"China Education News" published an article signed by President Yang Zongkai of Wuhan University of Science and Technology

"China Education News" on September 1, 2022 The 7th edition of the "Theoretical Weekly · School Teaching and Research" published an article "Education Digital Strategy Reshapeing the New Era Higher Education", deputy secretary of the party committee and principal of Wuhan University of Technology and president.

Education Digitalization Strategy to reshape higher education in the new era

Author: Yang Zongkai, president, professor, doctoral supervisor of Wuhan University of Technology

Education digital transformation is an important engine and innovation path of higher -quality development of higher education, which has triggered a systematic change in the reinforcement and reconstruction of the higher education support system, and has produced systemic changes in the aspects of higher education teaching models, governance systems, and teacher development methods. The implementation of the digitalization strategy of education is related to providing manpower guarantee for the development of digital economy and digital China. It is an inevitable measure to seize the new round of scientific and technological revolution and new opportunities for industrial changes.

The inevitability of digital transformation of higher education

The digital economy puts forward higher requirements for the training of higher education talents. "Higher education and economy are close accompaniment relationships", and changes in social forms promote the reform of higher education. Traditional higher education talents are based on knowledge. However, the construction of digital economy and digital China requires a large number of digital talents with innovative spirit. Universities should emphasize moral education first, capacity, and knowledge, and focus on cultivating students' critical thinking, collaborative communication, "human -technology" interaction and other abilities.

The post -epidemic era promoted the change of the higher education training system and structure. In the post -epidemic era, the unstable factors of economic global development have increased, unilateralism and protectionism, and sustainable development is affected. At present, my country is in a critical period to realize the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, and it is also a golden period for talent temper. Faced with the historical opportunities of the global digital economy, it is required to promote the comprehensive transformation and upgrading of higher education in my country and continue to strengthen independent innovation.

Education new infrastructure provides digital base for digital transformation of higher education. In the context of the era of great changes that have not been encountered in the century, technological transition is an important variable in promoting changes in the field of education. As an important part of the national new infrastructure, the new infrastructure of education is an important traction and foundation for realizing the digital transformation of education. Taking the new infrastructure as the starting point and opportunity, it can further consolidate the base and cornerstone of higher -quality development of higher education, accelerate the transformation and upgrading of higher education informatization, and improve the quality of higher education and teaching.

Digital education empowers innovation and connotative development for higher education. Judging from the development needs of higher education itself, my country's higher education has passed the stage of large -scale and expansion, and has entered a new period of high -quality development. A new round of "double first -class" construction promotion will put talents in a critical position, pay attention to the quality guarantee system and output effectiveness of colleges and universities. This requires further transformation of higher education. The extension development is transformed into connotative development with the core of improving quality and optimizing structure.

The path of digital transformation of higher education

The digital transformation of higher education empowering traditional higher education, realizing value reconstruction, structural reorganization, procedure reconstruction and cultural reconstruction, and helping build a new ecosystem of modernization of higher education. The transformation path of digital transformation of higher education includes environmental, resources, systems, culture and other aspects. From the perspective of the essence of higher education teaching, five aspects of talent training, scientific research paradigm, cultural heritage, social services and support systems need to clarify digital transformation Thinking.

Higher education under the leadership of the Chinese Communist Party has gone through about a century, and has gone through multiple stages of development. Cultivating first -class innovative talents has always been an important mission of higher education. In the industrial era, most enterprises are standardized and large -scale production lines and assembly lines. Only a small number of enterprises need technological innovation. The national economic and social development requires more "knowledge copy types" talents. But in the era of digital economy, innovation has become the first driving force for economic and social development, and the national economic and social development emphasizes innovation. The talent training model of "homogeneity" and "assembly line" is difficult to adapt to the demand for talents in the digital economy. The new education system of networking, intelligence, personalization, and lifelongization is more suitable for cultivating innovative talents and personality required for the digital era. Talent.

The rapid development of scientific research paradigm artificial intelligence, big data, the Internet of Things and other technologies has promoted the changes in the scientific and mechanisms and paradigm of higher education in my country, and accelerating the transformation of college education and scientific research from management to governance. Educational digitalization strategies can improve and improve the scientific research management model of colleges and universities, and accelerate the realization of precise decision -making, accurate evaluation and accurate services in the scientific research governance of colleges and universities. In -depth applications of emerging technology in higher education scientific research activities can make information recognition more accurate, management services more intelligent, and more flexible scientific research mechanisms. For example, the entire process management of scientific research projects, comprehensive supervision of project progress, project planning, personnel management, financial supervision and other links; realize the scientific research management model of humane and timely feedback, pay attention to the dynamic progress of scientific research projects, establish project early warning Mechanism; wait.

