Pioneering the future of Thai engineering through e-learning: Implementation of a high-level soft skills development program in cooperation with Japan.

Thai economy has been developing remarkably, especially in the manufacturing industry, and continuous and progressive economic growth is expected in the future. In addition, for further development in the future, it is essential to train high-level engineers for key industries such as automotive, environment, and information technology, and key technologies such as IoT and AI. This time, CeFox Co., Ltd., which develops e-learning systems and assists in content development in collaboration with Japanese industries and universities, and King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi, which trains highly skilled engineers in Thailand, collaborated to develop an Engineers' Education Program in cooperation with Industry and Universities", through a blend of the e-learning system FoxE3, and face-to-face classes using zoom, etc., based on the Japanese basic philosophy "MONOZUKURI". This program has been used in classes at the Faculty of Engineering at King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi for approximately five years, from 2021 to the present. As a result, the program succeeded in gradually and effectively developing the skills necessary for all participants to become engineers.
In this paper, based on the features of this program and the results of the demonstration, we report that this program is a new educational method that makes it possible to cultivate high-quality engineers, and further that this program can be applied to high-level human resource development not only in the field of engineering but also in various other fields.