What is the value of developing smart education? 5G and AI play a key role

As the domestic prevention and control situation has become basically stable, various places have begun to deploy the "resumption of classes" in primary, secondary and high schools. At present, most primary and secondary schools have resumed classes, and the start time of universities has also been announced one after another. Prior to this, in order to achieve "no suspension of teaching" and "no suspension of learning", the country and local governments have been working hard to give full play to the advantages of the smart education system and promote the development of online learning with the participation of social forces.

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It is in this special crisis that smart education represented by "cloud teaching" and "cloud learning" has developed rapidly, and its market penetration has increased rapidly. However, it should be pointed out that smart education is not just about "clouding" various educational resources, but also includes cutting-edge technologies such as artificial intelligence and 5G, as well as the application of smart devices such as robots, VR/AR, etc.

Solving the problem of unbalanced educational resources

With the development of the national economy and the advancement of urbanization, the domestic education level has been greatly improved. Generally speaking, in the eastern coastal provinces and some key cities in the central and western regions, educational resources are relatively abundant, and the concentration of high-quality resources is also high. The education level has reached the international advanced level. However, this situation has also led to the increasingly prominent problem of uneven distribution of educational resources.

At present, the imbalance in the distribution of educational resources, especially high-quality educational resources, between the eastern region and the central and western regions has become a serious problem. In many remote areas, not only are there a lack of excellent teachers, but some even have problems with basic teacher configuration. In addition, these remote areas also have great deficiencies in hardware facilities. To solve this dilemma, we must actively use the power of science and technology, and this is where the value of smart education lies.

On the one hand, by developing smart education, we can gradually release the high-quality and huge teacher resources in large and medium-sized cities, so that some teacher resources can be liberated and tilted to other regions. In this way, students in small and medium-sized cities and remote areas can get better education through distance learning; local teachers can also be better trained and free up some resources for key education.

On the other hand, through the development of smart education, a series of intelligent educational equipment can be used to improve the educational environment and level of rural schools, enhance the educational ability and efficiency of local teachers, and allow students to acquire more new knowledge and skills with the help of these devices, thereby breaking the shackles imposed on education and learning by the objective environment.

In this process, whether it is the 5G network with advantages such as high speed and low latency, or the holographic projection technology that can carry out realistic teaching, or the VR/AR equipment that can enable learning experience more fun and results, as well as artificial intelligence technology and intelligent robots that help teachers free their hands and energy, they are all playing a key role.

How to promote the development of smart education?

The implementation of smart education involves many aspects, and naturally cannot be separated from the support of governments at all levels and competent departments. Therefore, in the process of promoting the development of smart education, the role of policy support cannot be ignored. At present, many places in my country have issued relevant policies on the development of smart education. If these measures are quickly implemented, they will bring real benefits to the development of smart education.

At the same time, the development of smart education also requires the implementation of "wisdom". First, we need to increase financial investment, upgrade universities, middle schools and primary schools to smart ones, build smart classrooms, etc., and actively introduce relevant cutting-edge technologies and equipment for application; second, we need to strengthen the cultivation and training of teachers so that they can keep up with the pace of smart education development and better "teach and solve problems".

If driverless cars and drones solve the "last mile" of logistics and distribution, and shared bikes solve the "last mile" of travel, then smart education solves the "last mile" of maximizing the use of educational resources. In today's era, no matter which field or industry, we should actively embrace the power of science and technology and actively promote intelligent, digital, and networked upgrades, so as to keep up with the pace of the times and solve past problems. This is also true for the field of education.