In recent years, there has been a flurry of work on the metaphysics of race. While it is now widely accepted that races do not share robust, biobehavioral essences, opinions differ over what, if anything, race is. Recent work has been divided between three apparently quite different answers. A variety of theorists argue for racial skepticism, the view that races do not exist at all. A second gr...

The educational experiences from robot contest of entry, junior and advance level are presented based on guided constructionism approach in education that combines hands on guidance with hands-on experience. The aim of the competition as a whole are to allow the student to (i) conceptualise the robot (ii) manage the non-deterministic characteristic of the environment and (iii) manage integrated...

Understanding that design involves trade-offs, thinking at multiple levels of abstraction, and considering the cohesion coupling between sub-components a larger whole is an important part software (and other) engineering. It can be challenging to convey such abstract concepts novice engineers, especially for materials are themselves (e.g. software). Such challenges compounded when teaching seco...

Information communications technology (ICT) is currently a highly sought component of every higher learning institutions, especially universities and colleges gravitate towards eLearning mode instruction knowledge acquisition. encompass multiple Internet-based platforms that requires computer literacy from both learners instructors. has been upgraded such it offers more flexibility comfort as o...

This paper overviews research on the educational use of video games by examining the viability of the different learning theories in the field, namely behaviorism, cognitivism, constructionism and the socio-cultural approach. In addition, five key tensions that emerge from the current research are examined: 1) Learning vs. playing, 2) freedom vs. control, 3) drill-and-practice games vs. microwo...

In the MIT LEGO Robot Design Competition, students build robots that interact with their environmentÑthe contest playing Þeld, the game objects, and the opponent robot or robotsÑin particular ways. The robots thus become part of a complex system of interactions that deÞne their existence. In this paper I explore the biases that students bring to the task of designing their robots. Of particular...