The World Wide Web has proven to be very effective for teachers to provide information in a host of innovative ways. A number of different pedagogical objectives can also be met by having students design and implement Web sites or applications. This paper presents the results of several experiments in using Web authoring/programming as a teaching tool in a

The ultimate purpose in designing a Curriculum should be to have an organized system of what is to be learned when an area of study is identified. The Curriculum Development should be designed in such a way that even the beginners are able to get a complete idea of the subject over a period of time on learning it. The curriculum should be as of that it should make him/her to get involved in kno...

This paper reports on the initial testing and use of an innovative curriculum delivery tool called RoboBooks. RoboBooks is an interactive, digital workbook environment that integrates robotics-programming environments with reporting and analysis tools. The team developed an innovative middle school curriculum designed to introduce students to the engineering design process by asking them to cre...

Robotics is an interdisciplinary area involving many disciplines taught at higher education institutions. Therefore, robots offer an excellent tool for innovative teaching of a number of different engineering subjects. To apply robots in such a variety of subjects and different scenarios, the employed platforms have to meet a number of technical as well as educational requirements such as flexi...

According to the narrative approach, change in self-narratives is an important part of successful psychotherapy. In this view, several authors have highlighted the usefulness of narrating new experiences (like actions, thoughts, and stories) during therapy in contrast with maladaptive client self-narratives. These new experiences are termed here innovative moments (IMs), and different types can...