Learning by teaching robotics with mobile devices in rural areas

Internet and mobile devices allow students from schools, high schools and colleges to share their knowledge and help each other in their learning process. This is the case of a two-year project carried out in Turrialba, a town located in the Caribbean area of Costa Rica, in Central America. To overcome geographical difficulties and age differences cell phones were used by the students to support their peers on theoretical and practical issues related to planning and building small robots. The project also intended to test specific teaching strategies among students from different educational backgrounds in an attempt to identify approaches that could help students develop skills related to robotics, as well as in other complementary areas.