Educational Methodology Based on Active Learning for Mechatronics Engineering Students: towards Educational Mechatronics

Abstract

The world is experiencing a new stage, the Fourth Industrial Revolution or also called Industry 4.0, which promotes the digital revolution of industries through the use of artificial intelligence and the internet of things; this revolution will generate new jobs. This work proposes the creation of Educational Mechatronics, which is an educational methodology that aims to develop the skills and abilities required by the jobs of the new industrial era by promoting the analytical thinking as a previous step forward critical thinking competence, allowing to generate solutions and innovative proposals for problems of industrial automation and automatic process control that companies from the industrial sector experience nowadays. The educational mechatronics integrates the Educational Model of the University, resources and existing academic spaces, practical activities and mechatronic prototypes focused on promoting the critical thinking of Mechatronic Engineering students through active learning. In addition, it is sought that with the inclusion of the Educational Mechatronics the level of attraction of the students for their career will be increased by having an intensive active participation in experimental sessions and thus reduce the percentage of student desertion. The forecoming engineers need to be trained with an innovative educational methodology since they will be in charge of strengthening and promoting the next technological revolution Industry 4.0, promoting new business and the social and economic development of the countries.

Implementation of a MEIoT Weather Station with Exogenous Disturbance Input

“…The OBNiSE IoT architecture allows us to integrate and perform applications in several areas, such as Mobility, Health, Smart Cities, Technology, and Education. In particular, this proposal presents the application of engineering education that aims to develop skills and abilities required by the I4.0, and promote active learning using resources, existing academic spaces, practical activities, and mechatronic prototypes based on an innovative educational methodology: [ 30 ]. These courses represent an alternative to improve and reduce the gap between the current knowledge at schools and the new industry requirements.…”

Educational Mechatronics and Internet of Things: A Case Study on Dynamic Systems Using MEIoT Weather Station

“…The OBNiSE architecture allows us to integrate and perform applications in several areas, such as mobility, health, smart cities, technology, and education. In particular, this proposal presents the application of engineering education that aims to develop skills and abilities required by I4.0 and promote active learning using resources, existing academic spaces, practical activities, and mechatronic prototypes based on an innovative educational methodology [ 14 ]. These courses can be synchronous or asynchronous, and it is an alternative to improve and reduce the gap between the current knowledge at schools and the new industry requirements.…”

“…However, this work did not show a conceptual framework containing a methodology, a teaching and learning process, along with strategies to lead the course. It is worthwhile mentioning that one of the novel conceptual frameworks that are just beginning to appear in the academic field is Educational Mechatronics (ME by its initials in Spanish) [ 14 ].…”

Curriculum Development in the Industrial Revolution Era 4.0

“…[3], [4] Curriculum development can be defined as the process of planning, implementing, and evaluating curriculum that ultimately results in a curriculum plan. [5], [6], [7][8] Education 4.0 is the personalization of thelearning process, where the learner has completeflexibility to be the architect of his or her ownlearning path and has the freedom to aspire for,approach and achieve personal goals by choice.Personalized learning focuses on addressing anindividual's goal by choosing from a variety ofeducational programs, instructional approaches,learning experiences and academic support strate-gies while keeping in mind the learner's distinctneeds, aspirations and interests [9] In today's worldwide period, curriculum development is a must. Curriculum development is a complex composition, and involves all components that are interconnected and supportive between one component and another.…”