Educational robotics and asynchronous learning platforms: a powerful combination to enhance education in special schools

The aim of this study is to combine the benefits of an asynchronous training platform with the advantages of educational robotics, in order to improve learning opportunities of special education schools. The main objective is to develop a course in an asynchronous platform, which can be used easily by teachers of special schools without any knowledge of educational robotics and programming. The content of this course and the corresponding educational material, follows the special school’s study framework, adapted to the curriculum of the students with mental disabilities. The thematic modules of the course include many teaching tools, like texts, videos, sounds, robotic constructions, step by step instructions. Each thematic module is organized to guide the users in order to achieve a feasible and measurable educational goal.