Title: Developing robotics e-teaching for teamwork

Authors: Blaine A. Price, Mike Richards, Marian Petre, Anthony Hirst, Jeffrey Johnson

Addresses: The Open University, Walton Hall, Milton Keynes, MK7 6AA, UK. The Open University, Walton Hall, Milton Keynes, MK7 6AA, UK. The Open University, Walton Hall, Milton Keynes, MK7 6AA, UK. The Open University, Walton Hall, Milton Keynes, MK7 6AA, UK. The Open University, Walton Hall, Milton Keynes, MK7 6AA, UK

Abstract: This paper addresses whether students can e-learn teamworking skills when most are logged on to the Internet without direct personal interactions. We give examples of how the Open University achieves this and argue both that teamwork skills can be learned through electronic interactions and that robotics can be a particularly effective focus for that experience.

Keywords: distance learning; educational robotics; group working; teamworking.

DOI: 10.1504/IJCEELL.2003.002161

International Journal of Continuing Engineering Education and Life-Long Learning, 2003 Vol.13 No.1/2, pp.190-205

Published online: 21 Jul 2003 *

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