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Can Robots Teach? Preliminary Results on Educational Robotics in Special Education
Kerkrade, The Netherlands July 05-July 07
DOI Bookmark: http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/ICALT.2006.100Sixth IEEE International Conference o ...
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Eija K?rn?-Lin, University of Joensuu, Finland
Kaisa Pihlainen-Bednarik, University of Joensuu, Finland
Erkki Sutinen, University of Joensuu, Finland
Marjo Virnes, University of Joensuu, Finland
Educational robotics is used worldwide in education as a learning tool, but surprisingly rarely in special education. In our study educational robotics and the Kids? Club working model were brought into special education which usually lacks educational technology tools. Through qualitative action research, we have identified various advantages that educational robotics can bring into learning. The robotic tools made it possible for the students to practice and learn many necessary skills, like collaboration, cognitive skills, self-confidence, perception, and spatial understanding. The encouraging results support the second phase of the study that will analyze more concretely how technology should be developed to become more flexible and usable for all learners and what we can learn from students with individual needs through the use of technology.
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Eija K?rn?-Lin, Kaisa Pihlainen-Bednarik, Erkki Sutinen, Marjo Virnes, "Can Robots Teach? Preliminary Results on Educational Robotics in Special Education," icalt, pp.319-321, Sixth IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies (ICALT'06), 2006
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