In recent years European universities have been adapting their curricula to the new
European Higher Education Area, whichimplies the use of active learning methodologies. In
most database courses, project-based learning is the active methodology that iswidely used,
but the authors of this paper face context constraints against its use. This paper presents a
quantitative and qualitativeanalysis of the results obtained from the use of collaborative
learning in both cross-curricula competences and subject-specific onesin the ''Introduction to …

In recent years European universities have been adapting their curricula to the new
European Higher Education Area, which implies the use of active learning methodologies. In
most database courses, project-based learning is the active methodology that is widely
used, but the authors of this paper face context constraints against its use. This paper
presents a quantitative and qualitative analysis of the results obtained from the use of
collaborative learning in both cross-curricula competences and subject-specific ones in the …