The transition to Industry 5.0 introduces new challenges and opportunities for engineering education, emphasizing the integration of human-centric design, sustainability, and intelligent digital systems. Traditional industrial engineering curricula often focus on lean practices and process improvement, but rarely provide experiential learning environments that reflect the real-world contexts of digital manufacturing. This paper addresses this gap by designing a hands-on practice that mirrors real-world manufacturing environments using an assembly-toy simulation enhanced with Industry 5.0 enablers. The proposed educational practice integrates collaborative robots (cobots), Autonomous Mobile Robot (AMR), smart quality sensors, and a Manufacturing Execution System (MES) to simulate a collaborative assembly process between humans and robots. Through this experience, undergraduate industrial engineering students engage in teamwork, problem-solving, and decision-making within a digitally augmented production line. Preliminary implementations demonstrate that students develop a stronger understanding of human-machine collaboration, gain practical exposure to digital manufacturing tools, and enhance their ability to connect theoretical concepts with industrial practice. This work contributes to innovation in engineering education by demonstrating how experiential learning can effectively bridge the gap between traditional laboratory instruction and the technology-rich, human-centric environments envisioned by Industry 5.0.
