To advance digital education in the new era, Wuhan, capital of Central China's Hubei province, has developed a plan to establish a national smart education demonstration zone.
I. Overall Requirements
· Center education on cultivating virtue and meeting future talent needs, building a learner-focused ecosystem that supports personalized and holistic student development.
· Drive practical applications that ensure fair access to quality education, address key challenges in basic education, and support education reform through smart technologies.
· Foster innovation by integrating cloud computing, big data, internet of things, and AI into education and management to transform traditional teaching into smart education.
· Promote coordinated efforts among government, education departments, districts, universities, and enterprises to implement unified planning, phased progress, and collaborative innovation.
II. Key Tasks
· Upgrade infrastructure: city-wide broadband, 5G in schools, full coverage of multimedia and smart classrooms, education big data centers, and secure networks.
· Enhance digital literacy among principals, teachers, and students through targeted training and established standards.
· Reform classroom teaching by integrating AI and blended online-offline models to promote personalized learning and education equity.
· Innovate resource delivery with smart, demand-driven platforms using advanced tech like 5G, VR, and AI to encourage sharing and content innovation.
· Establish data-driven student evaluation systems to support comprehensive development and reform exams with intelligent testing.
· Enhance education governance with big data and smart decision-making to coordinate management and offer one-stop public services.
III. Support Measures
· Strong leadership from the government, departments, and districts, with a dedicated task force led by municipal officials.
· Financial backing from government budgets and public-private partnerships to ensure project funding.
· Talent development by building skilled educators and leaders with informatization integrated into evaluations and promotions.
· Tracked progress through annual plans and school CIO (Chief Information Officer) systems, encouraging cross-sector collaboration.
· Promotion and guidance via media outreach, experience sharing, and regional cooperation.
