Authors:
Boris Shishkov
1
;
Marten van Sinderen
2
and
Roberto Cavalcante
3
Affiliations:
1
IICREST / TBM – Delft University of Technology, Netherlands
;
2
IS – University of Twente, Netherlands
;
3
Multitel, Belgium
Keyword(s):
Employees’ upskilling, Learning environment, Service-oriented computing.
Related
Ontology
Subjects/Areas/Topics:
Artificial Intelligence
;
Business Process Management
;
e-Business
;
Enterprise Engineering
;
Enterprise Information Systems
;
Information Engineering Methodologies
;
Information Systems Analysis and Specification
;
Knowledge Management and Information Sharing
;
Knowledge-Based Systems
;
Methodologies, Processes and Platforms
;
Model-Driven Software Development
;
Modeling Concepts and Information Integration Tools
;
Modeling Formalisms, Languages and Notations
;
Modeling of Distributed Systems
;
Requirements Analysis And Management
;
Software Engineering
;
Symbolic Systems
;
Systems Engineering
Abstract:
Aiming to increase their competitiveness, many companies are turning to new learning concepts and strategies that stress collaboration among employees. Both individual learning and organizational learning should be considered in relation to create a synergetic effect when introducing and maintaining skills among employees, and as well when it is necessary to train personnel in non-core competences. Regarding such kind of training, the possibility to collaborate with third parties is advantageous, especially in co-creating and/or using learning content. In this paper, we propose ICT-related solution directions concerning an adaptable, flexible, and collaborative upskilling of employees. We consider, in particular, two underlying objectives, namely adjustability of content+process and collaborative content co-creation. The mentioned adjustability of content+process is about the specialization of generic content+process, driven by the user (employee), and it is also about individualism.
The mentioned collaborative content co-creation is about a (cross-border) dynamic creation of content by several persons. Our proposed solution directions (introduced and motivated in this paper) envision an approach that is used to integrate ideas pointing to some computing paradigms that concern SOA – Service-Oriented Architecture. It is expected that such an approach can contribute to the upskilling of employees that is done in an effective and user-friendly way.
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