The Swiss Robotic Camp: an innovative nationwide teacher training format in educational robotics

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https://doi.org/10.24452/sjer.47.1.2

Keywords:

educational robotics, teacher training, community, RIQ questionnaire, blended learning

Abstract

The Robotic Camp is a teacher training on educational robotics (ER). The aim, besides instructing teachers on ER, was to create a community allowing them to exchange ideas with colleagues from other regions of Switzerland. In this work, the effectiveness of the camp was evaluated using the "Robotics Interest Questionnaire", an instrument to assess ER knowledge and self-efficacy, interest, collaborative work and problem solving. In addition to the questionnaire, interviews were conducted to explore teachers' ideas, perceptions and evaluations of the camp experience. The results show a positive trend between pre- and post-test in all dimensions involved and a statistically significant difference in the factor of self-efficacy and ER knowledge (p<.001) and in problem solving (p=0.047).

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Author Biographies

  • Lucio Negrini

    Lucio Negrini is a Professor in educational technologies at Dipartimento formazione e apprendimento/Alta scuola pedagogica SUPSI in Locarno. He obtained a PhD in educational sciences at the University of Fribourg and at the University of Konstanz. His current research interests include educational robotics, STEM and educational technologies. He is head of the Laboratorio media e MINT at DFA/ASP.

    SUPSI, Dipartimento formazione apprendimento / Alta scuola pedagogica, Piazza San Francesco 19, 6600 Locarno

    E-Mail: lucio.negrini@supsi.ch

  • Arianna Marras

    Arianna Marras is currently a research fellow at the University of Cagliari and holds a PhD in Didactic Corporealities, Technology and Inclusion from the University of Salerno. She is a primary school teacher. The focus of her PhD research is educational robotics for improving learning and inclusion processes. Research interests include educational technologies, didactics, learning and inclusion processes. Her PhD research included an extended period at the MEM Laboratory of the DFA/ASP, SUPSI in Locarno.

    Università degli Studi di Cagliari, Via Is Mirrionis 1, IT-09124 Cagliari

    E-Mail: arianna.marras@unica.it

  • Christian Giang

    Christian Giang is a researcher at the University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland. He obtained a PhD in Robotics from EPFL, Switzerland, in 2020, after completing an MSc in Electrical Engineering in 2017 at ETH Zürich, Switzerland. His research focuses on educational robotics and personalized learning technologies.

    SUPSI, Dipartimento formazione apprendimento / Alta scuola pedagogica, Piazza San Francesco 19, 6600 Locarno

    E-Mail: christian.giang@supsi.ch

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Published

2025-04-09

Issue

Vol. 47 No. 1 (2025): Varia

Section

Varia

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How to Cite

Negrini, L., Marras, A. and Giang, C. (2025) “The Swiss Robotic Camp: an innovative nationwide teacher training format in educational robotics”, Swiss Journal of Educational Research, 47(1), pp. 16–30. doi:10.24452/sjer.47.1.2.