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Research on the New Model of Industry-Education Integration in Application-Oriented Universities under the Background of Digital Transformation

Author(s)

Limei Zhang

Affiliation(s)

Tianjin University of Finance and Economics Pearl River College, Tianjin, China

Abstract

Digital transformation has driven in-depth adjustments in industrial structures. The traditional industry-education integration model of application-oriented universities struggles to meet the industrial demand for compound talents with "digital literacy + professional capabilities" due to issues such as temporal and spatial barriers and inefficient resource matching. This study employs literature research, multi-case analysis, and in-depth interviews to explore the enabling paths and model innovations of digital technologies in industry-education integration. It is found that digital platforms can break down the boundaries of university-enterprise cooperation, intelligent technologies can reconstruct collaborative education mechanisms, and virtual reality technologies can innovate practical teaching scenarios. Based on this, a new "one-core, dual-drive, multi-collaboration" digital industry-education integration model is constructed, with "accurate matching of industrial digital needs" as the core, "digital technology empowerment" and "multi-subject collaboration" as dual drivers, covering four dimensions: platform architecture, resource integration, collaborative mechanisms, and evaluation systems. Through measures such as digital infrastructure construction and digital reconstruction of curriculum systems, this model enhances the digital practical capabilities and industrial adaptability of application-oriented talents, promotes in-depth connection among "universities, governments, enterprises, and industries," and provides theoretical support and practical paths for application-oriented universities to respond to digital transformation and achieve high-quality development of industry-education integration.

Keywords

Digital Transformation; Application-Oriented Universities; Industry-Education Integration; Co-construction and Sharing; Collaborative Education

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