Use digital technology to promote the innovation and development of national defense education in colleges and universities

【Academic Thoughts】

With the vigorous development of a new round of scientific and technological revolution, the digital era is accelerating with artificial intelligence, Internet of Everything, and human-machine collaboration as the main features. General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out that it is necessary to "actively promote the deep integration of artificial intelligence and education, and promote education reform and innovation". The report of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China emphasized "deepening national defense education for the whole people", and the "Opinions on Strengthening and Improving National Defense Education for the Whole People in the New Era" issued by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, the State Council, and the Central Military Commission proposed that "we should vigorously promote innovation and development, explore the use of new technologies and new applications such as the Internet, big data, cloud computing, artificial intelligence, and blockchain, and give full play to the role of digital technology in amplifying, superimposing, and multiplying national defense education for the whole people." As the focus of national defense education for the whole people and an important part of higher education, national defense education in colleges and universities should take the initiative to adapt to the characteristics and requirements of the digital era, use new digital technology to promote the innovation and development of national defense education in colleges and universities in the new era, and contribute to better serving the modernization of education and the modernization of national defense.

We will build a digital shared curriculum system for national defense education and strengthen the driving force of curriculum education

Article 15 of the "National Defense Education Law of the People's Republic of China" stipulates that "institutions of higher learning shall set up appropriate courses for national defense education". The construction of national defense education courses is the main form of national defense education in colleges and universities, and the rapid development of digital technology in education provides a reliable technical guarantee for the creation of digital national defense education courses. First of all, it is necessary to give full play to the advantages of teaching resources in colleges and universities with national defense characteristics and the "demonstration colleges and universities for national defense education" named by the Ministry of Education, concentrate high-quality teachers, invite experts and scholars from military academies and universities, and academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Chinese Academy of Sciences in the field of national defense science and technology to participate in teaching, and meticulously build a curriculum of "military theory," "Sun Tzu's art of war," "informationized equipment," "a brief history of warfare," "weapons of a great power," "security of a great power," "spirit of a great power," "people's army," "people's heroes," and "national defense skills" and other courses, build a knowledge map of national defense education courses, and launch the national smart education public service platform and major online education platforms to provide digital resources for colleges and universities across the country to carry out national defense education course teaching. Secondly, it is necessary to build regional and national virtual teaching and research departments for national defense education, and build an online academic community for national defense education teachers in colleges and universities, so that teachers can carry out normalized teaching and research across time, space, and regions through "cloud gathering", give full play to the advantages of group intelligence, share teaching experience, improve teaching ability, and provide teacher team guarantee for the continuous construction and iterative upgrading of digital national defense education course groups. Finally, big data technology is used to capture the texts, pictures, videos and other resources related to national defense education in the central media and the official media of various provinces, prefectures and cities, classify and sort them out, and build an open and shared digital resource library of national defense education network in colleges and universities, which can be updated in real time, can be downloaded and edited, and provides massive data resources for teachers' teaching and students' self-learning. The digital national defense education shared curriculum system is composed of online national defense education course groups, virtual teaching and research departments, and network resource libraries, so as to realize the national sharing of high-quality national defense education course resources, effectively solve the contradiction of insufficient supply of national defense education courses in colleges and universities, meet the needs of different students for personalized learning of national defense knowledge, and effectively give full play to the role of classroom teaching as the main channel, and strengthen the driving force of national defense education courses in educating people.

Use virtual reality technology to innovate the military training mode of students and enhance the attractiveness of military training and education

Most of today's young people grow up in an environment where they don't have to worry about food and clothing, and it takes more effort to cultivate their sense of responsibility, hard work, and hard-working spirit. For a long time, military training for students has always been an important way to cultivate students' spirit of hard work, hardship and hard work, as well as to learn the fine style of the people's army, and to enhance their sense of teamwork and social responsibility. However, for a period of time, due to the large number of students enrolled in colleges and universities, and the limitations of training venues, facilities and equipment, and training forces, it has been difficult to effectively organize such actual combat training subjects as live-ammunition shooting, detachment tactics, war-wounded rescue, nuclear, biological and chemical protection, survival in the wild, and long-distance training, and the attraction of military training to students has shown a downward trend, and the function of military training in educating people has been constantly weakened. The rapid development of technologies such as VR (virtual reality)/AR (augmented reality) and metaverse has provided infinite possibilities for the innovation and development of student military training in the new era. The first is to use virtual reality technology to solve the problem of small arms shooting. The opinions on deepening the reform of military training for students clearly put forward the idea of "promoting simulation training in subjects such as shooting with light weapons." Colleges and universities should give full play to the advantages of virtual reality technology, realistically simulate the shooting environment, build a networked team confrontation shooting training scene, improve the sense of simulated training experience, and enhance the attractiveness of students' military training. The second is to rely on metaverse technology to build a virtual scene for military training. Thanks to the development of metaverse technology, the integration of all elements such as the Internet, virtual reality, immersive experience, blockchain and digital twins, a new intelligent ecology has been built for student military training in the new era. Third, we can explore the establishment of a virtual war experience hall, refer to the practice of modern warfare, and make informational, intelligent, and unmanned combat scenarios, so that students can experience the winning mechanism of information-based and intelligent warfare through personal participation in virtual warfare, deeply study and comprehend the rich connotation and practical requirements of Xi Jinping's thought on strengthening the army, improve military literacy, and enhance the attractiveness of students' military training and education.

