“This class is really different!”

On the campus of Donghua University under the warm winter sun, the reporter followed a group of students into the \”Computational Thinking and Artificial Intelligence\” classroom. Here, students from non-computer majors such as textiles, chemical engineering, and environment \”step into\” the world of artificial intelligence in the lectures given by Professor Liu Xiaoqiang of the School of Computer Science.

“This course is really different! Every course is like opening a window to the future world of science and technology, from simple algorithmic logic to complex neural networks, it’s all useful information. Challenges of the course It is also bigger and requires more energy to understand it thoroughly, but it also brings a double sense of accomplishment after overcoming the difficulties,\” Xiao Yu (pseudonym), an undergraduate student in the class of 2024 in the School of Materials Science, said after the course.

The reporter learned that the comprehensive reform of the \”1+X\” course system of Donghua University\’s artificial intelligence general teaching is underway. Among them, \”1\” is the compulsory course \”Computational Thinking and Artificial Intelligence\”. The course has been newly upgraded and transformed, emphasizing the cultivation of computational thinking and focusing on improving students\’ core abilities to use programming to solve practical problems.

Integrating artificial intelligence general education into the required university curriculum system has become an imperative part of the reform of higher education. In Liu Xiaoqiang\’s view, artificial intelligence general education cannot copy professional courses and cannot aim at technical depth. It must tailor and integrate teaching content with the goal of cultivating comprehensive talents, and balance intelligent thinking, technology and application design.

Donghua University has also opened a \”buffet menu\” of \”X\” innovative and applied technology elective courses for students who are not \”full\”. This series of courses has multiple technical-oriented courses for everyone to choose from, meeting the personalized learning needs and interests of students in different subject areas, and providing an information technology foundation for innovative applications of \”smart+\” and \”Internet+\”.

For example, in the case of \”Analysis of Corrosivity of Metal Materials in Water\” in the national first-class course \”Data Science Technology and Application\”, students predict the total water consumption and wastewater discharge in the future by collecting data related to water resources over the years. The total amount is used to evaluate whether the sewage treatment facilities are overloaded.

“Textile Materials Science” is a national first-class course led by Yu Jianyong, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering. From traditional teaching, MOOCs, online and offline hybrid iterations to the generative AI+ model, artificial intelligence makes professional courses more professional. Changed appearance.

Associate professor Liu Hongling of the School of Textiles introduced that the construction of smart courses in textile materials uses the Chaoxing Huiya large model as the underlying \”base\” to create a course-specific knowledge base as a training data set, combined with retrieval enhancement technology. Ensure that AI answers and suggestions are available, trustworthy and controllable.

To embed artificial intelligence into professional courses, Donghua University strives to create a number of basic or cutting-edge professional courses that are deeply integrated with artificial intelligence. In the teaching practice of the \”History of Chinese Art\” course, Donghua University has specially opened the \”AIGC Virtual Digital Teacher Classroom\” to encourage students to use AI means to generate virtual digital teachers. Compared with the traditional single presentation method of text and static images, the use of digital teachers has both dynamic display and personalizedIt has advantages such as demand and good interactivity, which is a useful supplement to the universal knowledge in the classroom and deepens students\’ understanding of art history knowledge points.

Associate Professor Feng Mingyang from the School of Fashion and Art Design said: \”In the art history class, we encourage students to use artificial intelligence technology to create \’Wen-shengtu/Tu-shengtu\’ artistic creations of classic works, by adjusting relevant Parameters to generate works with similar style or composition and content, helping students better understand the laws and innovations of artistic creation \”

\”In the context of the era of artificial intelligence, the interactive relationship between teachers, students, knowledge, abilities and other key elements has undergone fundamental changes. Every major, every student, Every teacher must take the initiative to meet the opportunities and challenges and comprehensively improve their artificial intelligence literacy and capabilities,\” said Yang Xudong, Director of the Academic Affairs Office.

(Reporter Yan Weiqi, Correspondent Wang Yu)