A case study of collaborative modelling: building qualitative models in ecology
Paulo Salles, Bert Bredeweg, Bert Brede Weg · 2003
Modelling is seen as a learning activity in itself and qualitative modelling environments start to play a role in this respect. However, building (qualitative) models is not an easy task. It is therefore necessary to develop support for teachers and students. This paper describes an experience in which Artificial Intelligence (AI) undergraduate students from the University of Amsterdam and graduate ecology students from the University of Brasilia were engaged in a collaborative model building activity. The objective was to build qualitative models about the carbon cycle and the greenhouse effect in GARP. A