The practical side of knowledge based systems: learning to do in the Bologna context

  • Authors:

  • Viriato Marques;Nelson Pincho;Cecília Reis;Paulo Pereira;Samuel Santos;Ricardo Lopes;Carlos F. Dias;Miguel Afonso;Nuno Santos;António Oliveira;Carlos Cortinhas;Aurélio Santos

  • Affiliations:

  • Knowledge Engineering and Decision Support Research Centre, Engineering Institute of Porto, Porto, Portugal and Computer Science Department, Engineering Institute of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal;Computer Science Department, Engineering Institute of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal;Knowledge Engineering and Decision Support Research Centre and Electrical Engineering Department, Engineering Institute of Porto, Porto, Portugal;Computer Science Department, Engineering Institute of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal;Computer Science Department, Engineering Institute of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal;Computer Science Department, Engineering Institute of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal;Computer Science Department, Engineering Institute of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal;Computer Science Department, Engineering Institute of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal;Computer Science Department, Engineering Institute of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal;Computer Science Department, Engineering Institute of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal;Computer Science Department, Engineering Institute of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal;Computer Science Department, Engineering Institute of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal

  • Venue:
  • AIC'10/BEBI'10 Proceedings of the 10th WSEAS international conference on applied informatics and communications, and 3rd WSEAS international conference on Biomedical electronics and biomedical informatics
  • Year:
  • 2010

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Abstract

The Bologna process brought a series of changes in the learning context. Questionable in some aspects, Bologna enhanced the value of practical skills acquisition and of the "how to do", two of the goals always established by the Engineering Schools of the Portuguese Polytechnic Institutes. The project-based learning methodology proved to be a successful approach. In this context, various student teams of ISEC - Engineering Institute of Coimbra - developed some educational software projects in the Knowledge Management field. This paper describes this experience and the obtained results.