Challenges of the Industrial IOT (IIoT) in Higher Education in the Kingdom of Bahrain

Abstract

The Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) is a fluid concept that evolves in response to shifts in digital technology, requirements, and markets. Higher education today needs to embrace and learn about the new ways that people, machines, services, and data can interact. Transitioning from higher education to work is a challenge that could be more readily overcome if all parties involved, from individuals to organizations, businesses to governments, collaborated. Because higher education is moving at a snail's pace, all stakeholders must work quickly to prepare for the Industrial Internet of Things. Employers expect critical thinking and analysis, as well as problem-solving and self-management skills like active learning, resilience, stress tolerance, and flexibility, to become more important in the years leading up to 2025. Demand for trained individuals will rise as the IIoT expands. One option to narrow the skills gap is through education, which can include effective skills, re-skilling, and up-skilling programs. Moreover, Higher education must incorporate the latest technologies to adapt to new ways in which people, machines, services, and data interact. Likewise, the training requirements in a variety of sectors must be extensively investigated in order to provide a better environment for Industrial IoT education. Academic and High Vocational Education and Training (HVET) programs, work-based learning, educational virtual and remote laboratories, national and international educational legislation and instruments, extensions, and so on should all be investigated. Curriculum creators and planners at HEIs are currently defying the problems brought by technological development head on. The Kingdom of Bahrain is working hard to develop a knowledge-based, diverse economy in order to provide all citizens with a fair and complete education and to increase lifetime learning possibilities. This aligns with Bahrain’s Economic Vision 2030 objectives.