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In modern information society, workers need to continuously update and improve their knowledge and competences, and new means for supporting effective learning in the workplace are sought. In this work, we describe a process-based approach to e-learning centered around the well-established Business Process Management discipline. In short, we propose that business process models are used to represent the organizational knowledge and the learning contents. We adapt such models to specific learning needs, by augmenting the business process with a learning path specification that outlines learners objectives, activities and expected outcomes. The key idea then is that a learning session corresponds to simulation and monitoring of a route on a defined learning path. To develop such a process-based e-learning platform we leverage Model Driven Engineering technology allowing for efficient model transformation and platform development. We illustrate the approach on a realistic case study.
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This research has been partially supported from the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme [FP7/2007–2013] under Grant Agreement N. 619583 (Project Learn PAd - Model Based Social Learning for Public Administrations).
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Subramanian, V., Bertolino, A. (2017). A Model Driven Approach to Business Process-Based Learning. In: Costagliola, G., Uhomoibhi, J., Zvacek, S., McLaren, B. (eds) Computers Supported Education. CSEDU 2016. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 739. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-63184-4_17
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