INTEGRATION OF EDUCATIONAL ROBOTICS IN HIGHER EDUCATION: IMPACT ON STUDENT ENGAGEMENT, CRITICAL THINKING, AND LEARNING WELL-BEING

Abstract

This study integration of Integration of Educational Robotics in Higher Education: Impact on Student Engagement, Critical Thinking, and Learning Well-Being. In this paper, literature review, the researcher will examine the impact of learning environments that involve robots on the cognitive and psychological development of higher students. Educational robotics favors active learning as students are expected to collaborate in order to solve problems and apply their learned knowledge in the real world. The recent studies have indicated that robots encourage practical and interactive labor, which makes individuals more curious and interested, which results in increased participation. Moreover, since activities connected with robotics require the use of repeated design and programming, students need to analyses, assess, and syntheses knowledge, which is also listed among the critical types of thinking. The quality of integration of robotics depends on institutional support, teacher preparedness, and teaching methods even though it possesses a massive potential. In order to reap the maximum of the pedagogical benefits of robots in universities, this paper concludes by offering recommendations for curriculum development and future research to maximize the educational and psychological benefits of robotics-based learning in higher education institutions.