Focusing a robotics education program on scientific and humane challenges: A museum case study

Author

Verner, Igor M. ; Cuperman, Dan ; Klein, Yona ; Polishuk, Alex ; Wertheim, Irit ; Mir, Ronen

Author_Institution

Dept. of Educ. in Technol. & Sci., Technion - Israel Inst. of Technol., Haifa, Israel

fYear

2011

fDate

4-6 April 2011

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

7

Abstract

This paper overviews the spectrum of robotics programs at the Israel National Museum of Science, Technology and Space (MadaTech), including exhibitions for visitors and educational activities at the Gelfand Center for Model Building, Robotics & Communication. We present the 2010 robotics program and describe in detail the innovative nationwide robotics competition “OlympiYeda” developed through collaboration between MadaTech and Technion. We discuss indications of self-regulated learning, learning in a rich robotic environment, and learning through interaction with robots detected by the follow-up of learning, inspired by the competition.

Keywords

computer aided instruction; control engineering education; robots; MadaTech; OlympiYeda; Technion; innovative nationwide robotics competition; museum case study; robotics education program; self-regulated learning; Conferences; Educational institutions; Engineering education; Prototypes; Robot sensing systems; educational robotics; excellence in education; multi-cultural education; robotics competition; science museum;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Global Engineering Education Conference (EDUCON), 2011 IEEE

Conference_Location

Amman

Print_ISBN

978-1-61284-642-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EDUCON.2011.5773302

Filename

5773302