IoT Course Construction in General Education against the Background of China's University-Industry Collaboration

Abstract

This study describes the IoT course design in general education and contributes to the understanding of the influence of university-industry collaboration on higher education. The rapid development of IoT has made a significant impact on education by changing the traditional teaching method as well as putting forward a new demand for the introduction of relevant knowledge to students. Against the background of China's government encouraging university-industry collaboration, we analyzed the necessity and feasibility of introducing the IoT course as a general elective course for undergraduates. A curriculum that adopts the Niagara framework as a lab platform is described. The empirical study at Nankai university illustrated that through university-industry collaboration, cutting-edge technology such as IoT could be effectively integrated into universities' general education and benefit students of various majors.