Digital software has been proliferating in the classroom, frequently replacing students’ hands on experiences. This article reports on a study that tested how hands on experiences with physical emerging technology, namely personal robots, drones, cameras, and echo dots, may improve or impair student learning and enhance or diminish the classroom experience. This study examines the potential impact of hands on experiences on student knowledge, skills, and values regarding emerging technology in the context of a course that employed traditional learning, defined as theoretical applications of next generation technology, namely autonomous vehicles during the first half, and hands on experiences with physical emerging technologies related to domotics, during the second half. Using three diagnostics, tweets, reflections, and discussion posts, we suggest that hands on experiences allowed students to more easily identify potential challenges with, and reduced their fears regarding, emerging technology. Additionally, our findings suggest that traditional learning methods may decrease familiarity with most technologies, whereas hands on experiences increased familiarity. Hands on experiences also appear to reverse several other trends associated with traditional learning. Ultimately, given the proliferation of technologies in the modern world and the impacts of automation, hands on experiences may be even more valuable than expected to students as they enter the workforce.

数字软件在教室中激增，经常取代学生的动手经验。本文报告了一项研究，该研究测试了如何体验物理新兴技术（即个人机器人，无人机，照相机和回声点）的体验如何改善或削弱学生的学习并增强或减少课堂体验。这项研究在采用传统学习的课程的背景下，研究了双手对学生的知识，技能和价值观的影响对新兴技术的潜在影响，传统学习被定义为下一代技术的理论应用，即上半年的自动驾驶汽车；在下半年，我们将介绍与自动化相关的物理新兴技术的经验。使用三个诊断，鸣叫，思考和讨论帖子，我们建议，动手实践可以使学生更轻松地识别新兴技术带来的潜在挑战，并减轻他们的担忧。此外，我们的研究结果表明，传统的学习方法可能会降低对大多数技术的熟悉程度，而动手实践则会增加熟悉程度。亲身体验也似乎可以扭转与传统学习相关的其他几种趋势。归根结底，鉴于现代技术的不断发展以及自动化的影响，亲身体验可能比进入劳动力市场的学生更有价值。我们的研究结果表明，传统的学习方法可能会降低对大多数技术的熟悉程度，而动手实践则会增加对这些知识的熟悉程度。亲身体验也似乎可以扭转与传统学习相关的其他几种趋势。归根结底，鉴于现代技术的不断发展以及自动化的影响，亲身体验可能比进入劳动力市场的学生更有价值。我们的研究结果表明，传统的学习方法可能会降低对大多数技术的熟悉程度，而动手实践则会增加对这些知识的熟悉程度。亲身体验也似乎可以扭转与传统学习相关的其他几种趋势。归根结底，鉴于现代技术的不断发展以及自动化的影响，亲身体验可能比进入劳动力市场的学生更有价值。