Seize new opportunities in the digital age
Promote the sustainable development of higher education
Report at the 2023 Annual Meeting of the International Forum on Higher Education.
Du Yubo. December 10, 2023).
Distinguished guests, ladies and gentlemen, friends
Good morning!
It is my great pleasure to gather with friends at home and abroad at the beautiful Xiamen University to participate in the 2023 Annual Conference of the International Forum on Higher Education and talk about "Digital Era and Sustainable Development of Higher Education". Here, on behalf of the Chinese Association of Higher Education, I would like to express my sincere welcome and heartfelt thanks to all the guests and friends
The digital era is a new stage in the history of human social development, and sustainable development is the "golden key" to solve global problems. With several rounds of scientific and technological revolution and industrial transformation, human society has moved from agricultural civilization and industrial civilization to the digital age driven by artificial intelligence, and profound and tremendous changes have taken place in the way students learn Xi, teachers' teaching models, university governance mechanisms and international exchange forms, and the traditional education model has ushered in a series of new challenges.
In 2022, the United Nations Summit on Transforming Education proposed that the digital revolution should benefit all Xi learners, and "promoting digital learning Xi and transformation" was one of the five major topics of education transformation. In 2022, the report of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China pointed out that it is necessary to "promote the digitalization of education and build a Xi-oriented society and a Xi-oriented country with lifelong learning Xi for all. In May this year, at the fifth collective Xi of the Politburo of the Communist Party of China, the chairman once again emphasized the need to "further promote digital education and provide effective support for personalized learning Xi, lifelong learning Xi, expanding the coverage of high-quality educational resources and education modernization." "The Ministry of Education of China attaches great importance to the digitalization of education, conscientiously implements the spirit of the important instructions of the chairman, actively promotes the digital transformation of education, continuously iterates and upgrades the informatization of education, the in-depth implementation of the national education digitalization strategic action, and the reform of the education model has entered an active period, creating and accumulating new experience in the digital development of higher education.
-- In the digital era, high-quality resources of higher education are gradually becoming inclusive and shared. Equity in higher education is an important part of educational equity, and digital technology is an important way to promote equity in education. The digitalization of education should break through the boundaries of school education, promote the diversified combination of education types, resources, and elements, and build a networked and intelligent education system and a public service system for digital education resources. At present, while universities in the eastern region of China have made great progress, universities in the central and western regions have also achieved new development relying on digital technology platforms. 174 colleges and universities in the central and western regions participated in the construction of 810 virtual experimental teaching courses, of which 196 were rated as national first-class courses. The "experimental space" of the virtual experimental platform has effectively improved the quality of experimental teaching in colleges and universities in the central and western regions and promoted more quality fairness.
-- In the digital age, blended teaching in higher education is widely used. Many colleges and universities have built and improved digital platforms to support the innovation of online and offline integrated teaching models, track and record full-cycle Xi data, intelligently push Xi resources, and carry out comprehensive Xi evaluation. There are also some colleges and universities that actively explore the deep integration of information technology and talent training system, and build an open training platform of "artificial intelligence + teacher education", which fully supports the training of digital excellent teachers and innovates the intelligent training mode of students.
-- In the digital era, the support system for higher education services is becoming more and more perfect. Colleges and universities have built a number of smart classrooms and virtual training rooms in accordance with the "Digital Campus Specifications for Colleges and Universities", and strive to build a future learning and Xi environment. Some colleges and universities have built a full-link and integrated teaching innovation support system from enrollment to employment, which effectively solves the time and space constraints of students' learning Xi and makes it possible to Xi cross-domain personalized learning. High-tech companies such as Alibaba, Tencent, and Huawei have established computing power alliances with universities to provide strong support for the digital development of universities.
-- In the digital era, the concept of sustainable development of higher education has been deepened. Digital empowerment of student Xi, teacher teaching, education governance, and research innovation requires the continuous updating of educational ideas and concepts, and a new system of sustainable development of higher education. The majority of educators are constantly updating their educational concepts, improving their digital literacy, and actively exploring the use of digital technology to solve education and teaching problems. In terms of data-driven, human-technology integration, and cross-border opening-up, a new education ecology is being formed.
-- In the digital era, the international influence of higher education has increased significantly. We have successfully held the World Conference on Digital Education and the International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Education, and released the China Smart Education Development Index Report and the World Higher Education Digital Development Report. Tsinghua University initiated the establishment of the "World MOOC and Education Alliance", which provides more than 1,000 international course resources for Xi around the world free of charge in 14 languages including English and French, covering 177 countries and regions. The "International University Alliance for the Development of Digital and Intelligent Education", jointly initiated by nearly 30 universities at home and abroad, including Peking University, promotes the in-depth development of academic and scientific research cooperation and exchanges in various disciplines, and promotes the joint cultivation of outstanding talents.
Ladies and gentlemen, friends!
The key to the digitalization of education lies in "transformation", and "transformation" is to focus on change and process. According to the requirements of the digital age, we need to give full play to the role of digitalization in promoting learning and Xi methods, teaching models, governance mechanisms, international exchanges, etc., build a new education system, realize systematic reform of education, and continuously promote the sustainable development of higher education.
——We need to innovate Xi with digital education in higher education. Quality is the lifeblood of education, and digital technology is the ladder to improve the quality of education. No matter how education develops in the future, talent training will always be its primary and core task. It is necessary to continuously enrich digital education application scenarios such as smart classrooms, adaptive learning Xi, intelligent diagnosis of learning conditions, and smart classroom evaluation, and promote the transformation of standardized education to personalized learning Xi through digital technology, so as to realize the innovative development of learning and Xi methods.
-- We need to transform the teaching model with the digitalization of higher education. Promote the integration and development of digital technology and traditional education, introduce advanced AI-generated content technology, realize the intelligent creation and personalized recommendation of educational content, enhance the creativity, experience and inspiration of the teaching process, and leverage the profound transformation of classroom teaching. Follow the growth and cognitive laws of students, design more flexible learning and Xi plans, and create a new paradigm of data-driven learning and Xi teaching according to their aptitude.
-- We need to optimize education governance through the digitalization of higher education. Through intelligent means, we will build an educational brain with efficient decision-making, accurate service and continuous innovation capabilities. Improve the operational efficiency and service quality of educational institutions by optimizing internal processes and information management. Through big data technology, we can grasp the campus environment and student dynamics in a timely manner, and implement accurate management according to the personality of students. According to the changes in the educational environment and the upgrading of user needs, the functions and performance of digital governance are constantly adjusted and improved to ensure that it is always at the leading level.
-- We need to expand exchanges and cooperation through the digitalization of higher education. In recent years, many countries have launched corresponding digital strategies for higher education, which provides conditions for the internationalization of education. We should strive to bring China's high-quality courses to the world and the world's high-quality courses to the country, help students around the world understand the differences of multiculturalism, promote the exchange of digital learning Xi, and jointly establish a new pattern of education opening up in the digital era. Colleges and universities should actively rely on relevant alliances and organizations, unite global higher education colleagues, and work together to promote the integrated development of emerging technologies and higher education.
Ladies and gentlemen, friends!
Digital connects the future and innovation drives development. The digitalization of higher education is the trend of the times, the need for development, and the direction of reform. Let us join hands to actively respond to the call of the times of the United Nations Summit on Transforming Education, seize the new opportunities of the digital era, empower the sustainable development of higher education with education digitalization, and contribute ideas, wisdom and educational power to a better future for mankind.
Thank you!**Chinese Association of Higher Education.