Convergence Innovation: Empowering the New Quality Development of Higher Education with Digital and Intelligent Technologies

Abstract

Higher education, serving as the primary source of talent, the principal platform for research, and the chief engine of innovation, is a key force in accelerating the development of new quality productive forces. As a new strategy for empowering the new quality development of higher education through digital and intelligent technologies,convergence innovation combines theoretical thinking, research paradigms, and practical innovations. This study argues that the convergence innovation research and convergence innovation education should be recognized as a new frontier of interdisciplinary research and a new paradigm for educational innovation enabled by digital and intelligent technologies. In addition, this study explores the connotative elements, logical mechanisms, and implementation pathways of convergence innovation research and convergence innovation education. Furthermore, it proposes strategies and recommendations to advance convergence innovation in Chinese higher education. These include cultivating convergence innovation talent through convergence innovation research and convergence innovation education, fostering a science of team science (SciTS)-based convergence innovation culture, and improving the governance framework for convergence innovation in higher education.

Keywords

new quality productive forces / convergence innovation / convergence innovation education / design research / convergence innovation culture

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Higher Education Press