Author :
Balch, Tucker ; Summet, J. ; Blank, D. ; Kumar, Dinesh ; Guzdial, M. ; O´Hara, Kieron ; Walker, David ; Sweat, M. ; Gupta, Chaitali ; Tansley, S. ; Jackson, Julie ; Gupta, Mansi ; Muhammad, M.N. ; Prashad, S. ; Eilbert, N. ; Gavin, A.
Abstract :
An exciting new initiative at Georgia Tech and Bryn Mawr College is using personal robots both to motivate students and to serve as the primary programming platform for the Computer Science 1 curriculum. Here, the authors introduce the initiative and outline plans for the future.
Keywords :
computer aided instruction; computer science education; robots; Bryn Mawr College; Computer Science 1 curriculum; Georgia Tech; educational robots; personal robots; Computer science; Computer science education; Educational robots; Hardware; Parallel robots; Programming profession; Robot control; Robot programming; Robot sensing systems; Robot vision systems; personal robot education;
