Context: Unified Modelling Language (UML) is not only a standard modelling language in the software industry but also the “lingua franca” of software engineering education. However, teaching and learning UML have been both identified as difficult tasks. Aim: This study aims to have a practical and deep understanding of what causes the difficulties in UML education (in addition to the known complexity of UML), and correspondingly to propose actionable mitigation strategies. Method: we conducted critical reflection on our educational activities, teaching materials, and students’ learning effects in a software engineering conversion programme, followed by consulting external UML experts. Results: We observed and demonstrated a vicious cycle of the UML crisis in education, which in turn drove us to preliminarily propose a set of potential tactics for breaking the vicious cycle and addressing the UML crisis. Conclusions: Practitioners’ lack of good UML knowledge and skills could have been out of educators’ control. Breaking the vicious cycle of the UML crisis in education requires collaborative efforts across the whole community.
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10:30 - 12:30 | Employability and Professional CompetenceSoftware Engineering Education at Sirius Chair(s): Guttorm Sindre Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) | ||
10:30 20mTalk | Advancing Software Product Management Education: Insights from an Industry Survey Software Engineering Education Hannah Estes North Carolina State University, Katie Hollowell North Carolina State University, John Cheek North Carolina State University, Shiv Patel North Carolina State University, Hanna Reese North Carolina State University, Kathryn Stolee North Carolina State University | ||
10:50 20mTalk | How do Software Engineering Candidates Prepare for Technical Interviews? Software Engineering Education Brian Bell Virginia Tech, Teresa Thomas Virginia Tech, Sang Won Lee Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Chris Brown Virginia Tech | ||
11:10 20mTalk | Navigating Academic Careers in Software Engineering: An Empirical Study of Faculty and Postdoctoral Roles Software Engineering Education Mohamad Kassab Boston University, USA | ||
11:30 20mTalk | Teamwork Quality in Agile Capstone Courses: Insights from 790 Software Engineering Students Software Engineering Education Camilla Kielland Lund University of Oslo, Idunn Stabell University of Oslo, Viktoria Stray University of Oslo / SINTEF, Yngve Lindsjørn University of Oslo | ||
11:50 20mTalk | Preparing Autistic Students for the AI Workforce Software Engineering Education JiWoong (Joon) Jang Carnegie Mellon University, Ren Butler Carnegie Mellon University, Rory McDaniel Independent, Aidan San University of Virginia, D. Matthew Boyer Clemson University, Somayeh Asadi University of Virginia, Richard Kubina, Jr Penn State University, Taniya Mishra SureStart, Andrew Begel Carnegie Mellon University | ||
12:10 10mTalk | Enhancing Learning and Mitigating AI-Assisted Misconduct: A Case of Using Video Assignments in a High-Enrollment Software Engineering Course Software Engineering Education Andrey Saltan Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology (LUT) | ||
12:20 10mTalk | UML Crisis! An Educational Perspective Software Engineering Education Zheng Li Queen's University Belfast, UK, Aidan McGowan Queen's University Belfast, Yan Liu Concordia University, Wahab Hamou-Lhadj Concordia University, Montreal, Canada | ||
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