A Review of Internet of Things Major Education in China

Demonstration Laboratory of Industry 4.0 Retrofitting and Operator 4.0 Solutions: Education towards Industry 5.0

“…The consensus is that one of the biggest obstacles to adopting IoT technology is the need for more professionals. Talent demand is expected to outstrip supply several times over in the future, and the number of vacancies in the sector could reach into the millions [ 56 , 57 ]. The IoT-driven microelectronics advancements [ 58 ] and, with it, the growth of the needed engineering knowledge [ 59 ] can be described by Moore’s law [ 60 ], i.e., they double every year.…”

“…Without a uniform curriculum, different institutes specialized in different areas teach the IoT with different approaches. Consequently, there is no coherence among different IoT courses [ 57 ]. The instruction materials largely depend on the knowledge of teachers, resulting in an abundance of source materials in some specific technology and a scantiness in others [ 66 ].…”

“…The described model structure is made up of four layers, which cover the fundamental aspects of the IoT ( sensing and collecting data from the environment, data transmission through a communication network, information processing , application ) and two supporting technologies, cybersecurity and algorithms . Another approach is that a curriculum should be built based on the underlying knowledge structure [ 57 ]. According to one dimension of the model structure, the three knowledge fields related to the IoT concept, general, professional, and management knowledge, should be covered, and according to the other dimension, the individual subjects are organized around the layers of an IoT architecture model they propose ( perception , network , supporting , and application ).…”

A Study on Technology Use for Sustainable Graduate Education Internationalization at Home: Chinese Teachers’ Experiences and Perspectives

“…The government "places a high premium on subversive technological developments" and "encourages Chinese research organizations to undertake cutting-edge research", according to the Communist Party of China's (CPC) Five-Year Plan. Government officials have also stated that they intend to "implement the Internet+ Action Plan in order to establish application technologies for the Internet of Things" [7]. One particularly intriguing proposal is to provide universities and research institutes with the opportunity to become innovation leaders, with expanded decision-making control over research spending and globalizing the universities for an extended period of time.…”

“…One particularly intriguing proposal is to provide universities and research institutes with the opportunity to become innovation leaders, with expanded decision-making control over research spending and globalizing the universities for an extended period of time. The Internet of Things (Internet+) already has a significant impact on the internationalization of graduate education in China and around the world and this trend is expected to increase over time [7,8]. The development of new technologies has allowed for the rise of online universities like the Open University, which provide courses at a distance [9].…”