#Edulearn16 #CoCreaTIC

Presented by Margarida.ROMERO@fse.ulaval.ca@MargaridaROMERO

Romero1, Dupont2

1Université Laval, 2Zone01. LEGO

Educational robotics:

from procedural learning to co-creative project oriented challenges with LEGO WeDo

Educational Robotics (ER),

Critical thinking / Creativity / Collaboration / Problem Solving / Computational Thinking

Educational Robotics (ER) is the educational use of robotic technologies

for supporting teaching and learning process.

Educational Robotics (ER),

Critical thinking / Creativity / Collaboration / Problem Solving / Computational Thinking

● ER can be integrated in the classroom as knowledge modeling tools

(Jonassen, 2003) because they support the design of a model that could be

tested in a physical environment.

● The pedagogical potential of educational robotics for knowledge modeling is

based on the combination of constructivism (Piaget, 1974) and

constructionism approaches (Alimisis, 2013; Kafai & Resnick, 1996;

Papert, 1986) engaged in the modelling, programming and evaluation tasks in

project-oriented robotics.

Learning processes in ER activities,

Critical thinking / Creativity / Collaboration / Problem Solving / Computational Thinking

● In ER activities, the learner is engaged on the constructionism task of modeling

and assembling construction bricks and robotic modular components

(including sensors, motors, and batteries) and autonomous and programmable

thinking bricks.

● This constructionism-oriented task is enhanced by the programming tools

which could execute a program to control the physical robotic bricks acting as

robotic actuators.

● Educational robotics permits to explore, design, model, program, construct and

test unitary knowledge concepts (motion, force, traction…) but also more

complex and realistic systems which requires to combine different concepts

and methodologies from different disciplines (e.g. cooperative double-robot

construction and programming for achieving a joint objective).

ER, a privileged tool for the development of the 21st c. skills

Critical thinking / Creativity / Collaboration / Problem Solving / Computational Thinking

● ER can support individual and collaborative

learning activities (Reverd, 2016) and be aligned

with different curriculum objectives (Dupont,

Sauvé and Touchette, 2010) and skills.

● ER is a privileged tool for the development of the

21st century skills

#5c21: Five key skills for the 21st century

● Five key skills for the 21st

century life long learner:

○ Critical thinking

○ Collaboration

○ Creativity

○ Problem solving

○ Computational thinking

Romero (2016). Design : Dumont

Educational Robotics (ER), a privileged tool for the

development of the 21st century skills (#5c21)

Critical thinking / Creativity / Collaboration / Problem Solving / Computational Thinking

Critical thinking and ER : ● Understand and be critical

towards existing technologies.● Reflect on the ethical challenges

of human-robot interactions.

Educational Robotics (ER), a privileged tool for the

development of the 21st century skills (#5c21)

Critical thinking / Creativity / Collaboration / Problem Solving / Computational Thinking

Collaboration and ER :● Develop collaboration during robotics

team challenges that require coordination of different members.

● Highlight and engage the diversity of skills and talents of the team members.

● Develop the learner's' engagement through cooperation and competition dynamics.

Educational Robotics (ER), a privileged tool for the

development of the 21st century skills (#5c21)

Critical thinking / Creativity / Collaboration / Problem Solving / Computational Thinking

Problem solving and ER:● Develop a positive attitude to problems as a

source for learning and resilience development.● Develop an iterative approach and build

prototypes (design thinking) to solve a complex problem-solving situation.

● Develop the ability to analyze and break down the needs of a robotics challenge.

● Develop the ability to determine a solution to build, implement it and evaluate it.

Educational Robotics (ER), a privileged tool for the

development of the 21st century skills (#5c21)

Critical thinking / Creativity / Collaboration / Problem Solving / Computational Thinking

Creativity and ER :● Develop creativity in the design of the robot, its

construction or its programming.● Develop innovative and relevant new solutions to

achieve a robotics challenge.● Go beyond the passive consumption or

interactive use of technologies and develop a creative approach to technology (e.g. creative programming).

● Computational thinking is defined as

○ a new literacy that uses the process of abstraction,

automation and problem solving (Qin, 2009; Wing, 2006).

○ a way to develop new thinking strategies to analyze,

identify and organize relatively complex and ill-defined

tasks (Rourke & Sweller, 2009)

○ a set of "concepts and process which are explicitly

related to computer science" (Tchounikine, 2016, p.2). ○ a “set of cognitive and metacognitive strategies linked to

the knowledge and process modelling” such as the

identification, decomposition and structural organisation

of items into logical sequences, the capacity of

abstraction, pattern identification and the understanding

and creation of algorithms (Romero, 2016, p. 4)

Educational Robotics (ER), a privileged tool for the

development of the 21st century skills (#5c21)

Critical thinking / Creativity / Collaboration / Problem Solving / Computational Thinking

Computational thinking and ER :● Learning to program through visual

programming interfaces (e.g. Scratch) supporting the understanding of computational processes and methods.

● Develop the capacity for abstraction, decomposition and structuring of data and processes necessary for programming the robot.

5 levels of learner engagement in ER activities

5 levels of learner engagement in ER activities

Creative programming with Scratch and #Vibot the robot

https://scratch.mit.edu/

Studio #Scratch de #Vibot: https://scratch.mit.edu/studios/1999251/

eCreative activities guide

Guide d’usages pédagogiques des

technologies pour le développement

des compétences du 21e siècle

(in French, English translation

available soon):

http://lel.crires.ulaval.

ca/oeuvre/guide-dactivites-

technocreatives-pour-les-enfants-du-

21e-siecle

#Edulearn16 #CoCreaTIC

Presented by Margarida.ROMERO@fse.ulaval.ca@MargaridaROMERO

Romero1, Dupont2

1Université Laval, 2Zone01. LEGP

Educational robotics: from procedural learning to co-creative project oriented challenges with LEGO WeDo

LA ROBOTIQUE PÉDAGOGIQUE DANS LES ÉCOLES DE QUÉBEC (Québec Numérique)http://www.quebecnumerique.com/robotique-dans-les-ecoles-de-quebec/

An overview of ER in Québec (Canada)

From passive ICT usage to participatory knowledge co-creation

Passive-participatory model (Romero, Laferrière, & Power, 2016).

Educational Robotics (ER), a privileged tool for the development of the

21st century skills

Critical thinking / Creativity / Collaboration / Problem Solving / Computational Thinking

Educational Robotics (ER) is the educational

use of robotic technologies for the

supporting teaching and learning process.