Advanced technologies such as AI and IoT are expected to play a role in social infrastructure in the near future, but the education system for training engineers in the construction and operation of these technologies and for engineering, which seeks solutions by identifying problems and putting them into practice, has yet to be established.
Japan has its own education system for engineers, known as a national institute of technology (Kosen). Kosen is a higher education institution established for the purpose of "teaching arts and sciences in depth and fostering the abilities necessary for a vocation" and is characterised by early vocational education from the age of 15.
In this study, a practical IoT education curriculum at a Kosen is constructed and evaluated with a view to training the next generation of engineers who can handle advanced technologies. The subject matter of the educational curriculum is the practice of local problem solving in the PBL.
Specifically, students of Kosen and local elementary and junior high school students will discover problems together and construct methods to solve them with AI and IoT. IoT devices with modular hardware and software are used for IoT education and local implementation. This will reduce learning costs and improve the feasibility of the solution approach.
Practice and teaching others are considered effective for retention of learning. Analyse the depth of understanding with students after the curriculum trial to test its effectiveness.