AISOY Social Robot as a tool to learn how to code versus tangible and non-tangible approaches

Abstract

In this paper we have conducted a study to validate the use of educational social robotics as an hybrid system between the traditional approach of using technology in the classroom based on computers and the pioneer approach about using tangible devices such as educational robots. In order to accomplish our goal we have organised a workshop with 36 participants, where students between 8 to 12 years old had to program a rock-paper-scissors player using scratch on a computer, a scratch on a computer (Enchanting) + LEGO NXT, and the educational social robot AISOY programmed with scratch.