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Item Educational Robotics for All: Gender, Diversity, and Inclusion in STEAM(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2020-09-29) Plaza, Pedro; Castro, Manuel; Merino, Julia; Restivo, Teresa; Peixoto, Aruquia; Gonzalez, Carina; Menacho, Antonio; Garcia-Loro, Felix; Sancristobal, Elio; Blazquez, Manuel; Diaz, Paloma; Plaza, Inmaculada; Fondon, Irene; Sarmiento, Auxiliadora; Civantos, Iciar; Fernandez, Cristina; Lord, Susan; Rover, Diane; Chan, Rosana; Ciampi, Melany; Meier, Russ; Tovar, Edmundo; Salazar, Magdalena; Zvacek, Susan; Ruiperez-Valiente, Jose A.; Quintana, Blanca; Martin, Sergio; Botella, Guillermo; Lopez-Rey, Africa; Guedey, Myriam; Abreu, Paulo; Urbano, Diana; Strachan, Rebecca; Tecnalia Research & InnovationThe pedagogy of science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics (STEAM) can be easily developed by using robotics and computational thinking tools. Also, inclusion and integration of diverse groups of students can be promoted using these tools. Today we can find many tools for teaching robotics. This kind of tools allow us to promote innovation and motivation of students. In this way, students will be able to work during the learning process in an innovative and motivating way. Since it is increasingly common to find robots in our daily lives, it is important to integrate robots into education as well. There are already cooking robots, autonomous cars, vacuum cleaner robots in houses and gardens, or prostheses. This paper describes a course focused on a combination of teaching methodologies, educational robotics tools, and a student learning management methodology, all within an inclusive framework to strengthen the presence of women and other under-represented groups in engineering.Item Gender and STEAM as part of the MOOC STEAM4ALL(IEEE Computer Society, 2021-04-21) Gonzalez, Carina; Garcia-Holgado, Alicia; Plaza, Pedro; Castro, Manuel; Peixoto, Aruquia; Merino, Julia; Sancristobal, Elio; Menacho, Antonio; Urbano, Diana; Blazquez, Manuel; Garcia-Loro, Felix; Restivo, Teresa; Strachan, Rebecca; Diaz, Paloma; Plaza, Inmaculada; Fernandez, Cristina; Lord, Susan; Rover, Diane; Chan, Rosana; Ciampi, Melany; Meier, Russ; Tovar, Edmundo; Salazar, Magdalena; Zvacek, Susan; Ruiperez-Valiente, Jose A.; Quintana, Blanca; Martin, Sergio; Botella, Guillermo; Lopez-Rey, Africa; Abreu, Paulo; Klinger, Thomas; Kollmitzer, Christian; Pester, Andreas; Tecnalia Research & InnovationThis paper presents findings on participants of a massive open online course named 'Educational Robotics for all' developed under Open edX platform. The document describes the organization and structure of the MOOC and some of its preliminary results. As an example, Module 2 about Gender and STEAM is presented and discussed.Item Gender diversity among computing students: Reflections from Norway, Spain and Tunisia(Association for Computing Machinery, 2019-10-16) Colomo-Palacios, Ricardo; Ben Yahia, Nesrine; Larrucea, Xabier; Conde-Gonzalez, Miguel Angel; Rodriguez-Sedano, Francisco Jesus; Fernandez-Llamas, Camino; Garcia-Penalvo, Francisco Jose; Tecnalia Research & InnovationICT is pervasively influencing all human activities. At the same time, and for reasons that are still being studied, the engagement of genders with ICT is not uniform. In this context, this paper aims to provide some insights into the experiences and challenges faced in three different countries (Norway, Spain and Tunisia), with regards to computing education. Three computing researchers working in these countries have collected required data from their institutions in a double effort: i) to compare the data from the three countries regarding gender equality and its evolution in two different scenarios: Software Engineering students and ICT faculty, ii) to examine their perceptions and provide some reflections, observations and avenues of research in the three case studies and cultures. Results are compared with recent national and international initiatives to bring justifications and avenues of research in the topic.Item Is the Gender Gap Narrowing in Higher Education Computing Studies the Case of Norway, Spain, and Tunisia(2020-11) Colomo-Palacios, Ricardo; Yahia, Nesrine Ben; Larrucea, Xabier; Casado-Lumbreras, Cristina; Tecnalia Research & InnovationTraditionally, women have been underrepresented in Computing studies. The discipline is male-dominated in spite of the efforts promoting the participation of women in the field, both in the student base and in the professional arena. Literature underlined that student attraction and professional retention are aspects to analyse in a sound way in order to build strong and grounded theories for this complex misbalance phenomenon. In this scenario, authors study the gender gap in computing education by collecting data such as female students enrolled in one of the mandatory courses and female members of faculty. In addition to this data, socio-economic factors such as Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and unemployment rate of the countries under study were considered. Results show that the gender gap in computing studies is not narrowing significantly despite the measures that were undertaken. In an attempt to explain the gender gap by considering macroeconomic variables, authors highlight the complexness of the phenomenon. Authors believe that there is not a single answer or explanation to this imbalance and a variety of aspects from values to culture and from economy to expectations need to be analysed in order to bring answers and possible solutions to this tangible problem.Item Technical note: The role of women in construction research(2010) Gómez, A.; Arrizabalaga, E.; Sánchez, B.; PLANIFICACIÓN ENERGÉTICAEqual participation of women and men in industrial research is still a major challenge for the European Union. In most European countries, female graduates proportionately outnumber male graduates. However, scientific research and technological development remain male-dominated, especially in industry. Construction is one of the most important industrial sectors in terms of economic growth and employmet, but very little is known about the role of women in construction research and the factors that are hindering a more equal presence of women and men. As result of an extensive field work undertaken at European level, this paper offers a picture of the current situation of women in construction research that shows evidences of important inequalities. This work has allowed the development of recommendations for empowering women in construction research, addressing the opportunities for moving towards gender equality in this field. To invest in human capital for research is seen as an outstanding necessity within construction sector, and both women and men should fully develop their potential.