Exploration and Practice of the Digital Transformation of Teaching in the Teaching and Research Section of Port Hydraulic Structures

DOI: https://doi.org/10.62517/jhet.202615137

Author(s)

Zeng Chunhua1, Yang Zhihong2, Tian Yan1*, Wu Guanglin1, Zhang Huiling1

Affiliation(s)

1College of Ocean Engineering and Energy, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang, Guangdong, China 2CCCC Water Transportation Consultants CO.,LTD, Beijing, China

Abstract

In 2025, nine departments including the Ministry of Education jointly issued the Opinions on Accelerating the Digitalization of Education, marking that the national strategic action for educational digitalization has entered a new stage of high-quality development, bringing new opportunities and challenges to the digital transformation of teaching in university teaching and research sections. Taking the construction of the Teaching and Research Section of Port Hydraulic Structures for the Port, Waterway and Coastal Engineering major at Guangdong Ocean University as an example, this paper systematically analyzes five major challenges faced in the digital transformation of teaching: insufficient depth of technology application, lagging digital literacy of teachers, fragmented resource construction, institutional and mechanism barriers, and rapid changes in industry demands. On this basis, the practical paths of digital transformation of teaching are elaborated from four dimensions: digital capacity building of teaching staff, development of digital teaching resources, innovation of teaching modes, and construction of evaluation and guarantee mechanisms. Research shows that measures such as the construction of "dual-qualification" teaching teams, the development of virtual simulation experiment platforms, the innovation of the "four-in-one" closed-loop teaching mode, and the construction of a diversified assessment system have effectively improved teachers’ digital teaching capabilities and students’ engineering practice literacy. The research results can provide a reference for the digital transformation of port and waterway engineering majors under the background of emerging engineering education.

Keywords

Teaching and Research Section of Port Hydraulic Structures; Digital Transformation of Teaching; Virtual Simulation; Emerging Engineering Education

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