Experiencias en contexto para generar competencias en carreras de Ingeniería

Abstract

In response to the need of engineering careers for permanent updates within this world of drastic technological changes, this study analyzes the development of competencies and skills during the education of future professionals in the fields of electronic and control engineering. The developments in electronics and control are currently centered on the integration of mechanical, electronic, and computer information systems applied to robotics and to integrated production systems. Thus, teaching materials and educational training modules are developed. The topics to be developed include industrial controllers, applied robotics, communication networks, supervision software, and technology-integrating devices. Based on practical situations organized from what is known as the “laboratory of applied technologies”, questions will be formulated that favor a wide exposition of the knowledge of the students; then, new situations of growing complexity continue that are compatible with the level of the students to promote the evolution of the initial models; finally, conclusions, knowledge structures, and application activities are established. The study describes a series of devices (materials and methods) to improve education in applied technologies in the field of electronic and control engineering for university students through in-context experiences. These experiences are expected to favor the comprehension of basic concepts of science and technology in an integrated educational framework.