RoboCon UEH 2023 - The UEH Dancing Robot Contest and Closing of the "STEM Teaching" training course for teachers and high school students in Khanh Hoa Province in 2023

29 May, 2023

On May 24, 2023, at the Gymnasium of Pham Van Dong High School, Khanh Hoa, UEH cooperated with Khanh Hoa Department of Education and Training to organize the RoboCon UEH 2023 - The UEH Dancing Robot Contest and the Closing Ceremony training course "Teaching STEM" for teachers and high school students in Khanh Hoa Pprovince in 2023.

High school students in Khanh Hoa visited UEH's booth introducing robotics and AI

Attending the Contest and Closing Ceremony of the training course, from theon behalf of University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City, there was the participation of Dr. Thai Kim Phung - Vice Head of UEH College of Technology and Design; Assoc.Prof.Dr. Nguyen Truong Thinh - Director of the Institute of Intelligent and Interactive Technology, UEH; MSc. Tran Nhat Hoang - Deputy Director of UEH Center of Technology and Design Training and lecturers who are experts from the Institute of Intelligence and Interactive Technology, Institute of Innovation. On the sidebehalf of Pprovincial Departments, there was the presence of Mr. Vo Hoan Hai - Director of Khanh Hoa Department of Education and Training; Mr. Tran Nien Hao - Deputy Head of Secondary Education and Continuing Education, Department of Education and Training of Khanh Hoa Pprovince; and Leaders of high schools in Khanh Hoa Pprovince.

Overview of the program

The Robocon UEH 2023 - The UEH Dancing Robot Contest has 28 competing teams of more than 30 teachers and 100 students from high schools, junior high schools and teachers of Education and Training Departments, with 28 cute robots competing with each other through group rounds on the music chosen by the Organizing Committee and of the teams selected according to the regulations of each round. The contest really attracted and arose passion and creativity in each teacher and student; thereby, evoking and raising awareness to explore, to learn, to perform well in teaching and learning tasks, and especially to promote STEM education activities in schools.

Speaking at the Closing Ceremony of the "STEM Teaching" training program and awarding prizes of the 2023 Robocon Contest - The UEH Dancing Robot Contest, Dr. Thai Kim Phung - Vice Head of UEH College of Technology and Design emphasized: “With the UEH Global Community Project, the activities, which UEH implements, express the social responsibility of a national key university. UEH accompanies the country’s education sector, along with the leaders of the education sector and teachers. For what UEH approaches from advanced countries in the world, UEH will research to select and to deploy to the community. Hopefully with the efforts of the teachers, the dynamism and the curiosity of the students and the companionship of UEH as well as of some other universities, teachers and students will get the best support in teaching and learning activities. The UEH Global Community project with activities implemented since 2020 has received the attention of teachers and students in provinces/cities according to annual activities such listed as online teaching organization; online lecture compilation; Testing and evaluation tools; Online college preparation test tools; Self-discovery personality test tool to assist in choosing the right career;…In 2023, with the start of the "STEM Teaching" Program in Khanh Hoa Pprovince, the program is a great success and will be replicated in some other Pprovinces in the country. In the up-coming time, UEH will continue to implement and to accompany the education sector with the next programs and projects with the hope that the leaders of the education sector will continue to pay attention and to cooperate to make efforts to receive and to implement them effectively in their educational institutions”.

Dr. Thai Kim Phung, Vice Head of UEH College of Technology and Design giving the closing speech of the training class

In addition to finding teams with high results, the largest thing in this STEM Contest and training course is the knowledge of designing, robot programming, creative thinking and skills that the reporters at UEH's Institutes of Innovation and Institutes of Intelligent and Interactive Technology provided to the trainees. We hope that the teachers and students will make good use of those skills and knowledge to continue researching, organizing and implementing solutions as well as promoting and teaching to bring STEM education into their schools effectively, contributing to improving the education quality of Khanh Hoa province.

The end of the training program has left an unforgettable mark, as well as fostered passion and created great motivation for each teacher and student. Many ideas exchanged and shared by teachers and students during the course, showed the joy and excitement of the teachers and students when accessing the training program.

At the end of the training course, the Organizing Committee awarded UEH's authenticated electronic certificates to 165 participants. At the Closing Ceremony, the Organizing Committee also awarded certificates of merit and rewards to the winning teams of the UEH 2023 Robocon Contest - The UEH Dancing Robot Contest as follows:

Team "Beyond Tomorrow" of Nguyen Van Troi High School won the Champion Cup of Robocon UEH 2023
Hoang Van Thu High School Team and Pham Van Dong High School Team won the second prize in the UEH 2023 Robocon Contest
Vo Nguyen Giap High School Team and Huynh Thuc Khang High School Team won the Third Prize in the UEH Robocon Contest 2023
Teams: Tran Cao Van High School, Nguyen Thien Thuat High School, Nguyen Van Troi High School won the Consolation Prize, the UEH 2023 Robocon Contest

Member of "Beyond Tomorrow" Team of Nguyen Van Troi High School winningon the Champion Cup of the Robocon UEH 2023

Hoang Van Thu High School Team and Pham Van Dong High School Team winningon the second prize in the UEH 2023 Robocon Contest

Vo Nguyen Giap High School Team and Huynh Thuc Khang High School Team winningon the Third Prize in the UEH Robocon Contest 2023

Teams: Tran Cao Van High School, Nguyen Thien Thuat High School, and Nguyen Van Troi High School winningon the Consolation Prize, the UEH 2023 Robocon Contest

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