Adapting Experiential E-learning in Engineering Education with Industry 4.0 Vision

This article describes the design and implementation of laboratory sessions for learning embedded systems with the vision of learning industry 4.0 for engineering education. The main objective of this laboratory is to improve the learning of sensors, actuators, interfacing, and real-programing in engineering education targeted toward recent industrial automation and automotive applications. The developed laboratory equipment is employed to support graduate and undergraduate teaching through the experiential learning paradigm of E-learning. The paper also presents a set of student-center laboratory activities developed with a pedagogical approach based on Kolb's Experiential Learning Theory to complement the proposed venue. The developed hardware consists of very low-cost modules and can be used as Lab-at-home by each student with online delivery of the course contents.