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Title: Designing an Introductory HRI Course
Human-robot interaction is now an established discipline. Dozens of HRI courses exist at universities worldwide, and some institutions even offer degrees in HRI. However, although many students are being taught HRI, there is no agreed-upon curriculum for an introductory HRI course. In this workshop, we aim to reach community consensus on what should be covered in such a course. Through interactive activities like panels, breakout discussions, and syllabus design, workshop participants will explore the many topics and pedagogical approaches for teaching HRI. They will then distill their findings into a single example introductory HRI curriculum. Output from this workshop will include a short paper explaining this curriculum and an example syllabus that can be used and adapted by HRI educators.  more » « less
Award ID(s):
1943072
PAR ID:
10503740
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Publisher / Repository:
ACM
Date Published:
Journal Name:
Companion of the 2024 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Human-Robot Interaction
ISBN:
9798400703232
Page Range / eLocation ID:
1302 to 1304
Format(s):
Medium: X
Location:
Boulder CO USA
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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