TY - JOUR
T1 - A review of the applicability of robots in education
AU - Mubin, Omar
AU - Stevens, Catherine J.
AU - Shahid, Suleman
AU - Al Mahmud, Abdullah
AU - Dong, Jian-Jie
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - Robots are becoming an integral component of our society and have great potential in being utilized as an educational technology. To promote a deeper understanding of the area, we present a review of the field of robots in education. Several prior ventures in the area are discussed (post-2000) with the help of classification criteria. The dissecting criteria include domain of the learning activity, location of the activity, the role of the robot, types of robots and types of robotic behaviour. Our overview shows that robots are primarily used to provide language, science or technology education and that a robot can take on the role of a tutor, tool or peer in the learning activity. We also present open questions and challenges in the field that emerged from the overview. The results from our overview are of interest to not only researchers in the field of human–robot interaction but also administration in educational institutes who wish to understand the wider implications of adopting robots in education.
AB - Robots are becoming an integral component of our society and have great potential in being utilized as an educational technology. To promote a deeper understanding of the area, we present a review of the field of robots in education. Several prior ventures in the area are discussed (post-2000) with the help of classification criteria. The dissecting criteria include domain of the learning activity, location of the activity, the role of the robot, types of robots and types of robotic behaviour. Our overview shows that robots are primarily used to provide language, science or technology education and that a robot can take on the role of a tutor, tool or peer in the learning activity. We also present open questions and challenges in the field that emerged from the overview. The results from our overview are of interest to not only researchers in the field of human–robot interaction but also administration in educational institutes who wish to understand the wider implications of adopting robots in education.
KW - robotics
KW - robots
KW - educational technology
UR - http://handle.uws.edu.au:8081/1959.7/527540
UR - http://www.actapress.com/Abstract.aspx?paperId=43268
U2 - 10.2316/Journal.209.2013.1.209-0015
DO - 10.2316/Journal.209.2013.1.209-0015
M3 - Article
SN - 1916-6990
VL - 1
SP - 1
EP - 7
JO - Technology for Education and Learning
JF - Technology for Education and Learning
ER -