AfrikaBot: Design of a Robotics Challenge to Promote STEM in Africa

Nel, Hannelie; Ettershank, Michael; Venter, Johan

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-50340-0_44

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“…Based on this finding, there is a need for more research on the use of low-cost robots in R-STEM instruction in the least developed areas or regions of the world. For example, Nel et. al.…”

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Trends and research foci of robotics-based STEM education: a systematic review from diverse angles based on the technology-based learning model

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Fostering students’ competence in applying interdisciplinary knowledge to solve problems has been recognized as an important and challenging issue globally. This is why STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) education has been emphasized at all levels in schools. Meanwhile, the use of robotics has played an important role in STEM learning design. The purpose of this study was to fill a gap in the current review of research on Robotics-based STEM (R-STEM) education by systematically reviewing existing research in this area. This systematic review examined the role of robotics and research trends in STEM education. A total of 39 articles published between 2012 and 2021 were analyzed. The review indicated that R-STEM education studies were mostly conducted in the United States and mainly in K-12 schools. Learner and teacher perceptions were the most popular research focus in these studies which applied robots. LEGO was the most used tool to accomplish the learning objectives. In terms of application, Technology (programming) was the predominant robotics-based STEM discipline in the R-STEM studies. Moreover, project-based learning (PBL) was the most frequently employed learning strategy in robotics-related STEM research. In addition, STEM learning and transferable skills were the most popular educational goals when applying robotics. Based on the findings, several implications and recommendations to researchers and practitioners are proposed.

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“…Based on this finding, there is a need for more research on the use of low-cost robots in R-STEM instruction in the least developed areas or regions of the world. For example, Nel et. al.…”

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confidence: 99%

Trends and research foci of robotics-based STEM education: a systematic review from diverse angles based on the technology-based learning model

et al. 2023

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“…AfrikaBot is South Africa’s first competition on robotics and it was initiated mainly for African students to learn robotics technologies [ 31 ]. AfrikaBot enables teenagers to gain technological and entrepreneurial skills especially those from low-income households and they achieve this by providing teenagers with a built-it-yourself robot post the robotics competition [ 31 ]. Researchers from AfrikaBot worked tirelessly for eight years to create a robotics community by creating awareness through their website, YouTube channel and by providing affordable robotics kits for the competition.…”

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Co-Learning Computational and Design Thinking Using Educational Robotics: A Case of Primary School Learners in Namibia

Shipepe

Uwu-Khaeb

Villiers³

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Sensors

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In a two-day educational robotics workshop in a Namibian primary boarding school, learners with no programming skills managed to apply both computational and design thinking skills with the aid of educational robotics. Educational robotics has proved to be an area which enhances learning both computational thinking and design thinking. An educational robotics (ER) workshop focusing on Arduino robotics technologies was conducted with primary school learners at Nakayale Private Academy. Observation methods through watching, listening and video recordings were used to observe and analyze how the learners were interacting throughout the workshop. Based on the results, it was concluded that this approach could be applied in classrooms to enable the primary school learners apply computational and design thinking in preparation of becoming the producers and not only the consumers of the 4IR technologies.

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“…Another trend seen in outcomes is the emergence of programs for underrepresented groups in STEM fields. This includes students with other barriers to technology [23,25], minorities [24,26], students with disabilities [27], and other sociodemographic factors [28]. Four of the six aforementioned programs were in the USA, while only 36% of the total studies looked at in this review came from the USA, suggesting that these factors might be more prevalent, acknowledged, or at least researched, in the United States.…”

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“…Five programs found for this review are in progress and did not provide achieved outcomes, and many other programs continue to run after publishing [21,22,25,33,45]. The skills reported capture the proposed skills mentioned by each paper's authors.…”

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K-12 Digital Skills Programs as Preparation for Engineering Study: A Systematic Literature Review

Dornian¹,

Moshirpour²,

Behjat³

2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access Proceedings

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AfrikaBot: Design of a Robotics Challenge to Promote STEM in Africa

Cited by 4 publications

References 5 publications

Trends and research foci of robotics-based STEM education: a systematic review from diverse angles based on the technology-based learning model

Trends and research foci of robotics-based STEM education: a systematic review from diverse angles based on the technology-based learning model

Co-Learning Computational and Design Thinking Using Educational Robotics: A Case of Primary School Learners in Namibia

K-12 Digital Skills Programs as Preparation for Engineering Study: A Systematic Literature Review

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