Teaching Embodied Artificial Intelligence to Children (Teach E-AI 2C): An Educational Proposal for Young Learners

This paper presents the Teach E-AI 2C (Teaching Embodied Artificial Intelligence to Children) project, which aims to educate children and early adolescents about Embodied Artificial Intelligence using the 4C/ID instructional design model. This project is intended to bridge the gap between scientific progress and users' knowledge of AI, by providing personalized and hands-on learning experiences. The implementation involves classroom trials, where students engage in both virtual and physical AI learning activities, experimenting the integration of theoretical concepts, through learning units, with practical tasks, using a purpose-built software. The paper also introduces the methodology for evaluating learning units and software, as well as usability and effects of the whole implementations.