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Advancing Conceptual Modeling Education Towards a Generalized Model Value Proposition

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Abstract

This paper proposes a teaching method and artifact for Conceptual Modeling education, motivated by a challenge in the authors’ university of bridging the gap between bachelor-level studies and research work on topics related to Conceptual Modeling. At bachelor-level, Conceptual Modeling is subordinated to Software Engineering or Business Process Management topics, making extensive use of available standards for graphical documentation purposes. However, at doctoral level and in project-based work, modeling methods must be scientifically framed within wider-scoped paradigms – e.g. Knowledge Management, Enterprise Modeling – or tailored for domain-specific scenarios. The teaching artifact presented in this paper is an example of an “agile modeling method” that can be iteratively evolved together with students through a metamodeling approach in support of a course flow that argues for a generalized model value proposition and modeling languages acting as “schema” that can be tailored and migrated to accommodate explicit requirements from any application domain.

Keywords

  • Agile Modeling Method Engineering
  • Metamodeling
  • Teaching Conceptual Modeling
  • Resource Description Framework

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This work was supported by a mobility grant of the Romanian Ministry of Research and Innovation through UEFISCDI project number PN-III-P1-1.1-MC-2019-1953, part of the programme PNCDI III.

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Ghiran, AM., Osman, CC., Buchmann, R.A. (2020). Advancing Conceptual Modeling Education Towards a Generalized Model Value Proposition. In: Siarheyeva, A., Barry, C., Lang, M., Linger, H., Schneider, C. (eds) Advances in Information Systems Development. ISD 2019. Lecture Notes in Information Systems and Organisation, vol 39. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-49644-9_1

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