Challenges and Responses:A Collaborative and Win-win Future—Infinite Possibilities:2023 Report on the Digital Development of Global Higher Education(Ⅲ)
Digital technology has become the core driving force of the new round of technological revolution and industrial revolution.In the next decade,digital technology will continue to develop and evolve,reshaping our way of life,economic models and social structures.Facing the future,the application of digital technology in higher education presents new trends such as the new generation of the Internet to strengthen the new connection of education elements,the Internet of Things to help create a new space for digital education,big data to provide strong support for precise educational services,blockchain to accelerate the empowerment of new learning evaluations,generative artificial intelligence to reconstruct new forms of education and teaching,and the metaverse to promote the formation of a new integrated education field combining virtual and real experiences.However,while digital technology brings opportunities to higher education,it also faces challenges.With the advent of the new generation of artificial intelligence,traditional education paradigms urgently need reshaping,especially when the AI gap is deepening,network security threat is becoming more serious,algorithmic bias is intensifying ethical risks,the gap in digital literacy is widening,and global cooperation is needed to address issues related to human-machine collaboration.To propel the in-depth transformation of digitalization in higher education,government,international organizations,higher education institutions,educational organizations,research departments,and businesses around the world should join forces and take collective action to grasp and adapt to the digital transformation.These include:first,establishing an interconnected educational digital infrastructure environment.;second,building a flexible and open mechanism for mutual recognition of digital learning results;third,cultivating a high-level teaching workforce with continuous improvement of digital literacy;fourth,developing ethical safety standards of educational digital technology;fifth,enhancing the data-enabled governance system for higher education;and sixth,collaboratively building a research network and cooperation platform for digitalization in higher education.
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