A Metamodeling Approach to Teaching Conceptual Modeling "at Large"

Ana-Maria Ghiran, Cristina-Claudia Osman, Robert Andrei Buchmann
2019 Information Systems Development  
In the authors' university there is a challenge, with respect to Conceptual Modeling topics, of bridging the gap between bachelor-level studies and research work. At bachelor-level, Conceptual Modeling is subordinated to Software Engineering topics consequently making extensive use of software design standards. However, at doctoral level or in project-based work, modeling methods must be scientifically framed within wider-scoped paradigms -Design Science, Enterprise Modeling etc. In order to
more » ... dge this gap, we developed a teaching artifact to present Conceptual Modeling as a standalone discipline that can produce its own artifacts, driven by requirements in a variety of domains. The teaching artifact is an "agile modeling method" that is iteratively implemented by students. The key takeaway revelation for students is that a modeling language is a knowledge schema that can be tailored and migrated for specific purposes just like a database schema, to accommodate an application domain and its modeling requirements.
dblp:conf/isdevel/GhiranOB19 fatcat:5noa2uu7nbah5dacfkmzagtioe