As robots interact with a broader range of end-users, end-user robot programming has
helped democratize robot programming by empowering end-users who may not have …

During the last few years, the focus of computer science education (CSE) in primary and
secondary schools (shortly K-12) have reached a significant turning point. This study …

Motivated by the recent explosion of interest around Educational Robotics (ER), this paper
attempts to re-approach this area by suggesting new ways of thinking and exploring the …

Digital competence and programming are actively highlighted areas in education worldwide.
They are becoming part of curricula all over the world, including the Swedish elementary …

Educational robotics (ER) nowadays is booming at the research and educational level while
more and more teachers and schools are introducing robotics as a core activity in school …

Changes to school curriculums increasingly require the introduction of computer science
concepts to younger children. This practical report compares three existing tools for teaching …

Computing education and outreach in the K--12 school sector have shown significant growth
over recent decades, resulting in a large body of literature focused on the teaching and …

In the past, computer programming was perceived as a task only carried out by computer
scientists; in the 21st century, however, computer programming is viewed as a critical and …

With increasing research attention on the application of Augmented Reality (AR) and Game
elements in education, fantasy elements as imaginary, fictional game features have been …

This paper presents a cross-age study exploring children's performance on robot
introductory programming activities with one tangible and one isomorphic graphical system …