Usability Evaluation of Educational Robotics
Ápostolos Tsagaris, Maria Chatzikyrkou · 2023
The study attempts to identify the joy and satisfaction of children through their interaction with educational robotics, as well as the ease of use and learning of robotics. It focuses on the challenge of new experiences, the sense of achieving new goals, enhancing outcomes, innovation, the joy of creation, and teamwork. An educational robotics program is implemented and offered to 120 children aged between 9 and 15, who constitute the sample of the research. Following usability evaluation techniques, descriptive statistics were used to analyze the results. The main finding of the research is that the majority of participants were satisfied with their involvement in the program, felt comfortable, and found the programming and construction processes to be straightforward. Additionally, they had no issues working in teams to complete the tasks and would wholeheartedly recommend it to others. The analysis of additional statistical results in relation to previous research findings and the general theory serves as its conclusion.