Curriculum Development Workshop Industrial Engineering and Robotics Education Studies Must Be Following The Goals Of National Education

In developing the curriculum of the Industrial Engineering and Robotics Study Program (PTOIR), it must comply with the National Education Goals set out in Law No 20/2003 on the National Education System Article 3 where curriculum development has a philosophical foundation rooted in the local and national culture. This was conveyed by the UPI professor, curriculum and educational technology expert Prof. Dr. Dinn Wahyudi, MA, at the Curriculum development Workshop held by PTOIR of the Department of Electrical Engineering Education, Faculty of Technology and Vocational Education, Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia (FPTK UPI). Furthermore, he provided input and reinforcement related to the development of the PTOIR Program of Study curriculum in terms of the philosophical and pedagogical aspects of the higher education curriculum.

The workshop was held on October 21, 2020, at the FPTK UPI Building which was attended by lecturers in the PTOIR Program of Study Department of Electrical Engineering Education. The workshop was officially opened by the Head of the Department of Electrical Engineering Education, Dr. Yadi Mulyadi, M.T.

The activity was conducted offline while still following the COVID-19 health protocol. The workshop was a part of the collaboration between the PTOIR FPTK UPI Program of Study and the AKSI-ADB Project Implementation Unit (PIU). Prof. Dr. Dinn Wahyudi, M.A, and Drs. Didin Saefudin, M.T was the resource person.

The need for vocational school curriculum alignment in the field of Industrial Automation Engineering with the Educational Personnel Education Institute (LPTK) as a producer of educational personnel.

Head of UPI FPTK PTOIR Program of Study, Dr. Hasbullah., S.Pd., M.T., stated that this workshop was conducted to get input from various experts, both in the field of educational curricula and practitioners related to the development and job opportunities of graduates in the fields of industrial automation and robotics.

"With this activity, it is hoped that in the preparation and refinement of the curriculum for the PTOIR Program of Study, which is a new study program in the FPTK UPI environment, it can provide reinforcement related to the competence and qualifications of graduates according to market needs, especially in the world of vocational education," he concluded.