Active Learning of Students with Diverse Goals and Backgrounds in the Light of Industry 4.0 Requirements

Abstract

This study focuses on the impact of active learning on engineering students with diverse educational backgrounds, forms and duration of training, as well as the level of language proficiency. The purpose of the research is to determine to what extent it is effective and useful to implement the student-centered approach in order to gain the student’s engagement in active learning and achieve success in academic performance in the light of requirements posed by the fourth industrial revolution “Industry 4.0”. The case study in Robotics reveals some significant relations between long-term activities and creative brainstorming and their influence on the strong and weak trainees. Several troubling issues are analyzed in terms of enthusiasm shown by some students and disaffection expressed by other learners.