Digital Inclusion: A Research Report on Digital Teaching Support by East China Normal University

doi:10.16382/j.cnki.1000-5560.2025.07.009

Abstract

Abstract:

To integrate rural education revitalization with digital education strategy and enhance the quality of rural education, the Department of Development Planning, Ministry of Education launched the “Digital Teaching Support to Empower Rural Education” project in 2022. Based on the concept of digital inclusion, East China Normal University organized a team of over 300 faculty members and students to provide one-year digital teaching support services for 10 primary schools in Xundian County, Yunnan Province. Through optimizing digital infrastructure, developing distinctive curriculum resources, and innovating teaching models, the project explored and established a new digital teaching support model featuring government guidance, university assistance, and social participation. This study systematically evaluated the project’s effectiveness in bridging regional digital educational divide and promoting digital inclusion through questionnaire surveys and in-depth interviews. The findings reveal that the digital teaching support project effectively strengthened the foundation for digital transformation of rural schools, enhanced rural teachers’ digital teaching capabilities, and cultivated students’ digital literacy, thus effectively narrowing the regional educational digital divide. Based on these findings, the study suggests that universities should play a demonstrative leading role in promoting digital teaching support as a regular practice in educational services for rural revitalization. Meanwhile, it is necessary to improve policy support and collaborative promotion mechanisms for digital teaching support at the national level. Overall, the digital teaching support project has constructed a new educational assistance model underpinned by infrastructure support, capability enhancement empowerment, and digital resource sharing. This exploration not only provides important implications for advancing China’s educational digital transformation but also contributes Chinese solutions to the global innovation in digital inclusion practices in education.

Key words: digital inclusion, digital teaching support, digital divide, rural education revitalization

Yanlei Li, Zemin Liu, Wenjing Zhou, Dan Zhu, Linhua Zhao. Digital Inclusion: A Research Report on Digital Teaching Support by East China Normal University[J]. Journal of East China Normal University(Educationa, 2025, 43(7): 108-126.

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开放编码	主轴编码	核心编码
设备更新与购置	硬件设施升级与优化	基础设施完善与支持体系建设
硬件设施配置
录播室建设完善
提供远程教学技术支持	软件与技术保障措施
加强网络质量与稳定性支持	软件与技术保障措施
充分提供教学资源和时间保障	学校配套资源投入
提供必要的设备支持与维护	学校配套资源投入

开放编码	主轴编码	核心编码
教学方法创新与优化	数字教学能力的全面优化	教师数字化教学能力与理念的提升
教学设计能力提升
线上教学技能提升
信息素养提升
教育理念的更新	教育理念与视野的更新拓展
相关知识与视野的拓展	教育理念与视野的更新拓展

开放编码	主轴编码	核心编码
自主学习能力提升	自主学习与思维能力的提升	学生数字素养与能力的培养
批判思维培养
问题解决能力提升
编程思维培养	编程与信息技术素养的培养
编程知识的学习
信息技术知识的掌握与应用
科技兴趣的激发	科技兴趣与学习需求的激发
新技能学习需求的引导	科技兴趣与学习需求的激发

开放编码	主轴编码	核心编码
教学资源的共享与提供	数字教学资源的利用	数字教育资源的有效开发与应用
多媒体教学资源的运用
远程教学资源的利用
新型教学工具的应用
创新课程设计	创新数字化教学方式的探索
数字化教学方式创新	创新数字化教学方式的探索
促进学生数字互动提升	数字平台教学应用的拓展
数字平台在教学中的应用
数字化教学工具的提供与应用
构建在线交流的教学反馈机制	在线教学沟通与支持的优化
提升教学沟通效率与质量	在线教学沟通与支持的优化

题号	题型	考察内容	均值	方差	标准差
21	三级量表	与教师互动	2.35	0.32	0.56
22	三级量表	独立思考	2.40	0.29	0.54
23	三级量表	与同伴互动	2.50	0.26	0.51
24	三级量表	课堂是否快乐	2.77	0.18	0.42
25	二级量表	未来使用意愿	0.98	0.02	0.14