1. Learning Programming Using Educational Robotics
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Joao Tiago Aparicio, Sergio Pereira, Carlos Costa, Manuela Aparicio, NOVA Information Management School (NOVA IMS), Information Management Research Center (MagIC) - NOVA Information Management School, and Rocha, A., Pedrosa, I., Cota, M. P. and Goncalves, R.
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Educational Robotics ,Higher education ,Computer Networks and Communications ,Computer science ,Computer programming ,Context (language use) ,02 engineering and technology ,Educational robotics ,Human–computer interaction ,Arduino ,ComputingMilieux_COMPUTERSANDEDUCATION ,0202 electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering ,Information system ,business.industry ,Ciências Naturais::Ciências da Computação e da Informação [Domínio/Área Científica] ,020207 software engineering ,Robotics ,Programming Component ,Adoption Model ,020201 artificial intelligence & image processing ,SDG 9 - Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure ,Artificial intelligence ,business ,SDG 4 - Quality Education ,Information Systems ,Primary research - Abstract
Aparicio, J. T., Pereira, S., Aparicio, M., & Costa, C. J. (2019). Learning programming using educational robotics. In R. Goncalves, I. Pedrosa, M. P. Cota, & A. Rocha (Eds.), 2019 14th Iberian Conference on Information Systems and Technologies (CISTI) [8760709] (Iberian Conference on Information Systems and Technologies, CISTI; Vol. 2019-June). IEEE Computer Society. https://doi.org/10.23919/CISTI.2019.8760709 Research reported in this paper fits into the generic problem of programming learning. In this context, the primary research objective of this study is to analyze if robotics facilitates programming learning. To tackle the problem, we developed a robotic kit and a small course. The robotic kit used Arduino platform and was presented in the context of this course. The course consisted of programming concepts. This course was taught to higher education students, with no previous programming knowledge. In the end, we analyzed the impact of the course. Results demonstrate that students showed interest in using robotics to learn computer programming. Results also showed the main adoption determinants of the robotic kit. Enjoyment is the most relevant to the robotic kit intention to use. However, perceived ease is the dimension that has more impact on robotic kit usage. authorsversion published
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