Although Robotics have been designed for education for several decades now, only recently they started being broadly used in education, formal and non formal. In this context many different technologies have emerged accompanied by relevant learning material and resources. Our observation is that the vast number of learning activities is driven by multiple "personal pedagogies" and thus it results in the fragmentation of the domain. To address this problem we discuss in the paper the construct of "activity plan template", a generic design tool that will facilitate different stakeholders (teachers, instructors, researchers) to design learning activities for different robotic toolkits. In the paper we discuss the characteristics of the activity plan template and the research process of generating such a template. Since we report work in progress, we present here the first version of the activity plan template, the construction of which is based on a set of best practices identified.
This chapter puts forth some guidelines for transformational government strategy measurement using balanced scorecard. The complexity of transformational government strategy is rooted in the multistakeholder environment it is derived from. The citizens, the businesses, and the administration have different interests and finding the right balance of these interests would be a challenge for any initiative. Everyone is a stakeholder in the transformational government, since everyone participates in the decision making process through democratic elections, everyone contributes to the financing of the government by paying taxes, and finally everyone uses government services. In this multistakeholder environment the balanced scorecard methodology can provide tools for effective measurement and management of the transformation of public services. Planning and presenting the strategy in strategy maps and creating a system of performance measures in a number of perspectives can ensure a foundation for effective management system of the transformational government on the strategic level.
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