Integrated Knowledge and Skills with Multi-Material Learning for Engineering Students during COVID-19

Abstract

Teaching and learning in engineering courses need to emphasize practicality to acquire integrated knowledge and skills. It is necessary to learn processes controlled by mathematical equations in mechatronic engineering to apply scientific principles to use automation control systems technology to support Industry 4.0, such as automatic control with a Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) control device. In addition, they are app lying the data of engineering process control to real-time applications with Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) software and PLC Network. Due to the outbreak of Coronavirus (COVID -19), lack of practice face-to-face interaction, so the effectiveness of online learning practice is significantly reduced. This study presents the combination of remote-control technology and multi- material learning to promote engineering students' conceptual and practical experiments during online learning. The finding shows that this multi-material learning can operate and motivate engineering students in the distance learning situation.