Design-based Learning: Conception and Evaluation of Group Awareness Mechanisms

Abstract: A crucial type of awareness in collaborative applications is group awareness, which refers to the information of the group and its members, such as their location, the tasks they develop, knowledge, interests, and feelings. To learn concepts related to group awareness, a training experience based on the model named Design-Based Learning was implemented. The goal of this work was to analyze the perception of Software Engineering students from the Autonomous University of Yucatan, Mexico, regarding the implementation of the experience using the mentioned model. The methodology used was exploratory, with a mixed approach through a case study. The results indicate a favorable perception of the students about their level of development of skills such as creativity, problem solving and organization for teamwork in the development of their solutions. As future work we intend to implement the model in several Software Engineering courses in order to measure its impact on student learning.

Keywords: CSCL, design-based learning, DBL, group awareness.