Education 615U - Educational Robotics

Spring
2026
01
3.00
John Heffernan

M 1:25PM 3:55PM

UMass Amherst
85841
Furcolo Room W009
jheffernan@umass.edu
This course is designed to introduce students to the use of educational robotics in the classroom as a computational manipulative. Robotics offer a learning environment that provides an investigative approach to education by providing the opportunity to use predictions, observation, and experimentation that integrate the digital world of computer programming with the physical world of the robot. This course covers both the theory behind educational robotics, the practical implications in the classroom, as well as hands-on practice using educational robotics.
Permission is required for interchange registration during the add/drop period only.