Abstract - Mobile computing and robotics have been used as
two separate approaches to engage university and pre-university
students in STEM education. We are in the process of developing
an innovative learning model that combines these two
approaches into an integrated framework, where students would
learn to make robots and control them via Android applications.
By creating these cellbots, students will learn Android app
programming and robot building together. Through CLF, we
strive to engage both university and pre-university students in a
creative environment that enables joint learning of programming
logic and engineering concepts. CLF will also serve as an
interdisciplinary tool to interface science with engineering. It will
further pave the way for building diverse student communities
by bonding different learners. The overall goal is to enhance
STEM curriculum and outreach activities for recruiting more
STEM majors. As part of implementing CLF, we are developing
a STEM workshop for high school students, which will consist of
hands-on activities on working with BERO (Be The Robot) and
designing cellbots. Our future plans comprise of deploying CLF
in introductory STEM courses to promote the diverse and
interdisciplinary nature of STEM disciplines.