Coping with Uncertainty:Strategies for Develop-ing Digital Teaching and Learning in World-Class Universities——The University of British Columbia as an Example
With the historical advantages of digital education,the University of British Columbia accelerated the development of the school's digital teaching strategy in the uncer-tainties brought by the COVID-19 pandemic and generative artificial intelligence.The uni-versity promoted the development of digital teaching mainly through three aspects of institu-tional measures,including the open and inclusive attitude towards digitalization,the institu-tional design based on strategic planning and standards,and the development support for digital teaching ability.Through these measures,it can be found that the construction of the university's digital teaching presents three characteristics:humanity,initiative and three-di-mensional.The experience of the University of British Columbia brings four enlightenments for the development of digital teaching in Chinese universities,including actively avoiding risks and coping with uncertainties with the help of digital means,raising the digital devel-opment to a strategic height,making efforts in the construction of the technology,standard and ethical framework of digital teaching,and establishing a collaborative mechanism for the participation of multiple subjects in the university.
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