7_6
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