Kgabo Mokgohloa, Ngaka Mosia, Masengo Ilunga, Samukelisiwe Mathenjwa

Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Society and Information Technologies: ICSIT 2025, pp. 22-26 (2025); https://doi.org/10.54808/ICSIT2025.01.22

Kgabo Mokgohloa
School of Business Leadership, University of South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa

Ngaka Mosia
Department of Mechanical, Bioresources and Biomedical Engineering, Pretoria, South Africa

Masengo Ilunga
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Building Science, University of South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa

Samukelisiwe Mathenjwa
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Building Science, University of South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa

Cite this paper as:
Mokgohloa, K., Mosia, N., Ilunga, M., Mathenjwa, S. (2025). The Dynamics of Industry 4.0 in the Context of Engineering & Technology Education in a VUCA World: A Causal Loop Diagram Perspective. In N. Callaos, J. Horne, B. Sánchez (Eds.), Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Society and Information Technologies: ICSIT 2025, pp. 22-26. International Institute of Informatics and Cybernetics. https://doi.org/10.54808/ICSIT2025.01.22

The advent of the fourth industrial revolution triggered a response by the manufacturing industry in the form of Industry 4.0, which was spearheaded by the foresight of the German Government. Germany is known for its engineering excellence. The fourth industrial revolution has touched all corners of society, and Higher Education (HE) is not immune to these sweeping winds of digital transformation. This research explored the dynamics of Industry 4.0 influence on Education 4.0, a causal loop diagram (CLD) was conceptualized to capture the dynamics that are at play in the higher education sector.