How Technology Can Empower the Future of Higher Education Teaching:Trends,Practices,and Scenarios—Key Points and Considerations of the 2024 EDUCAUSE Horizon Report(Teaching and Learning Edition)
The 2024 Horizon Report(Teaching and Learning Edition)recently released by EDUCAUSE,which has become an important reference for governments to predict and assess the future development of high-quality higher education teaching.An analysis of the content of the report is conducive to making forward-looking strategic planning for the digital transformation and high-quality development of higher education in China.Using the improved Delphi method and the STEEP Trend Framework,the report describes 20 macro trends affecting the future of higher education teaching from six aspects:social trends,technological trends,economic trends,environmental trends,political trends,and artificial intelligence trends.It then details six key technologies and practices that will affect higher education teaching in the future.Finally,it predicts four future development scenarios:growth scenario in workforce skill demand driven higher education,constraint scenario in higher education limited by data collection,collapse scenario in higher education affected by political tides,and transformation scenario in higher education empowered by personalized education.The report offers insights into innovation and development of the future higher education teaching in China mainly in the following four aspects:establishing and improving the relevant systems and standards of educational data security,continuously promoting the digital transformation of higher education;Reshape the new form of AI-enabled teaching and learning,and deepen the innovation and development of higher education;Improve the new system of technology enabling higher education guarantee and service,and promote the sustainable development of higher education;Continue to strengthen the professional development training of teachers and students in higher education,and help the training of new quality talents empowered by digital intelligence technology.
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