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 practicalteachingapproaches andcontentemployed 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 andgraduates’ 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.
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