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MAKING 4.0: DEVELOPING AN OFFICIAL MASTER DEGREE FOR ADAPTING THE CURRICULA OF FUTURE WORKERS AND MANAGERS OF WOOD AND FURNITURE SECTOR TO THE SKILLS REQUIRED BY THE INDUSTRY 4.0
1 Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena (UPCT) (SPAIN)
2 Centro Tecnológico del Mueble y la Madera de la Región de Murcia (CETEM) (SPAIN)
3 Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (GERMANY)
4 The Warsaw University of Life Sciences (WULS) (POLAND)
5 Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) (MALAYSIA)
6 Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) (MALAYSIA)
7 Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) (MALAYSIA)
8 Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) (MALAYSIA)
9 Malaysian Timber Industry Board (MTIB) (MALAYSIA)
About this paper:
Appears in: EDULEARN20 Proceedings
Publication year: 2020
Pages: 7968-7977
ISBN: 978-84-09-17979-4
ISSN: 2340-1117
doi: 10.21125/edulearn.2020.2000
Conference name: 12th International Conference on Education and New Learning Technologies
Dates: 6-7 July, 2020
Location: Online Conference
Abstract:
The 4th industrial revolution, known as Industry 4.0 (I4.0), will promise to increase the flexibility in manufacturing, mass customization, better quality and improved productivity in all industrial sectors. EU and Asian countries are promoting this industrial transformation through new industrial policies and funding in research and infrastructures. However, the I4.0 adoption also includes challenges in education and training. Current and future managers and workers need to have the knowledge, skills and competences demanded by the I4.0. This involves to update the curricula of Vocational Education Training (VET) and in Higher Education (HE) degrees. In this regard, the European Project MAKING 4.0 aims specifically to bring this 4th industrial revolution to the specific sector of wood and furniture industry in Malaysia – one of the major contributors to the Malaysian economy-, through the development of an innovative curriculum to modernize the current HE offer in this field. In this contribution we present the work is being carried out in the framework of the MAKING 4.0 project, with a European-Malaysian collaborative consortium, which is working to perform, from the design of the joint curriculum and training contents of the master degree, to the official accreditation by the Malaysian Qualification Agency.
Keywords:
Industry 4.0, ICTs, HE, Master, EU project, wood, furniture.