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Introduction to Robotics: Importance of a Summer Camp as a Recruiting Tool for Future University Students

2017; Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers; Volume: 12; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1109/rita.2017.2697739

2374-0132

Irvin J. Balaguer Alvarez,

Experimental Learning in Engineering

This paper describes a robotics summer camp that was held at the University of Puerto Rico at Aguadilla Campus (UPR-Aguadilla) during the summer of 2015. This camp gave high school students the opportunity to collaborate with their peers, in a university setting, in the building and programing of robots. The main contribution of this paper is the evaluation of the camp's influence on student enrollment at the UPR-Aguadilla. The impact was evaluated by using pre- and post-test surveys that included content and interest questions. In addition, the pre- and the post-test surveys included questions on whether or not the camp influenced student enrollment at the UPR-Aguadilla. The camp survey results suggest that attendance to the camp had a significant effect on the enrollment of participating students at the UPR-Aguadilla.