Digitalization is a magic buzzword in almost all disciplines in modern society. It does not only concern technology, but life in general, and without doubt the key idea today is linked to digital solutions found everywhere in the world. The technological revolution has developed in enormous steps and is closely connected to such concepts as game industry, machine learning, artificial intelligence, robotics, the Internet of Things, intelligent manufacturing, quantum computing etc. Even though the youth of today have grown to be "diginative" in many aspects, the teaching and learning of the more and more challenging technological solutions has become, not easier but even more challenging. Digitalization in teaching and learning has many conflicting aspects and consequences, and the current era of covid 19 pandemia is one clear challenge to demonstrate the needs, possibilities and problems in teaching. The paper discusses some of the topics related - especially but not only - concentrating in automation.