Use artificial intelligence technology to empower national defense education activities and enhance the appeal of national defense practice education

Practicality is one of the basic characteristics of national defense education in colleges and universities. General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out that "strengthening science and technology is the core combat effectiveness of the idea, strengthen the study of modern science and technology, especially military high-tech knowledge, strengthen the training of new equipment, new forces and new fields and the training integrated into the combat system, strengthen the construction of simulation, networking, and confrontational means, explore training methods such as 'science and technology +' and 'network +', and greatly improve the scientific and technological content of training." In the digital era, it is an inevitable choice for the innovation and development of national defense education in colleges and universities to empower national defense education activities with artificial intelligence technology and enhance the effect of national defense practice education. The first is to use AI to empower the development of college wargame deduction events. Wargame deduction is a simulation of modern warfare, and it is a national defense education practice activity with high participation of college and university students, and it is necessary to design combat scenarios that meet the needs of students at different levels through intelligent algorithms, and can also attract more students to participate in human-to-human and man-machine confrontation through the network through group intelligence, explore more tactics and play methods, and enhance the sense of science and technology and attractiveness of national defense education activities. The second is to use AI technology to improve the educational efficiency of campus national defense education activities such as map reading and use, radio direction finding, etc. By capturing the decision-making, movement, coordination and other data of students participating in activities, intelligent analysis and evaluation of the cognitive level and thinking characteristics of different students, and giving personalized improvement plans to improve students' strategic ability and national defense literacy. The third is to create heroic "digital humans" through generative AI and virtual reality technology, organize college students and heroic characters to carry out in-depth dialogues across time and space, and construct virtual scenes such as the Long March, Pingxingguan Dajie, and Shangganling Battle through intelligent technology, so that college students can immerse themselves in the nature and purpose of the people's army, understand the genetic code of the people's army's "victory in a hundred battles", and effectively enhance the appeal of national defense practice education.

Use new network technology to build a bridge connecting military academies and form a long-term mechanism for military-civilian collaborative education

Military resources are a "rich mine" for promoting the innovation and development of national defense education in colleges and universities. The "Opinions on Strengthening and Improving National Defense Education for the Whole People in the New Era" clearly points out that "give full play to the important role of the armed forces, organize and carry out a series of open military camp activities in accordance with regulations", "coordinate the development of military practice activities, and support and cooperate with local governments in carrying out national defense education for the whole people". Taking advantage of the characteristics and advantages of the new generation of Internet, blockchain and other technologies, under the premise of ensuring security, we will build a bridge between the military and colleges and universities, and form a long-term mechanism for military-civilian collaborative education. The first is to activate the potential resources of high-quality national defense education in the military through the network. Among the retired cadres of the army, the old Red Army and the old Eighth Road, the old heroes who participated in the War of Liberation and the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, and the heroic and model figures who emerged in the previous battles to defend the motherland are all valuable assets for educating people. These high-quality national defense education resources should be gathered in the "cloud" through the network, and they should become the protagonists of the national defense lecture halls and national defense education theme class meetings of colleges and universities, and tell the teachers and students of colleges and universities about their combat experience, the revolutionary spirit and the red gene inherited. The second is to allow college students to "travel" the border and coastal defense of the motherland through the Internet. College student classes can be paired with border and coastal defense companies, so that young college students can follow the lens of border soldiers to immerse themselves in the real "battle" of defending the territory of the motherland, and truly understand the border soldiers' solemn oath of "great rivers and mountains, every inch of land must be fought for" and the affectionate confession of "clear love, only for China", and enhance patriotic feelings. The third is to integrate the culture of the military camp into the campus culture through the Internet. College students can rely on the Internet to experience the daily life of soldiers, and follow the soldiers to complete the links from housekeeping, morning exercises, washing, training, meals to collective learning, class meetings, and going to bed by name, so that the military camp culture with firm faith, strict discipline and uniformity can be integrated into the campus culture, and the sense of mission and responsibility of young college students to take on the great task of national rejuvenation will be enhanced.

Source: Guangming Daily

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