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

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.