Abstract
In Austria technical education is taught at federal secondary colleges of engineering (HTL) at a quite high level of ISCED 5. Despite mechanical engineering, de-sign with industrial standard 3D programs being state of the art in industry and education, technologies using Internet of Things (IoT) and Augmented Reality (AR) are still at an early stage. This publication describes the introduction of the IoT platform Thingworx at Austrian HTL for mechanical engineering, with focus on AR and IoT from an educational perspective as well as the training aspects from the platform developers’ perspective. Additionally, some diploma thesis with AR supplement and the experiences made so far are presented.
Highlights
Through the development of technology, the products of today which are connected to the internet are quite complex and require a constant exchange of operational data via the Internet
Restivo and Cardoso [5] investigated the integration of Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR) into engineering education with several projects like an electrical circuit using AR, whereas the work of Elsaadany and Soliman [6] inquiries the alternate points of view of students, instructors and learning executives on Internet of Things (IoT)
Augmented Reality and Internet of Things are in their initial phase at Austrian secondary colleges of engineering (HTL)
Summary
Through the development of technology, the products of today which are connected to the internet are quite complex and require a constant exchange of operational data via the Internet. Restivo and Cardoso [5] investigated the integration of AR and Virtual Reality (VR) into engineering education with several projects like an electrical circuit using AR, whereas the work of Elsaadany and Soliman [6] inquiries the alternate points of view of students, instructors and learning executives on IoT. They argue that IoT can transform the educational environment because of the increasing amount of accessible connected devices, which will lead to changes in students’ and educators’ behaviors. The research question in this work is to screen the existing literature for best practise examples and examine the extent to which the two technologies AR and IoT could be integrated into the curriculum and daily engineering lessons of the Austrian HTL in order to meet the requirements of industry regarding digitization
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