The first National Teaching Digitalization Competition (TDC), co-organized by the China Education Online and the Beijing Information Science and Technology University, recently concluded with great success. Faculty members and students from the School of Education (SOE) at the City University of Macau (CityU) achieved outstanding results, winning the special prize in the student group and the second prize in the teacher group under the guidance of Associate Professor Peng Jun. Furthermore, Associate Professor Peng Jun and PhD student Su Baohua received the advanced individual award, and CityU was honored with the excellent organization award.
The competition attracted 827 entries from 30 provinces, municipalities, autonomous regions, the Macao SAR, and the United Kingdom. A total of 2,627 contestants from 341 colleges and universities signed up, making it one of the most authoritative competitions in the domestic education field for in-service teachers and college students who are interested in teaching in the future. Its aim is to build a platform for communicating and learning about modern educational technology, as well as promoting the application of information technology, internet technology, and artificial intelligence (AI) in teaching.
The student group (liberal arts in the higher education session) was met with fierce competition. However, a team of four PhD students in education, consisting of Su Baohua, Liu Longqing, Gong Yuqing, and Tu Ailin, stood out with their proposal: “a case study of integrating ideology and politics into teaching curriculum in a multicultural context.” Their work integrates ideological and political elements, such as traditional Chinese culture and patriotism education, into the course and curriculum design, with the aim of cultivating students' patriotism. As the team representative, Liu Longqing demonstrated strong academic skills during the oral defense of the finals and was highly praised by the judges. The team ultimately won a national special prize. Utilizing network technology, they are dedicated to digitalizing teaching resources, creating a learning community in a small private online course (SPOC) environment, and establishing a new learning environment for knowledge construction.
In the teacher group (liberal arts in the higher education session), Associate Professor Peng Jun collaborated with three PhD students, Su Baohua, Liu Shalu, and Xu Yuming, for the competition. Su Baohua represented the team in the final defense and won the second prize. Their proposal, “internet+ era: a case study of cross-universities teaching in Guangdong and Macao,” utilizes online resources from the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Universities Online Open Course Alliance and leverages the strengths of education, teachers, and the learning environment. The project combines traditional teaching with a teacher-led and student-independent learning approach. This case demonstrates teaching innovations such as the integration of resources across time and space, as well as flexible teaching methods. Additionally, it promotes the sharing of online courses in the Greater Bay Area, providing students in Guangdong and Macao with high-quality course resources.
Source: School of Education