Higher education in cultural heritage is an important source of the carrier of excellent cultural heritage and ideological and cultural innovation. Building a high -level university is by no means a short -term work. Rich cultural accumulation, excellent school style, and distinctive efforts need to be continued. The digital age is a new era of co -coexistence coexistence of "people -skills", which has broaden the breadth and depth of learning. "It can learn from time to time" and "can learn everywhere" to change the way of learning and promote the role of teachers. Simple repetitive labor such as knowledge teaching and assignment correction will be replaced by technology. Teachers, as inheritors, contributors and practitioners of college culture, must further change the positioning of traditional roles, strengthen the nature of education, highlight the role of "educating people" And humanistic care. Social service digital economy innovation and development is an important way for my country's establishment of a new development pattern. Digital transformation is promoting the formation of new normal in all walks of life, and promoting Chinese manufacturing to Chinese creation. As the connection between higher education and economic development has become closer, knowledge -based talents needed in the era of industrialization can no longer meet the development needs of the digital economy and digital China. The digital development of higher education helps to promote the cultivation of a large number of innovative talents with the formation of capabilities and values ​​as the core to serve the needs of economic and social development. We must focus on improving the mutual recognition mechanism of colleges and universities to further strengthen the integration of production and education and school -enterprise cooperation in the field of higher education, and explore a new model of science, education, education, and international collaborative talent training based on enrollment, training, and employment. The quality of application -oriented talents.

The digitalization strategy of supporting system education has changed the support system of traditional higher education, and has formed a more intelligent, scientific and personalized education scenario. For example, in terms of higher education and teaching environment, it breaks the "islands" of educational resources in regions, schools, classrooms, and people between people, and accelerate the formation of "dual space" that combines physical space and network space. In particular, the application of technologies such as virtual reality, through multi -channel perception and multi -mode interaction, to achieve seamless connection between virtual world and real world. For another example, in terms of resource supply model, under the guidance of the discipline construction ideas of "New Engineering, New Medicine, New Agricultural Sciences, and New Liberal Arts", the content system and subject knowledge system of higher education curriculums and disciplines have changed. Resource barriers provide more continuous and open education.

The challenges and response measures facing the digitalization of higher education

There are challenges in terms of fairness, safety, cost, quality, and strategy during the digital transformation of higher education. The digital transformation of higher education is a gradual systematic project, which involves many aspects such as education systems, teacher development, and school culture. Here we mainly talk about the key challenges and response measures facing the digitalization of higher education from four aspects:

The first is to strengthen the theoretical support of digital transformation. The deep integration of current information technology and higher education teaching lacks theoretical support, insufficient explanation of the principles and laws of digital transformation, and even unclear in the direction of digital transformation. Educational digital transformation is a scientific issue that needs to be made in urgent breakthroughs. Therefore, it is necessary to further realize multi -disciplinary integration, carry out scientific research based on evidence and data -driven, reveal the laws of digital transformation of education, and form the basic theory of digital transformation with extensive guidance.

The second is to deepen the integration of information technology and higher education. The integration of information technology and higher education is not only related to the equipment of infrastructure, but also related to the level of technological innovation application. It is necessary to further strengthen technical research and promote the integration of information technology and higher education teaching methods, content presentation, and quality evaluation. For example, in terms of higher education evaluation, based on data -based teaching evaluations, it is more detailed to describe the characteristics of teachers and students' education and learning, and push the teaching content and services in a targeted manner, and achieve teaching according to the technical empowerment.

The third is the innovation of the courage to carry out higher education system mechanisms. Universities should bravely bear the historical mission of high -quality development and serve the construction of the entire people's lifelong learning system, and carry out strategic and structural digital reforms in the fields of educational concepts, organizational forms, university systems, and learning methods; Standard specifications, such as formulating a credit degree certification system, forming cross -school cross -regional resource sharing specifications, uniform standardization of teachers' digital ability, etc.

The fourth is to continuously improve information literacy and digital capabilities. Information literacy and digital capabilities are the important capabilities and necessary qualities of citizens in the digital era in the information society. Whether it can improve the information literacy and digital ability of teachers and students is the core of improvement of higher education quality. For teachers, being able to take the initiative to adapt to the digitalization of higher education and the flexible use of information technology to carry out education and teaching is the fundamental requirement of teachers' career development and the basic ability of lifelong learning.

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