Competency-oriented design of learning modules

The enhancement of job-related competencies is important for the competiveness of companies. For establishing these competencies, learning factories offer a basis for self-controlled and informal learning. Core elements of learning factories are learning modules with different foci. To develop the needed competencies a proper design of learning modules is fundamental. An instrument to systematically analyze and create learning modules is the competency transformation. The presented learning objective taxonomy supports the formulation of competencies for the transformation chart. Furthermore, it enables a comparison between actual and target states of learning modules. Thus, recommendations for improvements can be made. (C) 2015 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V.