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CSbots: design and deployment of a robot designed for the CS1 classroom

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Tom Lauwers,

Illah Nourbakhsh,

Emily HamnerAuthors Info & Claims

SIGCSE '09: Proceedings of the 40th ACM technical symposium on Computer science education

Pages 428 - 432

https://doi.org/10.1145/1508865.1509017

Published: 04 March 2009 Publication History

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We present CSbots, an ongoing program to use robots as educational tools in the Introduction to Computer Science CS1) course. We aim to use robotics to improve learning and retention by altering course work so that it is more relevant to students.

In our development process we use an iterative cycle composed of design, pilot, and evaluation steps. We have completed the first of these cycles, the alpha cycle, and describe the robot hardware, software, and curriculum development processes as well as key evaluation results from pilots conducted at two community colleges in Fall 2007. We discuss the implications of these results and our experiences on the in-progress beta design cycle and planned pilots.

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March 2009

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ISBN:9781605581835

DOI:10.1145/1508865

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