Didactical aspects of mechatronics education

Abstract Increasing pressure is placed on universities and vocational training schools with their links to industry to expose students and apprentices to real working environments in education and training of multi-skilled technicians. This led to a new type of job profile which contains a mix of electrical, mechanical and IT knowledge (mechatronics). The paper contributes to these target demands with the development and evaluation of a new kind of multi perspective learning environment for vocational education and training of technicians and skilled workers in the field ofmechatronics.