Abstract
The increasing importance of continuingly complex Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS) challenges and encourages universities worldwide to organize up-to-date CPS oriented educational programs. The Erasmus+ project “CybPhys” aims to support CPS oriented educational programs in Belarus and Ukraine. We put forward a hypothesis that the educational situation, training opportunities, situation of the labor market, and general economic development are related to each other and can vary depending on the region. In order to validate our hypothesis and to provide input to curricula modernizations, an in-depth study in the form of surveys was conducted in the years 2019–2020. The results of the study showed that the differences between the perceptions of stakeholders in different regions of one country were more significant than the deviations between the global evaluation marks obtained from Belarusian and Ukrainian respondents. In order to increase the synergy of the CybPhys partners, the transdisciplinary and T-shape skills approaches are introduced to the education programs of the partner’s universities. An innovative ICT based teaching and learning environment and associated teaching methodologies will be developed. The research provides valuable input to the development of industry and research-oriented cross-domain study programs in Cyber-Physical Systems focused on the needs of Belarusian and Ukrainian industries.
Highlights
The Erasmus+ project “Development of practically-oriented student-centered education in the field of Cyber-Physical Systems” (CybPhys) [19] focuses on curricula modernization taking into account the results provided by an analysis of the labor market needs
The survey showed that the difference between the average means of the marks put by Belarusian and Ukrainian representatives was only +0.0158
It was worth noting that the participation of Chernihiv National Technological University (CNTU) in 2020 in some way impacted the results of the survey since, in general, the representatives selected by CNTU had work experience on projects related to Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS)
Summary
Cyber-Physical Systems are complex systems; they consist of distributed and networked computing elements. This contribution is achieved relying on the research of industry’s needs, the utilization of knowledge and experience of EU universities, the application of ICT based e-learning tools, and the integration of innovative pedagogical methods. This was the first representative survey that embraced different industries: oil; electricity; heating energy production; transport maintenance; mining and processing plant; cargo delivery; and other industries and research institutions located at three industrial regions of Ukraine, two regions of Belarus, and in the Belarusian capital, Minsk.
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