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Call for paper: International Workshop “Teaching robotics, teaching with robotics
Reading time: 2.5 minutesCall for paper - International Workshop “Teaching robotics, teaching with robotics”. November 15, 2010 - co-located with SIMPAR 2010 ((Simulation, Modelling and Programming for Autonomous Robots) conference in Darmstadt, Germany.
The "Teaching robotics, teaching with robotics" workshop is aimed at promoting exchange and sharing of experiences among researchers in the field
of educational robotics. Over the last decade, at an international level, several efforts have been made to
integrate robotics in tertiary and school education, mainly in science and technology subjects.
At tertiary level robotics is present as a regular subject within two contexts: in mechanical engineering
and in information engineering where a greater emphasis is given to autonomous robotics. In this latter
context, more interesting for general educational purposes, robotics acts as a stimulating field where to
apply a broad spectrum of knowledge and competences, both theoretical and practical. Therefore
laboratorial activities can be easily settled as part of a normal course in robotics. Robotics is therefore a
good completion for the curriculum and training of an information engineering undergraduate student.
At school education level, robotics is being introduced from kindergarten to high secondary school,
either as an interdisciplinary learning activity or focused on school subjects, such as Science, Maths,
Informatics and Technology. Following the constructivist/constructionist paradigm, we see robotic
technologies not as mere tools, but rather as potential vehicles of new ways of thinking about teaching
and learning.
Educational robotics is aimed at configuring learning environments that can actively involve students in
authentic problem solving, enhance learners’ research attitudes, allow learners to carry out their own
experiments and investigations and help them to develop their abstracting skills and to acquire
teamwork skills, independence, imagination and creativity. Such an integration of robotics in school
classes is not just a matter of students’ and teachers’ access to robotic technologies. Technology alone
cannot affect students’ minds and cannot act directly on learning. Appropriate educational philosophy,
curriculum, learning environment, teaching methodologies and well-trained teachers are important
factors for the successful integration of robotics innovation in school classes. One of the key aspects
not deeply explored, so far, is how to evaluate robotics-enhanced class activities. In particular,
regarding the indirect acquiring of new knowledge in informal steps or of new problem-solving
capabilities or new social skills traditional tools like Q&A, tests and formal problem solving appear
insufficient for a complete and objective evaluation.
Following this framework, the topics of the workshop include:
– Hardware and software of new educational Robotic kits;
– Evaluation and assessment of robotic-enhanced class activities .
– Laboratory Experiments for teaching robotics
– Methodologies for teaching robotics
– Robotics curriculum
– Robotics competitions
– Edutainment
– Museum robots
– Software for educational robotics
– Roboethics
– Connections between Real robotics and Science fiction robotics
– Web-based Robotics, Simulation, remote educational robot
– Humanoid robot and Human Robot Interface in education
– Exemplary Robotics projects in classes: from Kindergarten to secondary school
– Constructivism/Constructionism and robotics
– Project-based learning and robotics
– Teacher training in educational robotics
– Robotics-enhanced curricula
– European and International trends in educational robotics
Paper submission and format.
All manuscripts should be prepared according to guidelines available here. The page limit for the final
submission of papers is 10 pages. The papers must be uploaded via the EasyChair conference page:
http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=trtwr2010
Publication
Papers accepted for presentation in the workshop will be published online with ISBN number in the
proceedings of SIMPAR 2010 Workshops. At least one (1) author must register in the workshop to
present a paper.
Important dates
Deadline for submission of papers: September 20, 2010
Notification of acceptance: October 20, 2010
Submission of final camera ready papers: November 2, 2010
Venue
The workshop will be held on November 15, 2010 and will be co-located with SIMPAR 2010 conference
in Darmstadt, Germany
Chairmen
Alimisis Dimitris, Dept. of Education, School of Pedagogical and Technological Education, Patras, Greece
Menegatti Emanuele, Dept. of Information Engineering, Univ. of Padova, Italy
Moro Michele, Dept. of Information Engineering, Univ. of Padova, Italy
Program Committee
Alimisis Dimitris, School of Pedagogical and Technological Education, Greece
Aravecchia Liliane, Institut Universitaire de Formation des Maîtres d'Aix-Marseille, France
Arlegui Javier, Public University of Navarra, Spain
Chronaki Anna, University of Thessaly, Greece
Borivoi Brdicka, Charles Univ. Prague, Czech Republic
Demetriadis Stavros, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
Demo Barbara, University of Torino, Italy
Fiorini Paolo, University of Verona, Italy
Hofmann Alexander, University of Applied Science Technikum, Vienna, Austria
Jardón Huete Alberto, University of Madrid, Spain
Ionita Silviu, University of Pitesti, Romania
Kraetzschmar Gerhard K., Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University, Germany
Kynigos Chronis, University of Athens, Greece
Menegatti Emanuele, University of Padova, Italy
Micheli Emanuele, School of Robotics, Italy
Montel Luc, Institut Universitaire de Formation des Maîtres d'Aix-Marseille, France
Moro Michele, University of Padova, Italy
Muscato Giovanni, University of Catania, Italy
Operto Fiorella, School of Robotics, Italy
Pekárová Janka, Comenius University, Slovakia
Petrovic Pavel, Comenius University, Slovakia
Pina Alfredo, Public University of Navarra, Spain
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