The impact of the ‘Internet of Things’ on engineering education

Vladimir Vujović and Mirjana Maksimović
University of East Sarajevo
Lukavica, Bosnia and Herzegovina

The rapid advancement of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in the last decade has created a new paradigm for the Internet, known as the ‘Internet of Things’ (IoT). This new paradigm — which provides access anytime and anywhere to information in novel ways and contexts — brings people, processes, data and things together in unprecedented ways. Today, IoT touches every facet of our lives, opening new opportunities for growth, innovation and knowledge-creation. Through the interconnection of people with many things (e.g. media, photos and information), and now with physical objects too (e.g. RFID, sensors, actuators and robots), the IoT application in education has the potential to drive new ways of teaching and learning and transform the experience for both students and educators. This paper analyses the influence and application of IoT technologies on the teaching system in engineering education through a practical and methodological approach. The results of the research have shown that the introduction of new methods and strategies of teaching and learning may raise the quality level of the entire engineering educational process, and guarantee the delivery of long-lasting knowledge and skills that are applicable to real- world problem-solving.