Towards Effective Interactive Teaching and Learning Strategies in Robotics Education

Effective Robotics Education: Surveying Experiences of Master Program Students in Introduction to Robotics Course

“…We applied the same research methodology that we had utilized previously [1,2] and provided students with questions related to English language comprehension, self-efficiency, active learning strategies, significance of studying robotics, and stimulation of learning environment. This time two questionnaires were developed for the two surveys and each one consisted of two parts.…”

“…-Some Russian universities have started to drive growth in robotics field and collaborate with national and foreign colleagues [1,9]; -The government started supporting the interest to technical innovations and entrepreneurship among school, college and university students; -Emerging robotics laboratories provide students with opportunity to carry out their research projects. Research, being integrated into the educational process, provides learning process with opportunity to engage students in carrying out self-guided study and practice their theoretical knowledge.…”

“…In 2017 before opening a new master program track in Intelligent Robotics at Higher Institute of Information Technology and Information Systems (ITIS) at Kazan Federal University (KFU) we started our research on robotics engineering education by conducting surveys among bachelor and master students. The surveys targeted bachelor students of Applied Informatics program, who had selected robotics courses as elective courses, and master students of Software Engineering program, who had a compulsory course in robotics research [1]. We collected and analysed data from bachelor and master students of different robotics courses through a set of surveys [2], and the analysis of student responses helped determining methodological directions for implementing new teaching methods throughout all courses of Intelligent Robotics program.…”

“…We explored existing robotics and mechatronics educational programs in Russia, and unfortunately the majority of them are currently behind similar programs of developed countries [1,3,4]. Realizing all consequences of such marginalization Russian government has been focusing recently on the innovation-driven growth of the country.…”

Work in Progress: Integrating Hands-on Exploration into an Undergraduate Robotics and Automation Class

“…In the Mechanical Engineering Department at the University of Iowa, the robotics classes are designed to teach students the basics of robotics and robotic kinematics. Robotics is a very large interdisciplinary field with multiple job opportunities ranging from programming to manufacturing [5]. Given the overwhelming breadth of potential material, the class of interest in this study primarily focuses on teaching students the basics of robotics with respect to an industrial setting.…”