Valeriy Chebotarev - Associate Professor, Department of Modeling and Business Process Optimization, National Research University Higher School of Economics
Address: 20, Myasnitskaya str., Moscow, 101000, Russian Federation
E-mail: vchebotarev@hse.ru

Alexander Gromov - Professor, Department of Modeling and Business Process Optimization, National Research University Higher School of Economics
Address: 20, Myasnitskaya str., Moscow, 101000, Russian Federation
E-mail: agromov@hse.ru

      The article is based on the results obtained by the participants of the research seminar in the faculty of business Informatics of the Higher School of Economics. Its objective is to study possibilities of learning management as a process and to apply modern information technologies and tools. The learning process is defined as joint activity of participants in organization of discipline study and obtaining of subjectively or objectively new subject and procedural knowledge. The coursework in the discipline “Modeling and optimization of business processes” has been chosen for our research. We have analyzed specifics of learning process, defined requirements of process management and made modeling and assessment of automated process management. The analysis is based on information of real studies in the Faculty of Business Informatics. We have identified the following requirements to learning process: fast adaptation to changes, flexible management using various teaching methods, constant interaction with education participants, creative and reflexive abilities using participants’ personality. EEPC (ARIS) and interaction and behavior diagram (Metasonic) were used as two different notations. The first notation refers to classic modeling methodology (ARIS) and the second one – to subject-oriented methodology of process management. It was shown that subject-oriented approach meets all requirements of education process that is almost impossible with classical approach. Principles of dividing learning process into smaller processes, process models (interaction diagrams and behavior diagrams of subjects) are developed. Possibility to change process management by learning subjects (teachers, students) without programming, including the automated generation of workflow application was presented. Results of research can be useful for any organization thinking about transition from traditional rigid education structure to a more advanced reflexive learning environment with network communications.