Compared with developed countries, we should say that we are relatively backward. Take the digital library as an example. American university libraries, such as California Digital Library (CDL), have 32 million digital academic resources. The construction of digital resources in China has just started, and Chinese online resources are still scarce. These present situations will also affect the informatization construction of colleges and universities.
● Digital campus
Informatization not only affects the main teaching and scientific research activities in colleges and universities, but also brings great changes to traditional teaching and scientific research. At the same time, it will also challenge the current management system and management mechanism of the school and urge it to change. The motivation for this change comes from two aspects. One is that informatization has brought changes to the traditional teaching and scientific research model, which requires new management mechanisms. The other is to use information technology to manage school affairs, which also requires a new mechanism, that is, digital campus. The construction of digital campus is also an important part of university informatization.
Development trend of university informatization at home and abroad
The influence and change brought by informatization to colleges and universities, or higher education in the information age, is a profound topic worthy of attention and discussion. Many experts have realized that the information revolution will bring great changes to human society, and education is an important aspect.
There is no doubt that the higher education in 2 1 century will undergo great changes. But how will it change? This is another question that is difficult to give a clear answer. It can be discussed from the following aspects.
● Educational ideas and concepts
The information revolution has brought great impact to the traditional higher education thought, so what are the tasks and functions of colleges and universities in the future? We need to think from the following questions. How to eliminate the "digital divide" in education, and whether the informatization of colleges and universities can bring more and more equal educational opportunities to backward areas and vulnerable groups. What is the role of teachers in future higher education and what is the relationship between new teaching and learning? The relationship between formal education and social-oriented mass education, elite education and universal education, academic education and lifelong learning. Only by straightening out these problems can we make clear the future tasks and functions of colleges and universities.
● Diversified educational models
Based on information (especially network) technology, many new educational models have emerged, and the traditional "face-to-face" educational model centered on classroom and teachers has been challenged. The new educational model emphasizes student-centered, flexible and convenient, and learning initiative, but it lacks face-to-face communication, difficulties brought by new and unfamiliar learning environment and other unfavorable factors. Therefore, the future education should be multi-mode.
At present, various network-based education models have been put forward, such as e- learning, e- college, e-university, e- degree and so on. So how should these models combine with each other to achieve complementary advantages and complement each other? This is also a problem that needs further study.
:: Developing information technology and adopting new technologies.
Due to the rapid development of information technology, it is unpredictable that new technologies emerge one after another. The continuous adoption of new technologies will bring many new educational models and methods. With the continuous application of information technology, online education will truly realize 4A (Anytime on Anything), that is, doing anything for 4A at any time and any place (anyone. The application of intelligent and virtual reality technology shortens the distance between intelligent and immersive online education and face-to-face on-site education. The future higher education will appear in front of the world with a brand-new look.
The fundamental purpose of informatization in colleges and universities is to improve the efficiency and quality of cultivating students in higher education, among which improving quality is fundamental. Whether all the new educational ideas, new educational models, new educational methods, new educational facilities and new management methods established by informatization in colleges and universities are successful or not, the only test is whether the quality of education has been improved and whether high-quality talents have been cultivated.