Introduction
The EDUROBOTICS 2018 International conference builds on the pedagogical theories of constructivism and constructionism (Piaget, Papert) and this year focuses on “Educational Robotics in the Makers Era”. With this as a central theme, the conference aims at positioning educational robotics in the Makers Era, identifying connections with digital fabrication and exploring how educational robotics can support skill-building in the area of Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Maths (STEAM) and the development of creative thinking, collaborative, and problem solving skills – skills that are essential in the workplace of the 21st century. The conference is organised in the framework of the European Robotics Week.
Committee
Co-chair persons
Michele Moro, Information Engineering Dept, Univ. of Padova, IT
Luca Iocchi DIAG, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy – (local chair)
Dimitris Alimisis, Edumotiva, GR
Programme Committee Members
| Dimitris | Alimisis | EDUMOTIVA (European Lab for Educ. Technology) |
| Richard | Balogh | Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava |
| Ansgar | Bredenfeld | Dr. Bredenfeld UG |
| Dave | Catlin | Valiant Technology |
| Baran | Çürüklü | Mälardalen University |
| Stavros | Demetriadis | Aristotle University of Thessaloniki |
| Amy | Eguchi | Bloomfield College |
| Nikleia | Eteokleous | Frederick University Cyprus |
| Alexander | Hofmann | University of Applied Sciences FH Technikum Vienna |
| Luca | Iocchi | Sapienza University of Rome, Italy |
| Ilkka | Jormanainen | University of Eastern Finland |
| Ken | Kahn | University of Oxford |
| Chronis | Kynigos | University of Athens |
| Lara | Lammer | Vienna University of Technology |
| Wilfried | Lepuschitz | Practical Robotics Institute Austria |
| Monica | Malvezzi | University of Siena |
| Emanuele | Menegatti | University of Padua |
| Emanuele | Micheli | School of Robotics, Genoa |
| Tassos | Mikropoulos | University of Ioannina |
| Stefano | Monfalcon | Town Museum of Rovereto |
| Calkin | Montero | University of Eastern Finland |
| Michele | Moro | University of Padua |
| David | Obdrzalek | Charles University in Prague |
| Pavel | Petrovic | Comenius University in Bratislava |
| Alfredo | Pina | Public University of Navarra |
| A. Fernando | Ribeiro | University of Minho |
| Sandra | Schoen | Salzburg Research |
| Jeffrey Too Chuan | Tan | The University of Tokyo |
| Igor | Verner | Technion – Israel Institute of Technology |
Call for paper
Important date
- educational robotics in the framework of the digital fabrication and maker movement
- edurobotics and tinkerability
- shifting focus in edurobotics from “black box” to “white box” paradigm: learners as “makers” rather than just consumers
- 3d modeling, printing and edurobotics
- teacher training in edurobotics in the frame of the maker movement
- constructionist learning methodologies in edurobotics and digital fabrication
- VR simulators and virtual robots
- visual programming tools in edurobotics
- open educational resources in edurobotics and digital fabrication
- educational robot competitions
Guidlines
The official language of the conference is English. The papers should be between 8-15 pages including title of the paper, abstract, keywords, author’s name(s), speaker’s name, affiliation, e-mail, preference for oral or poster presentation.
We welcome also the submission of short papers (up to 4 pages) reporting good practices or work in progress in the form of “short paper plus poster”. The short papers will be included in the proceedings; the posters will be presented at the conference during the poster session.
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Important Date
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Oct 11
2018
Conference Date
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Jul 14 2018
Draft paper submission deadline
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Sep 10 2018
Draft Paper Acceptance Notification
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Oct 11 2018
Registration deadline
Organized By
DIAG, Sapienza University of Rome (local organiser)
EDUMOTIVA (European Lab for Educational Technology), Greece
Contact Information
- Michele Moro
- mi******@unipd.it
- Luca Iocchi
- io******@diag.uniroma1.it
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