The Times Value, Realistic Dilemma and Possible Path of Digital Literacy Cultivation of Chinese University Teachers
The cultivation of digital literacy among Chinese university teachers, as an inherent requirement for elevating the educational quality and enhancing the essence of higher education in China, is propelling Chinese universities onto the path of high-quality development. Under the tide led by technology, Chinese university teachers should strive to be digital research-oriented teachers under the opportunity of developing digital literacy. However, most university teachers are trapped in the practical dilemma of application, resource, pressure, relationship and responsibility in theory and practice. That is, teachers lack the ability to integrate knowledge and action, equipment is facing the crisis of aging, teachers' original teaching and research tasks are onerous, teachers are trapped in human-machine relationship, and technology moral and ethical risks are significant. In this regard, universities should make efforts in the most important places, with the help of characteristic teaching training, improving school infrastructure, optimizing school teaching system, giving full play to the effect of technical tools to reduce the burden and enable the effect of technological risk prevention, driving teachers to carry out digital teaching and digital research competence, operational power, internal drive, collaborative force and motivity, improve digital literacy, and help the digital transformation of higher education.
Authors
- Yujie Xiao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2095-3477)
Institutions
- Chongqing Normal University (CN)
Publication Details
- Published
- 2025-05-14
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1109/icaie64856.2025.11158664
- Primary Topic
- Educational Reforms and Innovations
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00