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BRiCS Build Robots Create Science

An IIT Kanpur / Media Lab Asia initiative. BRiCS Build Robots Create Science. BRiCS team, IIT Kanpur Amitabha Mukerjee

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BRiCS Build Robots Create Science

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  1. An IIT Kanpur / Media Lab Asia initiative BRiCSBuild Robots Create Science BRiCS team, IIT Kanpur Amitabha Mukerjee with Vibhanshu Abhishek, Deepak Agarwal, Deepak Arzare , Avishek Banerjee, Manish Maheswari, Manu Prakash, Gaurav Sharma, Nikhil Sinha, Sarala Verma, and about 30 other BRiCSters worldwide

  2. Learning through Design • Moving away from Rote Learning • Problem Solving : DESIGN • Manipulatives / Functioning Models Solar robot, Aditi Mallya School Bangalore, December 2001

  3. MYTH: disembodied mind • The Myth: • Learning takes place in the mind • The body is the placid host • Digital Consequences • Computers are boxes containing disembodied minds • Learning in the mind by direct interaction with the computer

  4. Philosophy • Western tradition • Rudolf Carnap’s “remembering as similar” – sensory models to language – ideas = public language. • Indian tradition • Perception as pratyakSha-pramANa • Advaita – sat as indeterminate perception, abstracted in cit as ideas • Premise – pre-linguistic perception as source of learning

  5. Psychology • Child stores sensory perceptions in toto • Similarity - cluster similar notions • Cotemporaneous occurences – causality • Ball is round to the touch • Ball image has darker areas near the edges • Abstraction – shape from shading (3D) • Sensory-Motor loops are the fundamental mechanism in learning (Piaget, Papert)

  6. BRiCS Workshops • Ideation • Anchoring on a theme • Functional Prototypes Theme: Waking up in the morning

  7. BRiCS Objectives • Set in the developing world context • Child’s sense of identity lost in the crush of inadequate resources • Rote-oriented educational practices - inorganic growth - imported19th c. • Primal jolt needed to re-think practices. • Constructivist features • Use of Robots / Constructions

  8. BRiCS Model • Initial workshop in school • Hands-on theme-anchored Problem Solving • Draw in like-minded teachers • Further interaction in curricular contexts • Propagate through already exposed students • Future workshops with local resources • Enable local colleges / franchisees

  9. Toys from Junk • Use of junk materials • Themes related to own lives

  10. Robots from Junk • Straw Connectors • Ballpen refill bearings • Used sandals • Wire Gears • Paper

  11. Robots from Kits • Fully functional • Easy to use Sensors • Programmable using visual icons • Expensive

  12. Robots in imagination Haunted House (Vidya Devi Jindal Girls School HissarFeb 2002)

  13. Chakka Robots • Simple Electronics • Do-it-yourself sensors • Material Preparation, Soldering • Common components • Spring switches as sensors • Wall-hugging robot • b.o.m. cost Rs. 100

  14. Toy Divergences Junk toys, Village toys Holy Grail Spread (inversely to cost) Kit robots (LEGO, FisherTechnik, Knex) Functionality

  15. Digital Kathputli Techkriti IIT Kanpur Feb 2002

  16. Programmable Blocks • Outside the Box programming • Blocks with analog circuits • Stack them, Run them

  17. Programmable Blocks

  18. Sustaining BRiCS • BRiCS chapters in other Colleges • BHU-IT (Varanasi) (Nov 2002) • VJTI Mumbai (planned March 2003) • Franchise / NGO Model • Calcutta (opening Jan 2003) • Pedagogic Ownership at school level – teacher exposure • School – to – school • V.V. School Delhi, August 2002

  19. Scaling up • 2000 Indian students exposed to BRiCS • 71 million to go: • Middle School – 43 mn • High School – 28 mn • Tighter curricular integration • Others: • Colleges – 12 mn • Primary School – 114 mn

  20. Scaling up - Globally • Many groups working with Mechatronics for education (IEEE, Open Society Institute, ICICI) • Tasks: • Curricular emphasis • Teacher Resources and Creativity • Major Regions: • China?

  21. Scaling up - Technology Price Sensitivity : Percentage of schools vs. price point 100% Toys from Junk Electronics Programmable kits 0.1% 1 10 100 1000 Cost per 10 students, US$

  22. Expanding BRiCS • Professional Design Workshops • Rapid functional prototyping • Executive Creativity Workshops • SIDBI (February 2003) • College curricula– mechatronics • Permanent BRiCS labs – National Science Museums

  23. Future Agenda • Learning Assessment • within curricular context • Low-cost programmable models • Deployment through mainstream educational channels • State Governments, • Other nations

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