The 2nd “AI+ Smart Sharing” themed event at Northeast Normal University (NENU) was held at the library on the University’s Renmin Street Campus in recent days. Under the theme of “Probing the Fundamentals of Teaching through the Questions of AI”, the event was jointly hosted by the University Library, the Office of Academic Affairs, the Graduate School, the Office of Educational Cooperation and Management, the University Youth League Committee, the Institute of Teacher Education (Center for Faculty Development), and the Faculty of Education, and co-organized by the Library and Information Work Committee of Jilin Higher Education Institutions. Wu Songquan, Party Secretary of NENU, attended and delivered remarks, and Wu Zhihui, Vice President of NENU, and Shao Zhihao, Assistant to the President, were present. More than 110 participants joined on site, including heads of relevant NENU administrative departments, partner schools, and faculty and student representatives, while the event was livestreamed to the U-G-S Teacher Education Innovation Pilot Zone and NENU’s partner schools in basic education, drawing more than 5,200 online viewings.
In his closing remarks, Shao Zhihao observed that AI empowerment is a question teacher education reform cannot sidestep: technology should serve as the instrument and professional competence as the core, and the sector should guard against an emphasis on showcase over implementation and on tools over the holistic development of students, so as to redefine the foundational competencies of teachers in the new era. This year’s event integrated academic seminars, a case competition, equipment demonstrations, and regular AI literacy training into a coherent program, marking an important step in NENU’s effort to deepen the integration of artificial intelligence with teacher education.
(From News Center, translated by Fu Yingying, revised by Chen Yanxu)
