The Intelligent Transformation of Higher Education:A Historical Comparative Study
Generative AI technology(GenAI)is deeply intertwined with the potential forces of so-cial transformation.The field of higher education is considered one of the primary areas significantly af-fected and requiring urgent transformation.How do we understand the intelligent transformation of higher education in China?Firstly,by reviewing the three major transformative developments in the history of higher education,the paper points out that GenAI technology may become a new variable for the development of universities due to its"asymmetric advantages"and"high cost-effectiveness."Sec-ondly,based on an analysis of the relationship between technological iteration and cultural lag in the past 50 years since the widespread use of personal computers,it is clarified that the intelligent transfor-mation of higher education should not only respond to the structural imbalance or relational instability caused by technology but also include the basic values,norms,order,and their formation processes,inherent to modern universities.Thirdly,a comparative study of key intelligent transformation cases at several universities at home and abroad over the past two years reveals that the pattern of university in-telligent transformation in reality has distinct characteristics of a"technology amplification period."For the development of Chinese universities,the reengineering of processes based on GenAI is the key peri-od for the institutionalization of new,shared norms in universities.
generative AI technologyhigher educationintelligent transformationnew shared normsthe era of digital intelligence
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