Children's social interactions within a socioenactive scenario

R Caceffo, DA Gonçalves, R Bonacin, JC dos Reis… - Computers & …, 2022 - Elsevier
New ubiquitous technologies and interaction paradigms can play a key role in facilitating
social interaction processes among children. A class of systems named “enactive” aims to …

The robot made us hear each other: Fostering inclusive conversations among mixed-visual ability children

I Neto, F Correia, F Rocha, P Piedade, A Paiva… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - dl.acm.org
Inclusion is key in group work and collaborative learning. We developed a mediator robot to
support and promote inclusion in group conversations, particularly in groups composed of …

Community based robot design for classrooms with mixed visual abilities children

I Neto, H Nicolau, A Paiva - Proceedings of the 2021 CHI Conference on …, 2021 - dl.acm.org
Visually impaired children (VI) face challenges in collaborative learning in classrooms.
Robots have the potential to support inclusive classroom experiences by leveraging their …

Embodied‐based environment for kindergarten children: Revisiting constructionist ideas

JA Valente, R Caceffo, R Bonacin… - British Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Constructionism has different meanings for what the learner is constructing, a concrete
object or an idea, and whether this construction is done through the use of digital …

Iterative design and evaluation of a tangible robot-assisted handwriting activity for special education

A Guneysu Ozgur, A Özgür, T Asselborn… - Frontiers in Robotics …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
In this article we investigate the role of interactive haptic-enabled tangible robots in
supporting the learning of cursive letter writing for children with attention and visuomotor …

Using tabletop robots to promote inclusive classroom experiences

I Neto, W Johal, M Couto, H Nicolau, A Paiva… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - dl.acm.org
Geometry and handwriting rely heavily on the visual representation of basic shapes. It can
become challenging for students with visual impairments to perceive these shapes and …

Deficits in handwriting of individuals with autism: a review on identification and intervention approaches

P Verma, U Lahiri - Review Journal of Autism and Developmental …, 2022 - Springer
The complex handwriting skill, necessary for effective expression that has spatial, temporal,
and kinaesthetic aspects (three-aspects henceforth), needs planning alongwith fine motor …

Swarm Robots in Education: A Review of Challenges and Opportunities

W Johal, Y Peng, H Mi - Proceedings of the 8th International Conference …, 2020 - dl.acm.org
This study reviews published scientific literature on the use of swarm robots for education
purposes in the last ten years. It focuses on user studies involving robotics swarm in order to …

Robot analytics: What do human-robot interaction traces tell us about learning?

J Nasir, U Norman, W Johal, JK Olsen… - 2019 28th IEEE …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we propose that the data generated by educational robots can be better used
by applying learning analytics methods and techniques which can lead to a deeper …

Evaluation of teachers' orchestration tools usage in robotic classrooms

S Shahmoradi, A Kothiyal, B Bruno… - Education and …, 2024 - Springer
Teachers' self-efficacy in managing classrooms is an important consideration when it comes
to bringing educational robots to classrooms. Orchestration tools support teachers by …