| Jäggle G and Vincze M (2021), "A conceptual framework for educational robotics activities C4STEM", In Handbook of Research on Using Educational Robotics to Facilitate Student Learning. IGI Global. |
| Abstract: This chapter investigates the development of a conceptual and methodological C4STEM framework to assess the learning outcome of educational robotics activities (ERAs) and demonstrates first case study on Virtual Educational Robotics Workshop. Several ERAs are challenges or competitions and are classified in navigational contests, duels, crusades, line follower, micro mouse, or climbing contest. These ERAs use different didactical strategies and methodological tools to teach students programming and CT. The C4STEM offers for a better comparison a template with a didactical approach to identify and share the best of ERAs with the community. |
BibTeX:
@incollection{Jaeggle2021a,
author = {Georg Jäggle and Markus Vincze},
title = {A conceptual framework for educational robotics activities C4STEM},
booktitle = {Handbook of Research on Using Educational Robotics to Facilitate Student Learning},
publisher = {IGI Global},
year = {2021},
doi = {10.4018/978-1-7998-6717-3.ch011}
}
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| Jaggle G, Balogh R, Koza C, Lepuschitz W and Vincze M (2021), "Evaluation of educational robotics activities with online simulations", In Proceedings of the Austrian Robotics Workshop. Gesellschaft für Mess-, Automatisierungs- und Robotertechnik (nachfolgend GMAR), Wien. |
| Abstract: The interest in robotics has increased in the last few years. Unfortunately, at the same time, the number of graduates in the STEM (Sciene, technology, engineering and mathematics) fields has decreased. The labour market and also research require more engineers, e.g. for developing solutions with robots in the future. Apart from their application in industry and many other domains, robots are a valuable tool to encourage and increase students’ interest in STEM. Therefore, educational robotics workshops are carried out in universities or schools to increase student’s interest in STEM. However, the COVID-19 pandemic stopped the option of physical interactions in such workshops with students. As a consequence, educational
robotics activities are offered online using simulations. This paper compares different virtual educational robotics workshops using a standardized evaluation package and evaluates one educational robotics simulation with a usability survey. 227 participants responded in the study. |
BibTeX:
@incollection{Jaeggle2021b,
author = {Georg Jaggle and Richard Balogh and Clemens Koza and Wilfried Lepuschitz and Markus Vincze},
editor = {Wilfried Kubinger and Mathias Brandstötter and Christian Schöffmannand Markus Vincze},
title = {Evaluation of educational robotics activities with online simulations},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the Austrian Robotics Workshop},
publisher = {Gesellschaft für Mess-, Automatisierungs- und Robotertechnik (nachfolgend GMAR), Wien},
year = {2021},
url = {https://www.roboticsworkshop.at/files/ARW21_Proceedings_v2--1-.pdf}
}
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| Jäggle G, Lepuschitz W, Tomitsch T, Wachter P and Vincze M (2021), "Towards a conceptual and methodological framework for the evaluation of educational robotics activities", In Robotics in Education. Springer International Publishing. |
| Abstract: In schools and universities, there is currently a lack of interest in the STEM subjects (mathematics, informatics, natural sciences and technology) and well-trained teachers for these subjects in Austria and Slovakia. Particularly women are underrepresented in the STEM fields, which further leads to bottlenecks in the job market, although there is an increasing demand for STEM staff in both countries. Educational Robotics has proven to be a valuable tool for practical learning, not only for robotics itself but for STEM topics in general. The project RoboCoop encourages and engages 1800 pupils from secondary schools in Austria and Slovakia to serve as a positive example of more extensive use of educational robotics at the national level in the two countries. The robotic workshops introduce the world of robots and foster creativity and collaboration skills. A comprehensive quantitative and qualitative evaluation of all workshop activities should allow the identification of best practice activities for teachers in order to ensure systematic and long-term implementation of the robotic activities. The corresponding evaluation tool is introduced in this paper and results with 352 secondary school pupils are presented. |
BibTeX:
@incollection{Jaeggle2021c,
author = {Georg Jäggle and Wilfried Lepuschitz and Tanja Tomitsch and Peter Wachter and Markus Vincze},
title = {Towards a conceptual and methodological framework for the evaluation of educational robotics activities},
booktitle = {Robotics in Education},
publisher = {Springer International Publishing},
year = {2021},
doi = {10.1007/978-3-030-67411-3_20}
}
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| Jäggle G, Lepuschitz W, Tomitsch T, Wachter P and Vincze M (2022), "Evaluating the effects of educational robotics activities concerning the interest in STEM and collaboration skills", In Proceedings of the RiE 2022 conference. Springer International Publishing. |
| Abstract: Due to the general lack of technically qualified personnel, a goal of Austria and Slovakia is to increase the interest in STEM by students. Educational robotics activities are an effective tool to foster the interest in STEM. A further goal is to foster collaboration skills, which are part of the 21st-century skills. One strategy to implement educational robotics activities sustainably in the educational system is to offer activities in schools and universities. In this context we carried out a study to examine the effects of educational robotics activities on the students’ interest in STEM and their collaboration skills. The participants were 788 students from secondary schools in the age range from 10 to 21 years. The evaluation was carried out with questionnaires before and after the activities. This paper provides the evaluation. The results of the evaluation prove the effect of the educational robotics activities in fostering collaboration and interest in STEM based on hands-on activities. |
BibTeX:
@inproceedings{Jaeggle2022,
author = {Georg Jäggle and Wilfried Lepuschitz and Tanja Tomitsch and Peter Wachter and Markus Vincze},
title = {Evaluating the effects of educational robotics activities concerning the interest in STEM and collaboration skills},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the RiE 2022 conference},
publisher = {Springer International Publishing},
year = {2022},
url = {https://www.springer.com/series/15179}
}
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