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Skills development

With the advent of Industry 4.0 in both industry and crafts, the requirements companies have for their employees have changed. Intelligent machines require well-educated employees who possess strong and responsible action competencies. This raises the question of what this development means for educational and training institutions tasked with further educating existing employees and training future skilled workers.

Forms of learning

  • Formal learning: The systematic and organized delivery of specified learning content and learning objectives. A concrete learning goal is targeted, the learning process is consistently aligned to it and the result can be controlled.In formal learning, the learning situations are mainly shaped by a professionally pre-trained person. Learning takes place in an institutional space and is cognitive in nature.
  • Informal learning: Here, the focus is on the holistic approach to learning. In informal learning, the learned knowledge is continuously restructured, thus the learning outcome is created through the learning process with the participation of both the learner and the teacher. The learning situations are mostly authentic problems and tasks. Informal learning is not tied to institutional settings, but can be entirely individual and unplanned.
  • Non-formal learning: Non-formal learning refers to all learning processes that take place outside of education and training. In-house continuing education or structured online learning or courses through civil society organizations are among them.There is no official qualification, but learning outcomes are defined as knowledge, skills or competencies.

Time models

New learning environments and methods require both learners and educators to significantly enhance their ability for self-organized time management.

In future work models, employees will face a range of time-related challenges that were previously non-existent. As such, time management in teaching and learning contexts becomes an essential component of forward-looking education. Learners must acquire the skills to independently organize and coordinate their learning processes, locations, and times, which increasingly encroach upon what used to be leisure time. To effectively implement self-regulation of time, it is crucial for learners to understand the importance of good time management. This not only varies with personal expectations and future visions but also demands a high level of discipline and self-management to consistently execute planned actions.

The model of the complete action

With our training packages and learning systems, the competencies and requirements mentioned so far can be applied to practical examples. The learners thus get a reflection where they stand in the circle of the complete action, which represents the requirements of the local economy for future skilled workers.

Inform

  • Studying the problem in the workbook
  • Understanding the work order
  • Acquire missing knowledge

Plan

  • Design of a circuit with FluidSIM
  • Derive a circuit diagram with parts list

Implement

  • Construction and commissioning of the circuit on a workstation system with the training packages
  • Simplified, accessible and convenient

Control

  • Comparison of target and actual state and targeted troubleshooting, e.g. with components from measurement technology

Reflect, document

  • Evaluation of the result, optimization and professional documentation with the worksheets of the workbook and FluidSIM® CAD drawings