A novel Collaborative Online Robotics Platform to address engagement and social emotional challenges in remote learning environment.

In this WIP-Innovation Practice, the authors present a shared Collaborative Online Robotics platform embedded in Google Slides application for students from primary grades to University to enhance the learning and teaching process in online and blended/hybrid environments. This Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW) system is intended to facilitate an immersive experience in a collaborative virtual environment by combining physical digital artifacts with remote STEM-based instruction. Particularly relevant during COVID-19, it also helps connect students potentially isolated by other factors (geographic, economic, environmental, health limitations, etc.). In this paper we present a first approach to the performance, acceptance, and adherence to a novel remote collaborative platform that facilitates STEM and Social Emotional Learning (SEL) enhanced by the interaction of a multiple-users with a LEGO MINDSTORM EV3 Robotic platform based on the Positive Technological Development (PTD) framework.