Lab-Tec@Home: Technological Innovation in Control Engineering Education with Impact on Complex Thinking Competency

David Sotelo, José Carlos Vázquez-Parra, Marco Cruz-Sandoval and Carlos Sotelo ()
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David Sotelo: School of Engineering and Sciences, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Monterrey 64849, Mexico
José Carlos Vázquez-Parra: Institute for the Future of Education, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Guadalajara 45138, Mexico
Marco Cruz-Sandoval: Center for the Future of Cities, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Monterrey 64849, Mexico
Carlos Sotelo: School of Engineering and Sciences, Tecnologico de Monterrey, Monterrey 64849, Mexico

Sustainability, 2023, vol. 15, issue 9, 1-16

Abstract: The objective of this paper is to present the results of the implementation process of the Lab-Tec@Home kit, an educational innovation that allows students to set up home laboratories to test and validate basic control engineering concepts. Specifically, the purpose of this study is to measure the acquisition and development of students’ perceived achievement of complex thinking competency during this educational practice, considering how valuable it is to improve their perception of additional skills while fulfilling the objectives of the innovation. We implemented a validated instrument to measure this competency before and after using the Lab-Tec@Home kit and in a control group where this educational innovation practice was not carried out. Although the results did not show a statistically significant difference in the level of perception or the improvement achieved between the groups, they indicated an impact on the homogeneity of the students’ perceived skills, which is a value of this educational tool and its greatest finding and contribution.

Keywords: professional education; educational innovation; future of education; complex thinking; control engineering; higher education (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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