Virtual Collaboration with Agile Methods in Engineering Education 4.0 - Jump to Digital Innovation Units in the New Normal

After two years of the COVID-19 pandemic, the disruption in Higher Education, especially in Engineering Education 4.0, has taken place. The world is more interconnected than it has ever been. How do we prepare students for it? What makes learning with virtual collaboration efficient? In our paper we took a closer look at online teaching and learning in the period from October 2021 to June 2022, emphasizing the teacher's and students' experiences. Two exemplary courses designed with agile and design thinking methods illustrate the approach: the University of Passau and the University Politehnica of Bucharest. After the implementation of the Education 4.0 model with agile methods for future thinking, at the University of Passau, over 80% of students collaborated actively during the hybrid seminar. This paper opens the way to innovation with agile methods for virtual collaboration in Engineering Education 4.0.