A Model-Driven Approach for the Development of CSCL Tools that Considers Pedagogical Usability

The application of the collaboration paradigm in software for teaching has resulted of a great help to increase motivation and participation of students. However, the development of such software is not an easy task. Model-driven development can be a help in this sense, provided that the peculiarities of collaborative learning systems are taken into account. In this paper, we introduce a model-driven development method for collaborative learning systems that gives support to group graphical modeling. The method is based on the use of models by different roles all over the development, and it also considers pedagogical usability factors to guarantee that the generated systems have into account the factors that are typical in the learning field. In order to have a measure of the usefulness of the method, we have applied it to create a series of collaborative modeling tools. These systems and the method have been evaluated by teachers/professors of different fields, who have stated a favorable opinion regarding the proposed approach.

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