Dr. Osman Balci (CS) along with his Ph.D. student Serdar Aslan and Dr. Anderson Norton (Math) and his Ph.D. student Steven Boyce developed the CandyBot educational app for iPad as part of their NSF grant project. Read More
The work was done through the Learning Transformation Research Group (LTRG) at Virginia Tech. The LTRG group aims to significantly enhance the learning and teaching of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) in K-12 curricula. Read more about the LTRG.
CandyBot was awarded the Best Educational App of 2015 by Balefire Labs. According to Balefire Labs, “Only 16 of the more than 1,200 apps reviewed won the Best Educational App of 2015 award.” Additional information about the Best Educational App award can be viewed here.
