The effectiveness of integrating educational robotic activities into higher education Computer Science curricula: a case study in a developing country

In this paper, we present a case study to investigate the effects of educational robotics on a formal undergraduate Computer Science education in a developing country. The key contributions of this paper include a longitudinal study design, spanning the whole duration of one taught course, and its focus on continually assessing the effectiveness and the impact of robotic-based exercises. The study assessed the students' motivation, engagement and level of understanding in learning general computer programming. The survey results indicate that there are benefits which can be gained from such activities and educational robotics is a promising tool in developing engaging study curricula. We hope that our experience from this study together with the free materials and data available for download will be beneficial to other practitioners working with educational robotics in different parts of the world

The influence of the distance between the teacher and a student for school grades

Researches related to proxemics at the turn of the years 2013-2019 during the course of which information and communication technology (ICT) was used (studies „Digital School Proksemics”, „Digital space teacher in the context of proxemics”, „Programming in the context of proxemics”) and teaching robotics elements during the implementation of programming, also in the context of proxemics, give the right to undertake a comparison of selected issues occurring during the research and included in the studies.The inclusion of selected research results in one comparison, despite other research titles, does not affect the very idea of comparison. It can be noticed that both ICT as well as programming science and elements of robotics in education are issues in the field of computer science, which has become one of the priorities of teaching in Polish education

Computer Engineering Course for K-12 Teachers Assisted by First-Year ECE Undergrads

A sophomore-level course will be designed that introduces computer engineering fundamentals to pre-service science and math teachers in a highly interactive, hands-on environment, using active, cooperative learning methods. In cooperation with existing efforts, it will also be adapted to appeal to in-service teachers seeking a Masters degree in science or math education. It will illustrate how to use microprocessor based, mini-data acquisition systems, and robotics to create projects demonstrating physics and math concepts satisfying the Maine Learning Results and other national education standards. These materials will be distributed over the web. A unique aspect of this effort will be the recruitment and engagement of honors-level first-year Electrical and Computer Engineering and pre-service College of Education students to help develop curricular content that will interest middle and high school students. In-service teachers will be included in the development of pedagogy that efficiently conveys the engineering material to future science and math teachers. This project will introduce the engineering application of science and math, as well as providing a bridge between such informal science innovations as First Robotics, First Lego League, Bot Ball, etc. and the classroom environment. The major benefit, however, to the engineering establishment will be the application of and emphasis on engineering concepts to the science/math K-12 infrastructure. Through this course, pre-service and in-service teachers will be equipped with the tools to illustrate engineering principles and how they relate to concepts normally taught in conventional science and math courses

Social and Affective Robotics Tutorial

Social and Affective Robotics is a growing multidisciplinary field encompassing computer science, engineering, psychology, education, and many other disciplines. It explores how social and affective factors influence interactions between humans and robots, and how affect and social signals can be sensed and integrated into the design, implementation, and evaluation of robots. With talks by renowned researchers in this area, Social and Affective Robotics Tutorial will help both new and experienced researchers to identify trends, concepts, methodologies and applications in this field, identified as a technological megatrend driving the fourth industrial revolution

Exploring the Development of Pre-Service Teachers\u27 Knowledge and Attitudes Toward Integrating Computational Thinking and Robotics into the Classroom

This paper presents an introductory computational thinking (CT) module that can be implemented into teacher education curricula. The researchers examined how the integration of CT and robotics instruction into an undergraduate instructional technology course influenced pre-service teachers\u27 understanding of CT and robotics and their attitudes towards adopting these tools in their future classrooms. The online module was developed as a result of a collaboration between computer science and education faculty from two universities. A total of 93 students participated in the study. The course was delivered during the spring, summer, and fall semesters of 2020 via distance learning at a large public university located in Florida. Data for this study were collected using a pre-and post-test survey that was created with Qualtrics software. This paper describes how the CT and robotics concepts were taught and examines the influence of the instruction on participants\u27 knowledge and attitudes of CT and robotics and their integration into the classroom

Robotics Competition Preparation and STEM Learning

Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM): four of the most important concepts in education, yet some of the most difficult to teach in an engaging manner. Robotics is an appealing method used to teach STEM concepts in a way that can be applied to a myriad of fields of study, ranging from psychology to computer sciences. Over the course of the last semester, a research team has worked to create a robot to compete at the International Technology and Engineering Educators Association (ITEEA) national robotics competition. Although the Fort Hays State University’s team received 3rd overall, this does not compare to the knowledge and experience gained in the STEM field through robotics

UNLEASH YOUR POTENTIAL

English and Mathematics are fields of science that attract a lot of student interest, every child in Indonesia gets an English and Mathematics education. Mathematics is the basis of various exact fields such as computer science, robotics, and other exact sciences. English is a universal language that is currently used in various countries in the world. Indorama Engineering Polytechnic held a webinar with the theme Unleash Your Potential, it is hoped that after this webinar event participants can improve their abilities and also unlock their potential in the fields of Mathematics and English