Additional Info

• Period of implementation: 100 Hours
• Country where the practice was developed : Slovenia
• Provider of the practice : SIC Ljubljana
• Targetg group: 17-19 y.o. students, EQF 4 level
• How to implement the practice :

  One of the goals of the educational programme in the students’ final year is to create a mechatronic system independently, with a few assistance of a mentor. Students have the possibility to look into the existing documentation of the mechatronic systems of previous generations in order to get ideas and design their system more easily.

• Prerequisite knowledge:
  • - Operation of machining machines
  • - Materials
  • - Electrical sources
  • - Programming of controllers
  • - Electrical components
  • - Preparation of electrical and mechanical technical documentation.
• Main learning outcomes from the practice :
  • - Description of a task to be solved.
  • - Explanation of the solution.
  • - Identifying material needed for the job.
  • - Calculating and defining the material needed.
  • - Analyse the mistakes that occurred.
  • - Invention of technical solutions for the assembly.
  • - Demonstration of the created system.
  • - Analysis of the completed work considering the set goals. 
• Needed/Suggested digital tools:
  • - Computer
  • - Controller
  • - Measuring instruments
  • - Software.
• The practice was carried: : In Classroom or Lab
• Critical points to shift towards STEM learning and solutions:
  • - The critical point is when the students have to define their idea and prepare the initial documentation.
  • - The critical point is when the students have to build a system based on the technical drawing, prepared by them.
  • - The critical point is performing calculations and the choice of appropriate materials and components based of these calculations
• Positive aspects of participatory learning :
  •  - The students learn everything about the individual elements and materials that have been used.
  • - The students independently develop the system. 
• Negative aspects of participatory learning:
  • - Students may « get lost » and need guidance
  • - Students set themselves a too high goal for their current knowledge
  • - The students’ idea is financially to demanding
• Included green education (if any):

  The students disassemble the systems of previous generations and use some of their elements in the new systems.