Changing a generation's way of thinking: Teaching computational thinking through programming

F Buitrago Flórez, R Casallas… - Review of …, 2017 - journals.sagepub.com
Computational thinking (CT) uses concepts that are essential to computing and information
science to solve problems, design and evaluate complex systems, and understand human …

Computational thinking and educational robotics integrated into project-based learning

A Valls Pou, X Canaleta, D Fonseca - Sensors, 2022 - mdpi.com
In the context of the science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics disciplines in
education, subjects tend to use contextualized activities or projects. Educational robotics …

Educational robotics as mindtools.

TA Mikropoulos, I Bellou - Themes in Science and Technology Education, 2013 - ERIC
Although there are many studies on the constructionist use of educational robotics, they
have certain limitations. Some of them refer to robotics education, rather than educational …

MATLAB meets LEGO Mindstorms—A freshman introduction course into practical engineering

A Behrens, L Atorf, R Schwann… - IEEE Transactions …, 2009 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In today's teaching and learning approaches for first-semester students, practical courses
more and more often complement traditional theoretical lectures. This practical element …

Teaching programming in secondary education through embodied computing platforms: Robotics and wearables

A Merkouris, K Chorianopoulos, A Kameas - ACM Transactions on …, 2017 - dl.acm.org
Pedagogy has emphasized that physical representations and tangible interactive objects
benefit learning especially for young students. There are many tangible hardware platforms …

CoFrame: A system for training novice cobot programmers

A Schoen, N White, C Henrichs… - 2022 17th ACM/IEEE …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The introduction of collaborative robots (cobots) into the workplace has presented both
opportunities and chal-lenges for those seeking to utilize their functionality. Prior research …

An exploration of combining virtual and physical robots in robotics education

B Zhong, J Zheng, Z Zhan - Interactive Learning Environments, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
This study examined the effects of virtual and physical robots (VPR) using in different
learning stages (simple session/complex session) in a robotics programming course. A …

Teaching robotics in secondary school

S Filippov, N Ten, I Shirokolobov, A Fradkov - IFAC-PapersOnLine, 2017 - Elsevier
Robotics and control theory education at schools has been shown to provide some
interesting results and forms a community of people who are keen on robotics since their …

[PDF][PDF] The use of LEGO Mindstorms in elementary and secondary education: game as a way of triggering learning

S Atmatzidou, I Markelis, S Demetriadis - International Conference of …, 2008 - Citeseer
In this work we present a didactic approach that investigates the effectiveness of using the
Lego Mindstorms robots as tools for introducing students to basic concepts of programming …

ROS-based online robot programming for remote education and training

GA Casan, E Cervera, AA Moughlbay… - … on Robotics and …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
RPN (Robotic Programming Network) is an initiative to bring existing remote robot
laboratories to a new dimension, by adding the flexibility and power of writing ROS code in …