Abstract

 
 
 In the year 2006 the “Instituto Universitario Autónomo del Sur” decided to introduce a modification in the curricula of its Computer Science careers. Such modification was based on the guidelines of the Bologna process, particularly on the adoption of a credit system similar to the ECTS (European Credit Transfer System). The authors of this article saw this institutional decision as an opportunity to enhance an educational reform. The reform would modernize undergraduate programs, by establishing that students would have a main role in the educational process. This goal may only be achieved by a transformation of traditional teaching practices. Therefore, teachers, students and the institution have to undergo a process of deliberation and creation. In this article, the authors describe the process applied to the teaching staff, and the application of an innovative methodology developed for the first course of Programming. Extracts of interviews to students are also included.
 
 
Highlights
The “Instituto Universitario Autónomo del Sur” (IUAS) is a Uruguayan educational private institution [13], that was acknowledged by the Ministry of Education and Culture as a University School in 1996
This could become a European model of competitive capability at an international level, called European Higher Education Area (EHEA) [10]
Since the curriculum created in the IUAS in 2006 adopts a credit system similar to the European Credit Transfer System (ECTS), the authors of this article saw in the institutional decision an opportunity to forge an educational methodology based on the Bologna process, aimed at transforming traditional and deep-rooted teaching practices
Summary
The “Instituto Universitario Autónomo del Sur” (IUAS) is a Uruguayan educational private institution [13], that was acknowledged by the Ministry of Education and Culture as a University School in 1996. Since the curriculum created in the IUAS in 2006 adopts a credit system similar to the ECTS, the authors of this article saw in the institutional decision an opportunity to forge an educational methodology based on the Bologna process, aimed at transforming traditional and deep-rooted teaching practices. To put this idea into practice, the teaching staff was trained in the new plan; it was designed as workshops and implemented in the second semester of 2007.
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