Creativity and contextualization activities in educational robotics to improve engineering and computational thinking

Albert Valls; Jordi Albó-Canals; Xavier Canaleta

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-62875-2_9

Creativity and contextualization activities in educational robotics to improve engineering and computational thinking

Albert Valls, Jordi Albó-Canals, Xavier Canaleta

La Salle International School of Commerce and Digital Economy

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Abstract

One of the objectives of the introduction of educational robotics in the schools is the need to adapt the curriculum of the technology to the today’s requirements of the students and the development of the skills, competencies and disciplines involved of STEAM. In this paper cover related aspects of the computational thinking, the engineering thinking required to develop the context-oriented activities through technological platforms based on educational robotics. The contextualization of the activities worked with Scratch and LEGO Mindstorms are the basis of two study groups. Different methodologies of learning of the technological platforms are used in these groups. The methodology developed during several sessions of the academic course is the main argument to introduce the Educational Robotics and the development of the STEAM in a traditional school of Barcelona.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Robotics in Education - Latest Results and Developments
Editors	Richard Balogh, Wilfried Lepuschitz, Munir Merdan, Gottfried Koppensteiner, David Obdrzalek
Publisher	Springer Verlag
Pages	100-112
Number of pages	13
ISBN (Print)	9783319628745
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-62875-2_9
Publication status	Published - 2018
Event	8th International Conference on Robotics in Education, RiE 2017 - Sofia, Bulgaria Duration: 26 Apr 2017 → 28 Apr 2017

Publication series

Name	Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing
Volume	630
ISSN (Print)	2194-5357

Conference

Conference	8th International Conference on Robotics in Education, RiE 2017
Country/Territory	Bulgaria
City	Sofia
Period	26/04/17 → 28/04/17

Keywords

Computational thinking
Creativity
Educational robotics
Engineering thinking
Learning process
STEAM

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Valls, A., Albó-Canals, J., & Canaleta, X. (2018). Creativity and contextualization activities in educational robotics to improve engineering and computational thinking. In R. Balogh, W. Lepuschitz, M. Merdan, G. Koppensteiner, & D. Obdrzalek (Eds.), Robotics in Education - Latest Results and Developments (pp. 100-112). (Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing; Vol. 630). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-62875-2_9

Valls, Albert ; Albó-Canals, Jordi ; Canaleta, Xavier. / Creativity and contextualization activities in educational robotics to improve engineering and computational thinking. Robotics in Education - Latest Results and Developments. editor / Richard Balogh ; Wilfried Lepuschitz ; Munir Merdan ; Gottfried Koppensteiner ; David Obdrzalek. Springer Verlag, 2018. pp. 100-112 (Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing).

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Valls, A, Albó-Canals, J & Canaleta, X 2018, Creativity and contextualization activities in educational robotics to improve engineering and computational thinking. in R Balogh, W Lepuschitz, M Merdan, G Koppensteiner & D Obdrzalek (eds), Robotics in Education - Latest Results and Developments. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol. 630, Springer Verlag, pp. 100-112, 8th International Conference on Robotics in Education, RiE 2017, Sofia, Bulgaria, 26/04/17. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-62875-2_9

Creativity and contextualization activities in educational robotics to improve engineering and computational thinking. / Valls, Albert; Albó-Canals, Jordi; Canaleta, Xavier.
Robotics in Education - Latest Results and Developments. ed. / Richard Balogh; Wilfried Lepuschitz; Munir Merdan; Gottfried Koppensteiner; David Obdrzalek. Springer Verlag, 2018. p. 100-112 (Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing; Vol. 630).

Research output: Book chapter › Conference contribution › peer-review

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