The document discusses the ER4STEM project, which received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 program. The project aims to promote the use of educational robotics in schools to encourage interest in STEM subjects. It involves developing workshops and curricula using robots, evaluating their impact, and creating an online repository of resources. The project has already run robotics workshops for over 1,800 students across Europe with the goal of involving 4,000 students over three years. It hopes to increase youth engagement in STEM fields through hands-on learning with educational robotics.

1. The project has received funding from the European
Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program
under grant agreement No. 665972
14th Science Projects Workshop
in the Future Classroom Lab
06 May 2017, Brussels
Educational Robotics for
Science, Technology, Engineering and
Mathematics
Wilfried Lepuschitz
lepuschitz@pria.at

2. The project has received funding from the European
Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program
under grant agreement No. 665972
Non‐profit association with
the aim to promote
scientific and technical
excellence in schools using
robotics as well as the
operation of research
projects in related fields of
robotics and automation.
Practical Robotics Institute AustriaPractical Robotics Institute Austria
ECERECER ResearchResearchEducationEducation
PRIA:
Practical Robotics Institute Austria
• Researchers
• Teachers
• Students

3. The project has received funding from the European
Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program
under grant agreement No. 665972
Robotics in Education
• Combines multiple disciplines
Mechanics, informatics, mathematics, …
• Creative learning and enthusiasm for STEM

4. The project has received funding from the European
Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program
under grant agreement No. 665972
ER4STEM
Framework
Create processes, tools and artefacts that allow the use of
robots in learning spaces
Evaluation
Design a generic process
for development of
workshops and curricula
that empower children
Young people show what
they have been
empowered to do at
ECER conference and
competition
Develop tools to help
become more explicit and
elaborate about
pedagogical design
Create and maintain a
repository that
addresses different
stakeholders and is
sustainable after the end
of the project
Evaluate the
impact of the
framework
tools and
activities on
young people

5. The project has received funding from the European
Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program
under grant agreement No. 665972
WP2 Workshops
In 11 months (Feb 16 – Dec 16):
– planned 104 ERWs for 2597 students (65% of
the target minimum of 4000 students for the
entire project)
– from the 104 ERWs planned, ER4STEM
partners executed 63 ERWs with 1839 students
(46% of the targeted minimum of 4000
students for the entire project)
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6. The project has received funding from the European
Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program
under grant agreement No. 665972
WP2 Workshops: Provide a basis for
organisation of workshops
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7. The project has received funding from the European
Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program
under grant agreement No. 665972
WP3 Conferences: ECER (2016)
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8. The project has received funding from the European
Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program
under grant agreement No. 665972
WP5 Technology: Educational
Robotics Repository

9. The project has received funding from the European
Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program
under grant agreement No. 665972
Consortium Work
Development and evaluation of
ER4STEM framework
Educational Robotics Workshops in six
European countries with over 4000
children in three years
ECER conferences
2016 in Austria, 2017 in Bulgaria,
and 2018 in Malta
ER4STEM repository for teachers with
underlying theoretical structure to
collect and improve approaches

10. The project has received funding from the European
Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program
under grant agreement No. 665972
“I imagine scientists as regular people. They look
normal. They like science and dream of discovering
new things. They study the Earth and the sciences.”
Result: more young
learners interested in STEM
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www.er4stem.com
Wilfried Lepuschitz
lepuschitz@pria.at
ER4STEM
@er4stem