STREAMING MEDIA IN DIFFERENT CONTEXTS: ENGINEERING AND EDUCATION GRADUATION He nr iq u e Santos U niv e r s it y of Minh o . D e partm e nt of I nfo rm a tion Sys t e m s Ca m p us d e Az u re m , 48 00-0 58 Guim a r iies, Portu ga l h san to s@ , d s i .u minh op Isabe l Me n des U ni v e r s ity of Minho , S c hool of E c onom i cs and Mana ge m e n t C ampus de Gualtar , 4 7 10-057 Braga , Portu g al mimp @ ee g . uminhopt Celi n a Pinto Leao U ni ve r s it y of M inh o, D e p a rtm e nt of Pr o d uc ti o n a nd Sys t e m s C ampus d e G ualtar , 4 7 10-05 7 Bra g a , Portu ga l c pl @ dp s .uminhopt Fi l o m e n a O. Soares U niver s it y of Minh o, Departm e nt of I ndu s trial El ec tr o ni cs C ampu s d e Az u re m , 48 00-05 8 Guimar c7es, Portu ga l fsoares@ d e i . uminh opt E u ge n io Si l va U niv er sit y of Minh o, I nstitut e of Education a nd Psy c h o log y C ampus d e Gualtar , 4710-057 Bra g a , Port u gal e silva @ iep.uminhopt Inthis papcr wc describc a functionalmodel that will be used to develop learning units supported by strcaming mcdia contcnts. The maingoal is to test this new methodology by carrying out several pedagogical expericnces with students and tcachers from diffcrcnt scientitics areas, from Engineering to Education. Morc prccisely, the targct courses arc Applied Mathematics, Computation Systems, Digital Control and Methods and Techniques of Educational Administration. Streaming media is viewed as a tool to support innovativc pedagogical activities, capable of addressing thc new challenges introduced by the current demands of pedagogical environments. The teacher mustbe capable to formulatc new teaching stratcgies to guarantee the expected learning levels and thc entailmcnt of thc communication and the interactivity that should exist inside of theclassroom. Besides, it demands to thc student adaptation to a ncw contcnts lormat, more oriented to a context of virtuallearningcharacterized bya larger flexibility. This modelrcquires a carefully unit learning design. All the three main actors, studcnts, teachers and contcnts, must articulate togcther, in order to find out how this teaching/learning pedagogical system can be augmented bystreaming media contents with dynamic characteristics. The information society and its burst of technology underneath hold a challenge to the development of a School towards thefuture.