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A Visualized Exploration of Educational Robotics Over Five Decades

Anqi Dou (Department of Foreign Languages Teaching, Hainan Vocational University of Science and Technology, China), Wei Xu (Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, City University of Macau, Macau), and Yu Feng (Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, City University of Macau, Macau)

Source Title: International Journal of Technology and Human Interaction (IJTHI)20(1)

ISSN: 1548-3908|EISSN: 1548-3916|EISBN13: 9798369324615|DOI: 10.4018/IJTHI.356662

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Dou, Anqi, et al. "A Visualized Exploration of Educational Robotics Over Five Decades." IJTHI vol.20, no.1 2024: pp.1-21. https://doi.org/10.4018/IJTHI.356662

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Dou, A., Xu, W., & Feng, Y. (2024). A Visualized Exploration of Educational Robotics Over Five Decades. International Journal of Technology and Human Interaction (IJTHI), 20(1), 1-21. https://doi.org/10.4018/IJTHI.356662

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Dou, Anqi, Wei Xu, and Yu Feng. "A Visualized Exploration of Educational Robotics Over Five Decades," International Journal of Technology and Human Interaction (IJTHI) 20, no.1: 1-21. https://doi.org/10.4018/IJTHI.356662

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Abstract

With the swift development of information technologies, educational robotics has been widely used in education, generally leading to improved educational outcomes. While educational robotics has gained popularity and achieved success in education, few researchers have conducted bibliographic analyses in this field. This study complements this missing link by visualizing the top ten authors, organizations, countries, keywords, authors, and sources via VOSviewer. The clustering techniques in CitNetExplorer were used to cluster the publications, where citation networks and qualitative analyses were developed to discuss the topics including the learning outcomes, social and interactive skills, working memory, and higher-order skills in the educational robotics-based context. This study concludes that effective educational robotics can exert a positive influence on the learning outcomes and robotics can improve the development of proximal zones in human brains, conducive to the learning outcomes. Future researchers may focus their attention on robotic competitions, affective features, and evaluative and analytical frameworks to improve educational robotics-based educational effectiveness.