ICARUS
The project brings together a number of experts and leaders in Industry 4.0 from European Higher Education Institutions (HEI) to collaborate in order to develop specific training content and support HEI trainers and learners. A digital training toolbox will be developed to address the Industry 4.0 skills gap and mismatches.
Background
It is a known fact that the world of work is increasingly becoming digitalised, this is evident from what has been termed the fourth industrial revolution (Industry 4.0). Technology is developing at such a fast pace that even HEI educators are finding difficulties to catch up and keep abreast of the latest technologies. This problem of EU educators needing to urgently catch up with Industry 4.0 technologies is even highlighted by the EU Commission, and World Economic Forum. This implies that educators will not be in an effective position to pass on knowledge to their students who are the workers of future generations. At the same time past generations of students who graduated a few years back find themselves in a position where they do not have the required knowledge to implement Industry 4.0 technologies that had not been developed or thought at the time.
Aim and objectives
The aim of the project is to develop an open and digital training toolbox which can be utilised by trainers in Higher Education Institutions to educate both current and previous generations of learners in Industry 4.0 technologies.
Outcomes
The following are results arising from the activities which will be carried out by the project partners:
- Specifications of an HEI Open & Digital I4.0 Training Toolbox;
- Compendium for a HEI modular course on IND 4.0;
- Set of modular Industry 4.0 case studies;
- A pedagogic framework of how to effectively apply ICARUS digital content;
- An Industry 4.0 Pilot Mobile Training Unit
