Learning processes and processing learning: from organizational needs to learning designs

Abstract

Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to provide a model for a process‐oriented view on learning in organizations, and to link this model with IMS Learning Design (LD), a language for the description of pedagogical arrangement of multi‐role activities.

Design/methodology/approach

This article exploits conceptual modeling techniques and a literature review.

Findings

A tentative mapping of the GOAP model to LD constructs is sketched, and some tentative aspects that suggest the need for an extended specification embedding LD are discussed.

Research limitations/implications

This paper describes a model for a process‐oriented view on learning in organizations, and sketches how that framework could be integrated with IMS Learning Design, a language for the description of pedagogical arrangement of multi‐role activities.

Practical implications

The paper promotes the role of conceptual modeling as a key process for learning design.

Originality/value

The paper presents an exploitation of learning processes modeling towards effective learning designs.

Citation

Naeve, A., Sicilia, M. and Lytras, M.D. (2008), "Learning processes and processing learning: from organizational needs to learning designs", Journal of Knowledge Management, Vol. 12 No. 6, pp. 5-14. https://doi.org/10.1108/13673270810913586