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This paper describes the workshop concept Robotikum which was designed as an adaptive learning scenario at the Philipps-University Marburg (Germany). The workshop uses humanoid robots (model: NAO) to develop the computational thinking of students (middle and high school level) with no prior programing knowledge. In this specifically developed workshop concept, robots are used as teaching tools, including appropriate applications and teaching scenarios. The genesis of the Robotikum will be described as well as the structural design and experience from several implementation instances. Furthermore, future developments will be outlined such as an adaption for teachers’ education as well as an expansion of the concept. The Robotikum is part of a research project called RoboPraX which is financed by the German federal ministry of education and research (BMBF). Students’ responses to the new teaching tool Robotikum are evaluated through observation and qualitative questionnaires as well as competency tests and interviews of educational stakeholders. The overall objective of the project is to develop guidelines for educational institutions to enable them to use the developments in digitization and robotics to further their educational goals.
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Examples: ‘The robot is in no mood today.’, ‘He’s not feeling well.’, ‘He’s tired’, etc.
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Examples: ‘Come to mommy, baby.’ ‘My son.’, etc.
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Girls’ Future Day - Nationwide vocational orientation day for girls from 5th grade onwards.
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Zeaiter, S., Heinsch, P. (2021). Robotikum. In: Lepuschitz, W., Merdan, M., Koppensteiner, G., Balogh, R., Obdržálek, D. (eds) Robotics in Education. RiE 2020. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 1316. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-67411-3_1
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