Collective residencies / Olot
Robotics and programming for education 2025
From Wednesday, 7 May 2025 to Wednesday, 14 May 2025

May 2025
For the eighth year in a row, a passionate group of teachers, designers and creators of educational tools from all over the world will meet at Faberllull Olot to promote creative learning experiences in programming and robotics for education based on STEAM and Maker projects.
Many of the participants have already worked together this year, connecting remotely from their countries, and meeting in person at Faberllull will help them move forward and share their projects. Over this week, they will re-think the teaching and purpose of computer sciences, connecting the virtual and physical worlds to better integrate the maker tools they already use (Snap!, Microblocks, Snap4Ardiuno, TurtleStitch, etc.) and reflect on the challenges of computer-science education in the era of artificial intelligence.
The reflections from this residency will be shared at Robolot 2025, in the STEAMakers projects fair on Friday 9 May and the programming and robotics innovation conference on Saturday 10 May.
STEAM projects contribute globalised learning that encourages research, dialogue and critical thinking. Maker culture is about being curious, imaginative, committed, persistent, optimistic, taking risks, searching for resources and sharing them.
Residents

JENS MÖNIG
Researcher and Designer
JOHN MALONEY
Computer scientist and creator of programming systems for beginners
BRIAN HARVEY
Teaching Professor Emeritus
JADGA HÜGLE
Snap! Researcher
KATHY GIORI
EdTech Entrepreneur and Strategic Industry Advisor
BERNAT ROMAGOSA
Software engineer
JOAN GUILLÉN
Teacher
VICTORIA ASHLEY PHELPS
Computer Science major
ANDREA MAYR-STALDER
Artist and media developer
DAN GARCIA
Teaching Professor in the EECS department at UC Berkeley
MICHAEL BALL
Lecturer UC Berkele and y Software Engineer
TONI MORENO
Technical Engineer and president of Robolot
JOSEP FERRÀNDIZ
Teacher
CATI QUINTANA RIGONI
Science teacher and ambassador of STEAMCat program
JOSÉ GARCÍA YESTE
Coordinator Educational Area of Citilab
CHRISTIANE BAUER
Founder of the SAP Young Thinkers program
ENRIC MOR
Lecturer and researcher at UOC (Universitat Oberta de Catalunya)
PETER MATHIJSSEN
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