Description
Join us for an interactive mini-workshop by a doctoral student taking part in the advanced Certificate in University Teaching (CUT) program, and find out more about the educational research interests of your fellow graduate students across campus. This will be a 1 hour-long session that will count toward your Fundamentals workshop credit.
Robots as a Teaching Tool (interactive workshop; 1 hour)
Brandon DeHart, PhD Candidate, Electrical and Computer Engineering
In this workshop, we will discuss how and why teachers at the university level might want to incorporate robots into their classrooms as a teaching tool. The emphasis of this workshop will not be on teaching robotics, nor on using robots in the lab to demonstrate robotics topics, but on using robots to teach more fundamental concepts. Robots have been used as a teaching tool in the educational world for quite some time now, and doing so can have a dramatic positive effect on the motivation and interest of the students involved, even when workload increases.
The purpose of this workshop will be to highlight for attendees what reasons there might be to use robots as a teaching tool, what common challenges there are in using robots, and how they might use robots in their own classrooms.
Registration
- Registration is required. Difficulty registering? Read our registration help guide.
- Participants will receive an attendance credit towards the Fundamentals program if they arrive on time and stay until the end of the event.
- A maximum of one special topic workshops can be counted toward your Fundamentals certificate.
Cancellations
Many of our workshops have waiting lists, so if you've registered but can't attend, please notify us 24 hours in advance (at cte-grad@uwaterloo.ca ) so that we can give your spot to someone else.
Accessibility
The University of Waterloo is committed to achieving barrier-free accessibility for persons with disabilities who are studying, working, or visiting at Waterloo. If you have questions concerning access, such as parking, building layouts, or obtaining information in alternative formats, or wish to request accommodations for a CTE workshop or event, please contact CTE via email (cte@uwaterloo.ca) or phone (ext. 33857) and include the session’s title and date. Our workshops typically involve a mix of presentation and discussion-based activities, and we encourage a scent-free environment. We also welcome accompanying assistants, interpreters, or note-takers; notify us if accommodations are needed in this regard. Please note that some accommodations may require time to arrange.