Educators SymposiumMODELS 2025

About

Model-driven engineering has been part of university curricula and corporate training programs for many years. Modeling notations are taught in various courses and programs, from software engineering to enterprise architecture. Most educators would agree that teaching modeling is challenging, especially given the growing student population interested in modeling.

The 21st Educators Symposium at MODELS 2025 provides educators, researchers, and practitioners with a forum to discuss educational issues relating to modeling and modeling technologies, and share their experiences in the field.

Topics

We invite submissions related to the following challenges in teaching modeling:

• How to engage students in modeling?
• How to integrate modeling across the curriculum, from introduction to programming to senior project and beyond?
• How to enrich the student and instructor experience concerning tools?
• What are the differences between tools for industrial and teaching purposes?
• How to relate or mix theory and practice when teaching modeling?
• What are effective learning and teaching mechanisms for distance and online learning?
• How to teach modeling in blended, virtual, or massive open online courses?
• Is teaching modeling using a collaborative approach feasible?

We also invite submissions related to these topics:

• Analysis of teaching methods, use of tools, or games for modeling in the classroom
• Evolution of teaching modeling and use of tools in the classroom
• Incorporating a practitioner viewpoint in modeling education
• Learning from the number of available models (e.g. UML models) to teach modeling
• Modeling best practices for beginners
• Teaching global or open-source software engineering modeling
• Teaching model-driven engineering and model management
• Teaching verification and validation through models
• The relation between modeling research and modeling education
• The synergy between informal models and formal models in teaching
• Tool support for an assisted evaluation of modeling labs or assessments
• Tool support for the teaching of modeling
• Use of case studies or explicative examples to teach modeling

Submission Guidelines

Papers must present original content. Previously published papers, accepted papers, or papers under review for other venues are not eligible for submission to the MODELS Educators Symposium 2025.

Full Papers are expected to contribute research and experience reports, and must be no longer than 8 pages.
Short Papers are expected to present position statements addressing the symposium topics. These papers intend to stimulate discussions on teaching modeling at universities and training in industry, and must not exceed 4 pages.

Submissions must conform to the IEEE formatting instructions:

• LaTeX users need to follow the IEEE LaTeX instructions and use the 8.5 x 11 2-column LaTeX Template ; Overleaf users need to use the IEEE Conference Template. Note the information on how to use the LaTeX Bibliography Files
• By submitting papers to the MODELS Educators Symposium, authors acknowledge that they are aware of and acknowledge the ACM Policy and Procedures on Plagiarism and the IEEE Plagiarism FAQ. In particular, papers submitted to MODELS 2025 must not have been published elsewhere and must not be under review or submitted for review elsewhere while under consideration for MODELS 2025.
• Please note the IEEE Authors Rights and Responsibilities.
• Finally, IEEE requires the use of ORCIDs . Please ensure that you and your co-authors obtain an ORCID ID , so you can complete the publishing process for your accepted paper. LaTeX users should use the “orcidlink” package, “\hypersetup{pdfborder={0 0 0}}”, and “\orcidlink{XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX}” after each author name.

All papers must be submitted electronically in PDF format via Easychair.

Publication

Papers will be reviewed by at least three members of the program committee. We will follow a single-blind reviewing process. The paper selection process will be based on the novelty of the ideas or solutions, the impact of modeling in software development education, and relevance to the topics to the symposium.

IEEE will publish all accepted submissions as part of the MODELS Companion. Papers are accepted conditional on one author registering for the symposium at the MODELS 2025 conference by the early registration deadline and presenting the paper at the symposium.