Educational Robotics in School Education Focusing on School Distance Education

Technology in nowadays’ era has made leaps and bounds in offering a lot to both society and education. Teachers are asked to undertake a new role and respond to the new technology related challenges. The Covid-19 pandemic brought distance education to the surface of the academic world. Educational robotics has infiltrated the field of education recently, but it has not been explored and utilized as it could be, especially in the field of primary education. This study aims to discuss how the combination of educational robotics and school distance education can benefit education in an effective and innovative way. The study employed literature review and a qualitative research approach utilizing a semi-conducted interview as the research tool. Ten (10) experienced teachers in the fields of Distance Education and Educational Robotics participated. The results revealed that Educational Robotics utilizing several tools and platforms can effectively support and enhance school distance education, especially within a framework of blended learning.