From classroom Arduinos to missions on Mars: Making STEM education accessible and effective through remotely operated robotics

West, Jonathan; Vadiee, Nader; McMahon, Alexander; Lake, Katrina; Ray, Brandon; Billie, Tomczak

doi:10.1109/isecon.2017.7910255

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“…Some articles can be categorized in new and emerging scientific disciplines, such as neurorobotics, artificial intelligence, or remote-controlled robots. West et al [ 24 ] present an integrated teaching program where students can learn programming and robotic design from the basics to advanced levels at little or no cost. After being introduced to programming and robotics using a pre-designed curriculum, students can remotely access and operate robots in a simulated manner.…”

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“…It is interesting to note that given the strong entry of commercial robotics kits, new software and hardware platforms for educational robots are appearing which are more open, more modular, and more economically accessible [ 73 , 110 , 111 , 116 ]. These new initiatives are moving away from a closed robot and black box [ 24 , 28 ] format to an open and customizable one. The new proposals have arisen for different reasons.…”

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“…All of the papers presented in our literature review seek to engage and prepare our students to be future leaders and effective members of our global society [ 16 , 24 ]. In fact, STEM is currently widely used in primary and secondary education curricula primarily through the use of robotics to teach key science-based concepts [ 25 , 26 , 27 ].…”

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Systematic Review on Which Analytics and Learning Methodologies Are Applied in Primary and Secondary Education in the Learning of Robotics Sensors

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Robotics technology has become increasingly common both for businesses and for private citizens. Primary and secondary schools, as a mirror of societal evolution, have increasingly integrated science, technology, engineering and math concepts into their curricula. Our research questions are: “In teaching robotics to primary and secondary school students, which pedagogical-methodological interventions result in better understanding and knowledge in the use of sensors in educational robotics?”, and “In teaching robotics to primary and secondary school students, which analytical methods related to Learning Analytics processes are proposed to analyze and reflect on students’ behavior in their learning of concepts and skills of sensors in educational robotics?”. To answer these questions, we have carried out a systematic review of the literature in the Web of Science and Scopus databases regarding robotics sensors in primary and secondary education, and Learning Analytics processes. We applied PRISMA methodology and reviewed a total of 24 articles. The results show a consensus about the use of the Learning by Doing and Project-Based Learning methodologies, including their different variations, as the most common methodology for achieving optimal engagement, motivation and performance in students’ learning. Finally, future lines of research are identified from this study.

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Systematic Review on Which Analytics and Learning Methodologies Are Applied in Primary and Secondary Education in the Learning of Robotics Sensors

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“…A robotics unit is integrated into a fourth-grade science curriculum. 4 West et al 5 rely on Arduino-based robot kits and real and simulated exploration rovers. In many cases, these proposals are based on the development of robotics challenges for students, such as the well-known RoboCupJunior , 6 the IT-Adventures , 7 the Junior Soccer Simulation , 8 and the Zero Robotics 9 competitions.…”

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Drone challenge: A platform for promoting programming and robotics skills in K-12 education

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International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems

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The development of skills related to computer programming and robotics and the introduction of computational thinking principles in high schools are worldwide trends today. An effective way of initiating young students in this world consists in proposing them stimulating challenges. This work presents a robotic platform that has been successfully used to develop a competition (called Drone Challenge) in which students had to program the navigation system for a simulated unmanned aerial vehicle (or drone). Both the competition and the supporting platform are described in detail. In particular, the article provides a deep technical description of the main components of the platform, namely the drone simulator and the navigation development framework. The results of the survey conducted after the challenge point to the suitability of the working platform deployed.

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Pocket Labs as a STEM Learning Tool and for Engineering Motivation

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2023

Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems

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From classroom Arduinos to missions on Mars: Making STEM education accessible and effective through remotely operated robotics

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Systematic Review on Which Analytics and Learning Methodologies Are Applied in Primary and Secondary Education in the Learning of Robotics Sensors

Systematic Review on Which Analytics and Learning Methodologies Are Applied in Primary and Secondary Education in the Learning of Robotics Sensors

Drone challenge: A platform for promoting programming and robotics skills in K-12 education

Pocket Labs as a STEM Learning Tool and for Engineering Motivation

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