Research on the Development of Environmental Design Education Based on Digital Media Technology

Under the wave of digitalization, environmental design education is facing the dilemma that traditional teaching is out of line with industry demand. This study focused on the influence of digital media technology on environmental design education and used mixed research methods to conduct a two-year follow-up study on eight universities. The results show that digital media technology integration teaching can significantly improve students' abilities in spatial cognition, technology integration, and innovative thinking. At the same time, it is found that the development of students' technical ability has three tracks—rapid growth, steady development, and lagging adaptation. In addition, the perceived usefulness has the greatest influence on the behavioral intention of technology adoption, and the quality of teachers' guidance plays an important role in regulating. The research emphasizes that “tool assistance” and “independent innovation” should be balanced, which provides theoretical and practical basis for promoting the digital transformation of environmental design education.