Fertile Project

The CUB research team took part at the the International Conference on Computing Education Research – Koli Calling 2023 held in Koli, Finland (https://www.kolicalling.fi/previous-conferences/2023-2/). In addition to their presentation, the researchers presented the FERTILE flyer and outlined the main objectves of the FERTILE project.  It was a great opportunity for fruitful discussions with experts of the field.  Προηγούμενο …

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The CUP research team presented the paper “Robotics and Arts in Primary School”  at the  16th Annual International Conference  of Education ICERI2023 . The conference was held from November 13  to 15  in Seville, Spain.   The paper highlights the findings from Czech educators using  the “FERTILE” design methodology.  Conference proceedings  Paper

The CUB research team participated at the 21st International Conference on “Emerging ELearning Technologies and Applications (ICETA) held in High Tatras, Slovakia (https://www.iceta.sk/archive/2023/ ). They presented their paper, “How to Develop CT Skills Using Robotics Projects Combined with Arts-a Pilot Study”. You can access the paper published here.  

The “FERTILE” consortium met at the UniWA, Athens, Greece premises on the 19th and 20th of October 2023 for the 4th Transnational Project Meeting. The meeting agenda included: – A workshop to test the affordances of the newly developed “FERTILE” community platform before its initial release. Discuss and provide feedback to the UVa research team …

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The UniWA research team participated at the  13th Panhellenic/ International Conference “ICT in Education”  hosting the Workshop “Enhancing Educators’ Interdisciplinary Project Design in Educational Robotics and Arts”.  The interactive workshop aimed to empower educators to design interdisciplinary projects, combining the power of Educational Robotics and Arts, all while fostering CT. Over the course of two hours, participants from all education levels explored the …

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On behalf of the consortium, the UniWA research team presented the paper “Educational Robotics along with Arts join forces to cultivate Computational Thinking”  at the  13th Panhellenic/International Conference “ICT in Education” http://etpe23.cs.ihu.gr/en/. The conference was held from September 28 to October  1, 2023, in Kavala, Greece and was organised by the Hellenic International University, in …

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The CUB research team participated in the “Informatics Day 2023 Workshop” and presented the FERTILE project to the Slovak educational community (https://informatickyden.sk/2023/workshopy.html). During the event, they outlined the project’s goals, the type of activities, and the impact on the cultivation of Computational Thinking skills through the combination of Educational Robotics and Arts.

In this report, the “FERTILE” consortium  introduces the initial version of the “Fertile” Design Methodology, a comprehensive methodology aiming to support educators in designing blendedlearning projects that cultivate learners’ Computational Thinking skills by seamlessly integrating Educational Robotics and Arts.

The UVa research team presented the “FERTILE” project’s goals and current results during a scientific meeting. Specifically, on July 16th 2023,  in the context of an H2OLearn Spanish Research project’s meeting. H2OLearn is a project on Learning Analytics and Artificial Intelligence. Participants were project partners and international invited speakers. The presentation is available at this link. …

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The URJC research team collaborated with educators of the El Nogal nursery school staff in Alpedrete to implement the pilot Artful ER project “Languages of Children”,  they had co-designed previously. This project interweaves Educational Robotics with pixel art by designing emojis that are shown on the Microbit board. The participating preschool students were enthusiastic and …

Collaboration with the Spanish associated partner “El Nogal nursery school” – June 2023 Read More »