ER4STEM Educational Robotics for Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics

Lammer, Lara; Lepuschitz, Wilfried; Kynigos, Chronis; Giuliano, Angele; Girvan, Carina

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-42975-5_9

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“…The stated barriers can be easily reduced with the help of this perspective. Moreover, educational robotics can also lead to more improvement in students' performance (Lammer et al, 2017). It can be achieved by supporting research in the field, encouraging Saudi teachers' initiatives by eliminating barriers related to the lack of knowledge and awareness, existed educational policies, inadequate infrastructure and lack of incentives and training.…”

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The Utilization of Educational Robotics in Saudi Schools: Potentials and Barriers from the Perspective of Saudi Teachers

Alsoliman

2018

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Objective: The study aims to determine the barriers and potentials of educational robotics in Saudi schools based on the perceptions of Saudi school teachers. Methods: Both qualitative and quantitative research approaches were opted to assess the aim of the study. An open-ended survey has been conducted among the teachers, who use robotics in their teaching practices. Chi-square test was applied to evaluate the significance of participant’s opinion and the association between their characteristics and responses to the survey items. Thematic analysis was further used to evaluate the results qualitatively. Results: Lack of knowledge was observed regarding robotics’ application in education. Utilizing robots in education has a positive impact on students’ education in Saudi schools. Lack of skills, knowledge, teaching strategies, incentives, adequate infrastructure and policies related to the use of robotics were evaluated as some barriers. Conclusion: Saudi government engaged with the ministry of education must put more efforts to promote the use of robotics in Saudi educational system.

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The Utilization of Educational Robotics in Saudi Schools: Potentials and Barriers from the Perspective of Saudi Teachers

Alsoliman

2018

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“…Fortunately, efforts in this direction have already begun. The incorporation of robotics in education to introduce STEM-related subjects is noticeably increasing [15], [16]. Likewise, using robots as teaching instruments is becoming more and more frequent [17].…”

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LearnBlock: A Robot-Agnostic Educational Programming Tool

Bachiller

Barbecho²,

Calderita

et al. 2020

IEEE Access

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Education is evolving to prepare students for the current sociotechnical changes. An increasing effort to introduce programming and other STEM-related subjects into the core curriculum of primary and secondary education is taking place around the world. The use of robots stands out among STEM initiatives, since robots are proving to be an engaging tool for learning programming and other STEM-related contents. Block-based programming is the option chosen for most educational robotic platforms. However, many robotics kits include their own software tools, as well as their own set of programming blocks. LearnBlock, a new educational programming tool, is proposed here. Its major novelty is its loosely coupled software architecture which makes it, to the best of our knowledge, the first robot-agnostic educational tool. Robotagnosticism is provided not only in block code, but also in generated code, unifying the translation from blocks to the final programming language. The set of blocks can be easily extended implementing additional Python functions, without modifying the core code of the tool. Moreover, LearnBlock provides an integrated educational programming environment that facilitates a progressive transition from a visual to a generalpurpose programming language. To evaluate LearnBlock and demonstrate that it is platform-agnostic, several tests were conducted. Each of them consists of a program implementing a robot behaviour. The block code of each test can run on several educational robots without changes. INDEX TERMS Educational tool, learning programming, robot-agnostic, software architecture.

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“…Lamer et al suggest the use of robotics as an enabling ICT platform for promoting STEM education [11]. The multidisciplinary nature of the robotics field offers the opportunity for young children to enhance their creativity and problem-solving abilities.…”

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An Approach to Advance STEM Education Practices Based on IoT Technologies and the CoPs Paradigm

Goumopoulos

Iossifides

Fragou

et al. 2019

Communications in Computer and Information Science

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Internet of Things and other state-of-the-art technologies like mobile and ubiquitous computing present ample opportunities for developing novel solutions almost in every domain of modern life. The research work presented here aims to leverage on the potential of such technologies in the direction of enhancing learning practices in secondary level education and promoting positive attitudes towards the corresponding scientific and engineering disciplines. The originality of the proposed approach lies on the provision of an educational platform, framed by contemporary pedagogical principles, and with an aim to stimulate collaboration between the relevant stakeholders in the form of operational communities of practice. Such communities are brought together on the basis of participating in on line activities, problem solving, exchanging reflections and experiences in the context of educational scenarios that incorporate modern technologies. The platform development is discussed in terms of the underlined conceptual models, the defined stakeholders' requirements, the online services developed, the software tools integrated and the data management supported. An example educational scenario, the corresponding IoT application developed and preliminary evaluation results of this approach are also reported.

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ER4STEM Educational Robotics for Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics

Cited by 16 publications

References 6 publications

The Utilization of Educational Robotics in Saudi Schools: Potentials and Barriers from the Perspective of Saudi Teachers

The Utilization of Educational Robotics in Saudi Schools: Potentials and Barriers from the Perspective of Saudi Teachers

LearnBlock: A Robot-Agnostic Educational Programming Tool

An Approach to Advance STEM Education Practices Based on IoT Technologies and the CoPs Paradigm

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