Practical Dilemma and Optimization Path of Digital Teachingof Applied University Teachers

Kangjun Xiong (Author)

Hezhou University, China

Keywords:

applied university, teachers, digital teaching

Supporting Agencies:

This work was spported by Hezhou University Doctoral Research Start-up Fund Project(2025BSQD17).

Published

31-05-2026

Abstract

As the direct practitioner of talent training, applied university teachers play a vital role in implementing the national education digital transformation policy and effectively promoting the implementation of digital teaching. However, applied university teachers are faced with many dilemmas in the current digital teaching practice, which are mainly reflected in the lagging teaching presentation, inefficient use of technology and the alienation of teaching function. The emergence of these dilemmas is objectively linked to structural constraints imposed by the external institutional environment and resource conditions, while subjectively it stems from the intrinsic limitations of teachers' subjectivity and competence. Therefore, beyond these dilemmas, applied university teachers need to improve their own digital literacy level, and at the same time, the school should create an educational governance guidance ecology to promote the digital development of teachers, and provide all-round support and guarantee for teachers' digital teaching.

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Kangjun Xiong. (2026). Practical Dilemma and Optimization Path of Digital Teachingof Applied University Teachers. New Horizon of Education, 2(4), 1-13. https://doi.org/10.63944/whe1.NHE