Distance Learning through Simulators and Virtual Platforms for the Teaching of Industrial Engineering within the Tec 21 Educational Model

This paper aims to improve the learning process of students of Engineering and Design on the Tecnologico de Monterrey through TEC VEP (Virtual Enterprise Planning), a virtual platform. In the Industrial Engineering and Design teamwork, we are using the play lab concepts to build academic activities with interactivity between the academic and the industry ecosystem using a virtual platform. The student performs a simulation from the home of the processes of a company that are parameterized by professors and training partners, in such a way that the student has an experience very close to reality through distance education. The design of this activity emulates an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) [1] system and facilitates students to design a company where the process and departments are fully linked. The simulation defines processes so that through real (VR) and augmented reality (AR) and 3D simulation the student can live the experience of working in a car assembly, the use of VR and AR in education will improve the learning process for students in the coronavirus edge.