Events

A pilot study was conducted at Charles University in January and February 2024. There were 15 participants, teachers and student-teachers in Computer Science, Art Education, and Primary Education. The pilot study was organised in two face-to-face meetings, and training materials were provided for asynchronous sessions. Participants were introduced to the “FERTILE” methodology and participated in …

Pilot Study at Charles University, Czech Republic – Jan 2024 Read More »

The Greek research team conducted a pilot study at the University of West Attica in the context of a postgraduate course in Robotics. Students got acquainted with the “FERTILE” design methodology and were assigned to co-design Artful ER projects in the “FERTILE” Community platform. According to the “FERTILE” project agenda, participants used the “FERTILE” training …

Pilot Study at UniWA, Greece – Dec 2023 Read More »

The “FERTILE” UNIWA team, in collaboration with the Αssistant Professor of Theatre Studies of the ΝKUΑ, Clio Fanouraki, organized a creative workshop for the postgraduate program “Theatre in Education” students at the Department of Theatre Studies of the NKUA. Through hands-on and interactive activities, the participants discover Educational Robotics and better understand Computational Thinking. Then, we …

Workshop on CT skills at the Department of Theatre Studies of NKUA, Athens – December 2023 Read More »

The “FERTILE” consortium proudly presents the initial “FERTILE” community platform available at https://fertile.gsic.uva.es  The “FERTILE” platform is a community platform supporting educators in designing and learners in implementing Artful ER projects. It provides educators with several functionalities:  an authoring environment supporting educators to design Artful ER projects based on the FERTILE methodology, tools supporting educators to co-design, …

The initial “FERTILE” Community platform is released! – November 2023 Read More »

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 …

4th Transnational Project Meeting at UniWA, Greece – October 2023 Read More »

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 …

Workshop at the Panhellenic/International Conference HCICTE2023 – September 2023 Read More »

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 …

Research Paper – Presentation at the Panhellenic/International Conference HCICTE2023 – September 2023 Read More »

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. …

Presentation at a scientific meeting of H2O project – July 2023 Read More »

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 »