Title :
A learning approach based on robotics in Computer Science and Computer Engineering
Author :
Oliver, Joan ; Toledo, Ricardo ; Valderrama, Elena
Author_Institution :
Univ. Autonoma Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
Abstract :
It is well known that the number of students that arrives to engineering studies decreases every year, due to the difficulty that these studies present, when compared to other studies, in a society that tends to be more social oriented than in the past. In order to increase the interest of the students this paper presents a Project Based Learning (PBL) that involves hardware and software using the robotics as the main object in computer studies. This educational project is being held in the Computer Science and Computer Engineering studies of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona.
Keywords :
computer aided instruction; computer science education; engineering education; robots; PBL; computer engineering; computer science; educational project; project based learning; robotics learning approach; Application software; Computer science; Education; Educational robots; Hardware; Power engineering and energy; Power engineering computing; Programming profession; Robot programming; Robot sensing systems; Project Based Learning (PBL); robotics in computer science/engineering;
Conference_Titel :
Education Engineering (EDUCON), 2010 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Madrid
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-6568-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-6570-5
DOI :
10.1109/EDUCON.2010.5492370