Massive Project Based Learning through a Competition: Impact of and Insights from the e-Yantra Robotics Competition (eYRC -- 2013)

Krithivasan, Saraswathi; Shandilya, S.; Lala, K.; Arya, Kavi

doi:10.1109/t4e.2014.13

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“…The objective is to teach robotics concepts to the college students using a Project Based Learning (PBL). The competition is totally online [34,45,69,71,78].…”

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Systematic Mapping Literature Review of Mobile Robotics Competitions

Brancalião

Gonçalves

Conde-González

et al. 2022

Sensors

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This paper presents a systematic mapping literature review about the mobile robotics competitions that took place over the last few decades in order to obtain an overview of the main objectives, target public, challenges, technologies used and final application area to show how these competitions have been contributing to education. In the review we found 673 papers from 5 different databases and at the end of the process, 75 papers were classified to extract all the relevant information using the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) method. More than 50 mobile robotics competitions were found and it was possible to analyze most of the competitions in detail in order to answer the research questions, finding the main goals, target public, challenges, technologies and application area, mainly in education.

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“…The objective is to teach robotics concepts to the college students using a Project Based Learning (PBL). The competition is totally online [34,45,69,71,78].…”

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confidence: 99%

Systematic Mapping Literature Review of Mobile Robotics Competitions

Brancalião

Gonçalves

Conde-González

et al. 2022

Sensors

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“…The positive impact of learning project through engineering design contest is derived from the competition of students for achievement. 13 Therefore, the project-based activities through contest can increase the interest of students, helping students prepare for the competition that they will encounter in future careers. As Tan et al 14 emphasizes, robot design contests are "an effective tool for engineering education" (p.12.1), ".…”

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“…The competition helped students to understand the concepts in engineering design process and applying the concepts to solve a practical problem. 13 The experiential learning project through contest had the greatest impact on the development of social value for engineering students, with mean value of item "Q2.5" (power of teamwork to make decisions) which was very high (mean ¼ 4.49). Similar to the conclusion of Willard and Duffrin, 11 "It challenged everyone's creativity and helped people learn teamwork and group effort" (p.72), "it was a good method for developing interpersonal communication, critical thinking, and teambuilding skills" (p.72).…”

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The real value of experiential learning project through contest in engineering design course: A descriptive study of students' perspective

Hanh

2018

International Journal of Mechanical Engineering Education

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In the engineering design course, the experiential learning project is an effective approach to teach students about hands-on experiments as an engineer. However, the factor for motivation that was lacking in these projects was competition amongst student teams. We had incorporated project-based activities and engineering design competitions that would motivate the interest of engineering students. A theoretical model of creating the value in experiential learning project through contest was developed and applied at the Hung Yen University of Technology and Education. So, what was the real value of experiential learning project through a contest in engineering design course? This study used the questionnaire method with 107 students at the Hung Yen University of Technology and Education who participated in the ABU Robocon 2018 project. The new finding of this study provided some surprises: (1) the prize money of contest was not the major factor for the motivations in students' learning; (2) the attractiveness of a contest theme, more than one way of solving the problem and using high technology were the major factors that motivate students to learn; (3) the experiential learning project through contest had the greatest impact of development on the theoretical knowledge of engineering design, and the skills, experiences and abilities to use technologies, and the power of teamwork to make decisions.

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“…This required making changes to our eYRC engagement model and the PBL methodology [2] used in previous eYRC editions: 1) Selected teams had at least one student member from a mechanical and one from an electronics discipline. 2) Multiple teams from the same college were allowed to participate if they qualified.…”

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“…e-Yantra uses Project Based Learning (PBL) methodology in eYRC where students learn while competing and compete while learning [1]. We have discussed the eYRC model in detail [2] and emphasized the need for such hands-on learning in promulgating engineering education to a large number of students across the country at the undergraduate level [3].…”

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Learning While Competing - 3D Modeling & Design

Karia

Bessariya

Lala

et al. 2018

2018 IEEE Tenth International Conference on Technology for Education (T4E)

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The e-Yantra project at IIT Bombay conducts an online competition, e-Yantra Robotics Competition (eYRC) which uses a Project Based Learning (PBL) methodology to train students to implement a robotics project in a step-by-step manner over a five month period. Participation is absolutely free. The competition provides all resources -robot, accessories, and a problem statement -to a participating team. If selected for the finals, e-Yantra pays for them to come to the finals at IIT Bombay. This makes the competition accessible to resource-poor student teams. In this paper we describe the methodology used in the 6th edition of eYRC, eYRC-2017 where we experimented with a Theme (projects abstracted into rulebooks) involving an advanced topic -3D Designing and interfacing with sensors and actuators. We demonstrate that the learning outcomes are consistent with our previous studies [1]. We infer that even 3D designing to create a working model can be effectively learnt in a competition mode through PBL.

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Massive Project Based Learning through a Competition: Impact of and Insights from the e-Yantra Robotics Competition (eYRC -- 2013)

Cited by 19 publications

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Systematic Mapping Literature Review of Mobile Robotics Competitions

Systematic Mapping Literature Review of Mobile Robotics Competitions

The real value of experiential learning project through contest in engineering design course: A descriptive study of students' perspective

Learning While Competing - 3D Modeling & Design

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