Educational Robotics for All: Gender, Diversity, and Inclusion in STEAM

Pedro Plaza; Manuel Castro; Julia Merino; Teresa Restivo; Aruquia Peixoto; Carina Gonzalez; Antonio Menacho; Felix Garcia-Loro; Elio Sancristobal; Manuel Blazquez; Paloma Diaz; Inmaculada Plaza; Irene Fondon; Auxiliadora Sarmiento; Iciar Civantos; Cristina Fernandez; Susan Lord; Diane Rover; Rosana Chan; Melany Ciampi; Russ Meier; Edmundo Tovar; Magdalena Salazar; Susan Zvacek; Jose A. Ruiperez-Valiente; Blanca Quintana; Sergio Martin; Guillermo Botella; Africa Lopez-Rey; Myriam Guedey; Paulo Abreu; Diana Urbano; Rebecca Strachan

doi:10.1109/LWMOOCS50143.2020.9234372

Educational Robotics for All: Gender, Diversity, and Inclusion in STEAM

Pedro Plaza, Manuel Castro, Julia Merino, Teresa Restivo, Aruquia Peixoto, Carina Gonzalez, Antonio Menacho, Felix Garcia-Loro, Elio Sancristobal, Manuel Blazquez, Paloma Diaz, Inmaculada Plaza, Irene Fondon, Auxiliadora Sarmiento, Iciar Civantos, Cristina Fernandez, Susan Lord, Diane Rover, Rosana Chan, Melany CiampiRuss Meier, Edmundo Tovar, Magdalena Salazar, Susan Zvacek, Jose A. Ruiperez-Valiente, Blanca Quintana, Sergio Martin, Guillermo Botella, Africa Lopez-Rey, Myriam Guedey, Paulo Abreu, Diana Urbano, Rebecca Strachan

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Abstract

The pedagogy of science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics (STEAM) can be easily developed by using robotics and computational thinking tools. Also, inclusion and integration of diverse groups of students can be promoted using these tools. Today we can find many tools for teaching robotics. This kind of tools allow us to promote innovation and motivation of students. In this way, students will be able to work during the learning process in an innovative and motivating way. Since it is increasingly common to find robots in our daily lives, it is important to integrate robots into education as well. There are already cooking robots, autonomous cars, vacuum cleaner robots in houses and gardens, or prostheses. This paper describes a course focused on a combination of teaching methodologies, educational robotics tools, and a student learning management methodology, all within an inclusive framework to strengthen the presence of women and other under-represented groups in engineering.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of 2020 IEEE Learning With MOOCS, LWMOOCS 2020
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages	19-24
Number of pages	6
ISBN (Electronic)	9781728197289
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/LWMOOCS50143.2020.9234372
Publication status	Published - 29 Sept 2020
Event	2020 IEEE Learning With MOOCS, LWMOOCS 2020 - Antigua Guatemala, Guatemala Duration: 30 Sept 2020 → 2 Oct 2020

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Name	Proceedings of 2020 IEEE Learning With MOOCS, LWMOOCS 2020

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Conference	2020 IEEE Learning With MOOCS, LWMOOCS 2020
Country/Territory	Guatemala
City	Antigua Guatemala
Period	30/09/20 → 2/10/20

Keywords

diversity
educational robotics
inclusion
instrumentation
STEAM

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Plaza, P., Castro, M., Merino, J., Restivo, T., Peixoto, A., Gonzalez, C., Menacho, A., Garcia-Loro, F., Sancristobal, E., Blazquez, M., Diaz, P., Plaza, I., Fondon, I., Sarmiento, A., Civantos, I., Fernandez, C., Lord, S., Rover, D., Chan, R., ... Strachan, R. (2020). Educational Robotics for All: Gender, Diversity, and Inclusion in STEAM. In Proceedings of 2020 IEEE Learning With MOOCS, LWMOOCS 2020 (pp. 19-24). Article 9234372 (Proceedings of 2020 IEEE Learning With MOOCS, LWMOOCS 2020). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/LWMOOCS50143.2020.9234372

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