Effect of industry 4.0 on education systemsan Outlook
- Álvarez Gil, Nicolás 1
- Rosillo Camblor, Rafael 1
- Ponte Blanco, Borja 2
- López Brugos, José Antonio 1
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Universidad de Oviedo
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- 2 The Open University Business School
Publisher: Universidad de Oviedo
ISBN: 978-84-17445-02-7
Year of publication: 2018
Pages: 43-54
Congress: Congreso Universitario de Innovación Educativa en las Enseñanzas Técnicas (CUIEET) (26. 2018. Gijón)
Type: Conference paper
Abstract
The aim of this paper is to analyze the main changes which manufacturing industry will face in the next years and to present different ways for training and preparing the workforce with the required skills. Both external factors, such as the increase in global competitiveness and the growing demand of flexible and customized outputs over standard products, and internal factors, like the new information and processing technologies, are driving the manufacturing industry to the Fourth Industrial Revolution, as well known as Industry 4.0.The shift of paradigm which it represents will affect the factories in the technical, organizational and communication level. Consequently, the labor force should be prepare to work in this new context. Learning factories, virtual learning environments and intelligent education systems are proposed as away to train the future work force for the Industry 4.0 frame.