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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article

Front. Educ.
Sec. Leadership in Education
Volume 9 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/feduc.2024.1412018
This article is part of the Research Topic Continuing Engineering Education for a Sustainable Future View all articles

Future Skills for Industry 4.0 Integration and Innovative Learning for Continuing Engineering Education

Provisionally accepted
Jose Daniel Azofeifa Jose Daniel Azofeifa Valentina Rueda-Castro Valentina Rueda-Castro Claudia Camacho-Zuñiga Claudia Camacho-Zuñiga Guillermo M. Chans Guillermo M. Chans Jorge Membrillo-Hernández Jorge Membrillo-Hernández Patricia Caratozzolo Patricia Caratozzolo *
  • Institute for the Future of Education, Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education (ITESM), Monterrey, Mexico

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    This research explores leveraging Industry 4.0 technologies and best practices to address the challenges faced by Continuing Engineering Education (CEE) in Higher Education, ensuring its sustainability and relevance. CEE is essential for engineers' continuous professional growth and adaptability, especially in an era marked by swift technological progress and changing job requirements. CEE must adapt to rapid technological advancements and evolving workforce demands. Nevertheless, traditional pedagogical methods often lag behind the needs of modern engineering professionals. Through a case study, this study aims to show how skills visualization allows the creation of comparisons between professional scenarios to enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of CEE programs. To achieve this goal, we utilized a platform based on the KSA taxonomy, which enables the visualization of skills and supports creating personalized and adaptive learning. Anticipated outcomes demonstrate how comparing skills across occupations can highlight areas for reskilling or upskilling. Finally, This study underscores the significance of Education 4.0 principles in shaping the future of CEE programs, emphasizing the crucial role of innovative learning approaches and technological integration in empowering the future engineering workforce in the Industry 4.0 era.

    Keywords: Industry 4.0, higher education, Lifelong learning, Future skills, artificial intelligence Frontiers

    Received: 04 Apr 2024; Accepted: 12 Jul 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Azofeifa, Rueda-Castro, Camacho-Zuñiga, Chans, Membrillo-Hernández and Caratozzolo. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: Patricia Caratozzolo, Institute for the Future of Education, Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education (ITESM), Monterrey, Mexico

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