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 …
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 …
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The URJC research team collaborated with teachers of the IES Professor Manuel Broseta School in Alicante to enact an Artful Robotic project. They designed a project in which the students created their own smartwatches. The students discussed about the functionalities and created the watch straps by using a 3D printer. Then, they first considered programming by …
The UniWA research team collaborated with the “Theomitor Primary School” teachers in Athens to design an Artful ER project blending Arts (theatre) and Robotics based on the FERTILE Design Methodology. After designing the pilot Artful ER project “Mission to Mars” based on the FERTILE Design methodology, the teachers enacted the design with students who acted …
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The UVa research team shared a post about the “FERTILE” project (including a dissemination video) on the LinkedIn social network (through the profile of the UVA PI) Although the consortium has arranged accounts representing the “FERTILE” project on 4 social media platforms, https://www.linkedin.com has not been considered yet. Therefore, this post was an initial exploration …
The UniWA research team collaborated with the “Leonteios Primary School” teachers in Athens to design an Artful ER project blending Arts (animation) and Robotics based on the FERTILE Design Methodology. The pilot project, “The Art of Anticipation”, triggered students to engage in storytelling activities centred around a robot character. Also, they enhanced the robot’s movements …
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