Design and operationalization of learning situations based on patterns for a public in professional development

Abstract

The research presented in this paper aims to support teachers design learning scenarios with a context-sensitive tool exploiting a library of patterns. This research was carried out in partnership with PARTAGE an association that offers professional training for jobseekers in a design-based research approach. The goal is to assist the association's pedagogical team in the expressing and the formalization of their learning situation through pedagogical scenarios in order to promote the capitalization and the reuse among their community. Moreover, we defined an engineering design process framework and we refined it in collaboration with trainers. To conduct this study, we analyzed the process guiding the jobseeker's courses and we formalized the training practices as design patterns. We also studied the operationalizing feasibility of these patterns in Learning Management System. © 2014 Springer International Publishing Switzerland.