Xavi Canaleta
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Total Citations
158
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About
Xavi Canaleta is a pioneering researcher at La Salle - Ramon Llull University whose work sits at the intersection of educational robotics, computational thinking, and inclusive technology-enhanced learning. With a career spanning over a decade, Canaleta has made significant contributions to how robotics can be meaningfully embedded across educational settings — from early childhood classrooms to engineering curricula. His most influential work explores the integration of educational robotics with Project-Based Learning and STEAM disciplines, demonstrating how computational thinking can be developed through contextualized, creativity-driven activities. His 2022 and 2020 papers have collectively garnered over 120 citations, reflecting substantial impact in the field. Notably, his 2020 study across four Spanish schools highlighted practical strategies for introducing robotic platforms at the elementary level, addressing a persistent challenge for classroom teachers. More recently, Canaleta has turned his attention to socially assistive robotics for students with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), developing personalized robotic intervention profiles to enhance language and social skills in inclusive mainstream settings — a genuinely novel and humanistic direction in educational technology research. His early development of the LSMaker robotic platform further underscores his commitment to purpose-built tools that bridge engineering education and real pedagogical needs.
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- 8LSMaker: A robotic platform for Engineering Education2 citations · 2013