Barnett, Will, Zschaler, Steffen, Boronat, Artur et al. (2 more authors) (2023) An Online Education Platform for Teaching MDE. In: Proceedings - 2023 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Model Driven Engineering Languages and Systems Companion, MODELS-C 2023. 2023 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Model Driven Engineering Languages and Systems, MODELS-C 2023, 01-06 Oct 2023 Proceedings - 2023 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Model Driven Engineering Languages and Systems Companion, MODELS-C 2023 . Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. , SWE , pp. 114-121.
Abstract
The setup and configuration of Model-Driven Engineering (MDE) tools is not straightforward because the MDE tooling landscape is highly fragmented. Also, many MDE tools are research prototypes with limited documentation. In an education setting where the aim is to teach MDE, having to spend time setting up and configuring tools reduces the amount of time learners have available to focus on the concepts being taught. Although certain tools, such as Epsilon and Umple, offer web-based playgrounds for their specific tools, they do not cover the full range of MDE activities. By generalising and extending the Epsilon Playground, we have created an education platform that can support a variety of MDE tools and be configured by teachers to use for their learning activities. We provide an overview of the platform's architecture and give an example of the tool and activity configurations using an Epsilon Validation Language (EVL) activity. We demonstrate the support for multiple tools with an Object Constraint Language (OCL) example and discuss key design decisions and the plan for future work. We hope that the education platform described here will provide opportunities for collaboration on the creation and dissemination of learning resources for the teaching of MDE.
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Item Type: | Proceedings Paper |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | Funding Information: Zschaler and Barnett’s contribution was partly funded by the UK Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) through the MDENet grant (EP/T030747/1). Publisher Copyright: © 2023 IEEE. This is an author-produced version of the published paper. Uploaded in accordance with the University’s Research Publications and Open Access policy. |
Keywords: | education,frameworks,MDE |
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Sciences (York) > Computer Science (York) |
Depositing User: | Pure (York) |
Date Deposited: | 27 Sep 2024 08:00 |
Last Modified: | 19 Nov 2024 00:21 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1109/MODELS-C59198.2023.00035 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. |
Series Name: | Proceedings - 2023 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Model Driven Engineering Languages and Systems Companion, MODELS-C 2023 |
Identification Number: | 10.1109/MODELS-C59198.2023.00035 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:217659 |
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