A Study on the Current Situation Analysis and Cultivation Strategies of Digital Literacy for Liberal Arts Normal Students under the Background of Educational Digital Transformation

DOI: https://doi.org/10.62517/jhet.202515351

Author(s)

Li Changming, Zheng Jinshan

Affiliation(s)

University of Jinan, Jinan, Shandong, China

Abstract

This project focuses on the cultivation of digital literacy for liberal arts normal students, aiming to construct a scientific promotion system. Firstly, based on the needs of educational informatization and the characteristics of liberal arts normal students' quality, this study clarifies the conceptual connotation of digital literacy and constructs a competency framework including digital awareness, knowledge, skills, ethics, and innovation. With reference to authoritative indicators and combined with the cultivation characteristics of liberal arts normal students, a standardized questionnaire covering the current literacy status, development needs, and influencing factors is designed to lay the foundation for data collection. In the research stage, a mixed-method approach (quantitative and qualitative) is adopted. Through statistical analysis of questionnaire data, the overall level, structural differences, and development characteristics of digital literacy among liberal arts normal students are revealed. Simultaneously, in-depth interviews are conducted to excavate core influencing factors such as curriculum design, resource supply, and learning motivation, accurately positioning the pain points and needs for literacy improvement. Finally, targeting to strengthen digital literacy cognition and enhance digital technology application, and closely aligned with the professional development path of liberal arts normal students, specific strategies are proposed from five dimensions: updating educational concepts, optimizing the curriculum system, innovating teaching models, building practical platforms, and constructing a multi-dimensional evaluation mechanism. These strategies include integrating digital technology case-based teaching, promoting online-offline blended learning, and establishing a multi-stakeholder evaluation system, aiming to provide replicable practical solutions for the digital transformation of normal education and help liberal arts normal students adapt to the information technology development needs of future education and teaching.

Keywords

Digital Literacy; Liberal Arts Normal Students; Educational Digital Transformation

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