Education Alliance Finland

Our AI Robot Engineer course for kids rated “excellent” by Education Alliance Finland

Today we are extremely proud to announce that Education Alliance Finland (EAF) has recognized RIHK’s AI robot engineer course as a quality educational course, which meets the highest international standards and can greatly contribute to the development of key 21st-century skills, making it the first EAF certified AI robot engineer course in Asia.

AI Robot Engineer is a 5 level course with each level spanning 1 year. The course covers a wide variety of topics including artificial intelligence, machine learning, the Internet of Things, etc. Students can also take part in projects and competitions which allow students to learn independently and think critically.

Report Summary

EAF’s report concluded that:

‘The versatile lesson package offers a wealth of lessons on engineering and

computing, very thorough instructions, and additional materials.’

‘Programming is well tied to real-life situations and lesson plans contain important information from STEM subjects.’

‘The projects are relevant to the modern world and are likely to encourage an interest in the area it teaches.’

Pedagogical Approach

Passive - Active Learning: 89/100

• The course provides challenges for students, which facilitates a project-based learning approach.

• Learning happens mainly through experimenting and solving practical problems.

• Allows autonomy, creativity, and meaningful collaboration to be in a centric role in the learning experience.

• At the end of each lesson students' progression is assessed either through project, work or quiz.

Rehearse - Construct: 90/100

• Many of the tasks require students to use creativity and imagination in order to come up with their own solutions to solve the task.

• To support the teacher and the students, the course material includes comprehensive demonstrations to help to understand learned concepts with the gradually growing challenge level of the tasks.

Linear - Non-linear: 94/100

• Instructions are clear and easy to apply to the learning situation. Tasks are very practical and students learn by experimenting.

• The solution has a clear start and finish and the learning objectives are well-described at the beginning of each lesson.

Individual - Collaborative: 93/100

• The user can act and progress autonomously, which is beneficial for students who want to proceed and learn at their own pace.

• The teacher is instructed to facilitate and guide students in the competition.

•The project-based approach in many lessons allows meaningful social interaction.

Learning Engagement