Robotic Education in 21st Century: Teacher Acceptance of Lego Mindstorms as Powerful Educational Tools

Mobile devices have introduced a new generation of educational tools that afford creative use and instant access to a wealth of resources. These devices hold great potential for transforming learning. On one hand teachers and students are very positive about these devices, on the other hand, there are several obstacles faced. This paper examines the benefits and challenges of mobile devices on learning and teaching. The study shows that teachers and students are optimistic about the use and influence of these devices on students’ motivation, communication, collaboration and ability to research. Adequate training and support can help overcome the challenges faced.

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Education and Leadership in Social Networks

Advances in Educational Marketing, Administration, and Leadership - Applied Chaos and Complexity Theory in Education ◽

10.4018/978-1-5225-0460-3.ch008 ◽

2016 ◽

pp. 122-134

Author(s):

Kenan İli ◽

Mehmet Menteşe

Keyword(s):

Social Networks ◽

Social Media ◽

Mass Media ◽

21St Century ◽

Information Technologies ◽

Daily Life ◽

Educational Organizations ◽

Educational Tools ◽

Educational Processes

Social networks which play an important role in individuals', many of whom are youngsters, daily life got the opportunity to be used as educational tools and seem to have many features to improve educational organizations and the educational processes. Organizations exist in the very complex and chaotic environments rather than the stable and steady environments. This affects the role of administrator and especially the leader within the organization. The task of the 21st century educators is to be compromising social media leadership with media, mass media instruments and information technologies and the values of the school, and preparing the youngsters for the future by building common living environments. Within the scope of research, some explanations from literature about the concept of social networks and the use of social networks in education were given first. For conclusion, comments, conclusions and suggestions about the usability of social networks in education were presented.

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Legodroid: A Type-Driven Library for Android and LEGO Mindstorms Interoperability

Sensors ◽

10.3390/s20071926 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 20 (7) ◽

pp. 1926

Author(s):

Alvise Spanò ◽

Agostino Cortesi

Keyword(s):

Complex Systems ◽

Sensors And Actuators ◽

Educational Tools ◽

Lego Mindstorms ◽

High Level ◽

Machine Interaction ◽

Java Library

LEGO Mindstorms robots are widely used as educational tools to acquire skills in programming complex systems involving the interaction of sensors and actuators, and they offer a flexible and modular workbench to design and evaluate user–machine interaction prototypes in the robotic area. However, there is still a lack of support to interoperability features and the need of high-level tools to program the interaction of a robot with other devices. In this paper, we introduce Legodroid, a new Java library enabling cross-programming LEGO Mindstorms robots through Android smartphones that exploits their combined computational and sensorial capabilities in a seamless way. The library provides a number of type-driven coding patterns for interacting with sensors and motors. In this way, the robustness of the software managing robot’s sensors dramatically improves.

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APPROACHES TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF KEY COMPETENCIES OF THE 21ST CENTURY IN THE NATIONAL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY HIGHER SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS

SOCIETY INTEGRATION EDUCATION Proceedings of the International Scientific Conference ◽

10.17770/sie2018vol1.3238 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 1 ◽

pp. 656-666

Author(s):

Natalia Znak ◽

Natalia Sedova

Keyword(s):

21St Century ◽

Research University ◽

Research Question ◽

Positive Aspect ◽

Educational Tools ◽

Key Competencies ◽

The Subject ◽

Key Competences ◽

New Research ◽

Russian Education

The question of transformation of the Russian education, so that it better meets the requirements of the new reality, is more acute than ever. The aim of the study is a system of educational tools that implement individual trajectories in the National Research University Higher School of Economics (HSE) undergraduate program to form the key competences of the 21st century. The subject of the study are the methods of developing key competencies in the implementation of the “Minors” program and the “Bachelor+” program. The study was based on surveys and interviews with representatives of the administration, organizers of minors, organizers of additional programs and students of 2,3 and 4 courses (634 students). The data were processed by structuring, generalizing and then analyzing. The results of the research revealed an unambiguous positive aspect of the introduction of programs for the development of key competencies, especially communications. A new research question has been formulated. Directions for further research are suggested.

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TAHAP PENERIMAAN GURU SEJARAH TERHADAP PENGGUNAAN APLIKASI MOBILE DALAM PEMBELAJARAN SUBJEK SEJARAH

International Journal of Creative Future and Heritage (TENIAT) ◽

10.47252/teniat.v6i1.183 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 6 (1) ◽

pp. 169-177

Author(s):

MOHD SYAMSULFITRI MOHAMAD IDRIS ◽

KHAIRUL AZHAR MAT DAUD

Keyword(s):

Secondary Schools ◽

Mobile Phone ◽

21St Century ◽

Learning Process ◽

Teaching And Learning ◽

Advanced Technologies ◽

Teacher Acceptance

Proses pengajaran dan pembelajaran dilihat menjadi semakin mencabar khususnya terhadap guruguru di sekolah. Penggunaan kaedah yang semakin maju dan moden perlu dipelajari oleh guru-guruagar pelajar tidak ketinggalan terutama dari segi pengajaran menggunakan kaedah yang lebih moden.Kajian ini adalah untuk melihat tahap penerimaan guru sejarah terhadap penggunaan aplikasi mobiledalam penyampaian subjek sejarah. Kajian ini memfokuskan kepada guru-guru matapelajaran sejarahdi 15 buah sekolah menengah negeri Kelantan yang mana mewakili kawasan luar bandar dan bandar.Kaedah kuantitatif digunakan untuk melihat tahap keperluan guru terhadap penggunaan aplikasi mobiledalam penyampaian subjek sejarah. Hasil kajian telah direkodkan dan mendapati tahap penerimaanguru terhadap penyampaian subjek sejarah menggunakan medium pembelajaran menggunakan aplikasimobile adalah tinggi. In the 21st century, the learning process needs to be integrated with the latest information technology.The process of teaching and learning is very challenging. The integrating of advanced technologies inteaching process is very crucial and must be learned by teachers so that students are not left behindin their learning. This study is to examine the level of acceptance and the level of needs to use mobilephone as a medium to teach historical subjects towards historical teachers. Data were collected by usingquantitative method. Questionnaires have been distributed among historical teachers whose are teachinghistorical subject at 15 secondary schools in Kelantan. The schools involved are located in the rural andurban areas. Data have been analysis and the finding of the study have been recorded and found thatthe level of teacher acceptance and level of needs to use mobile phone as a medium to teach historicalsubject is high.

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