The investigation of the problems of the digital competences formation for Industry 4.0 workforce

International Scientific Conference "Digital Transformation on Manufacturing, Infrastructure and Service"

Kozlov, Aleksandr^1 ; Kankovskaya, Alina^1 ; Teslya, Anna^1

Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University, 29, Polytechnicheskaya st., St. Petersburg

195251, Russia^1

关键词: Digital technologies;    Information and Communication Technologies;    Readiness levels;    State of the art;    University students;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1757-899X/497/1/012011/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1757-899X/497/1/012011

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

The article describes results of a research performed by its authors at Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University with the main purpose to determine the status of usage of digital technologies and state-of-the-art communication means by students while studying, and also to make conclusions on achievements in digital competences formation and readiness of university students to work for the future digital industry. The research was conducted on the basis of questionnaire prepared by the authors of the article comprising three sections and including 18 questions. The total number of respondents made 187 persons from two University institutes. Analysis of the results obtained was made both on the whole selection and on the areas of focus and students' readiness levels. Conclusions were made regarding the substantial part of students who are conservative toward up-to-date Information and Communication technologies, and, consequently, the insufficient level of digital competences of these students that may cause problems in the future, during Industry 4.0 companies staffing. Recommendations on solving the problem identified are given in the article.