Using i* for Transparent Pedagogy

Pedagogy, “the principles and methods of instruction” (Wordnet), implies a relationship among actors playing the roles of teacher and student and has a direct impact on the students' learning performance. In the past, the teacher was a transmitter of knowledge and the student a passive receiver. Nowadays, students are encouraged to challenge, deepen and create their own knowledge and teachers are supposed to lead this process. For that reason, transparency emerges as an important concern that aims to enhance this relationship by improving student awareness about the process and the contents of learning. The purpose of this research is to address the potential of i* within pedagogy transparency. We discuss the role of i* models as providing transparency for a game-based learning (GBL) strategy.