TITLE:
Exploration of Practical Teaching with Digital Technology for Industrial Engineering Education in Local Universities of China
AUTHORS:
Yarong Chen, Shenquan Huang, Peihong Fu, Hongming Zhou, Wei Xue
KEYWORDS:
Industrial Engineering Education, Practical Teaching, Digitalization Engineering Skills, Local Universities, Digital Technologies
JOURNAL NAME:
Creative Education,
Vol.10 No.10,
October
11,
2019
ABSTRACT: The wide implementation of “Made in China 2025” has had a significant influence
on higher education in industrial engineering in China, and the required
knowledge and skills of industrial engineers in enterprises have changed
considerably. However, the current practical teaching approaches and content employed in industrial
engineering education are insufficient to meet the realistic requirements. To address this issue, this paper reviews
research on digital technologies in education and identifies the required
digitalization engineering competencies and skills of industrial engineers
through a joint investigation of job descriptions and graduates’ feedback. A
new practical teaching scheme with digital technologies for training qualified
industrial engineers is presented.
Finally, the key measures to successfully implement the new practical teaching
scheme are introduced. The new practical teaching scheme is gradually being
implemented and promoted at Wenzhou University and has achieved good results
based on an investigation and analysis of the teaching effects. This study is
expected to contribute to improve the practical
teaching environment and outcomes through student’s active and total participation
in a realistic engineering problem-solving process with a digital simulation
platform.