Education 4.0 Lab for Digital Innovation Units – Collaborative Learning in Time of COVID-19 Pandemic

Industry 4.0 and the COVID-19 pandemic are shaping the future of higher education, industry, and organizations, acting as a catalyst for digitalization with enormous challenges for mobile connectivity, collaboration, and blended teaching and learning. This paper focuses on the didactical concept of remote interaction and collaborative learning for students in electronics. We present the Education 4.0 Lab for Digital Innovation Units (E4LDIU). In this regard, we implemented for two courses ("Optoelectronic Devices", and "Photonic Sensors and Transducers'') a remote lab, experimental-based interactions with the learning environment. E4LDIU offers a foundation for collaborative learning and sustainable development with knowledge produced in situational contexts. E4LDIU is here to stay after the pandemic.