At the 2026 World Digital Education Conference, Professor Cao Jiannong, Vice President (Education) and Director of IHERD of PolyU announced the comprehensive rollout of "Education4.0," a student-centred, AI-empowered model designed to deliver personalised learning pathways. The core of this transition lies in a complementary paths of AI and Digital Transformation, which leverages deep data analysis to optimise student management, future academic forecasting, and university admissions. Beyond shifting traditional classroom lecturing to interactive, AI-driven feedback, PolyU is revolutionising its grading methodologies by introducing an AI-enabled scenario-based testing platform that simulates real-world professional environments (such as job interviews) and evaluates students across multiple performance dimensions on a five-tier proficiency scale. To underpin these digital efforts, PolyU has established a Digital Transformation Committee alongside the Institute for Higher Education Research and Development (IHERD) to pioneer a centralised "Digital Data Hub" that breaks down institutional data silos. This robust infrastructure will consolidate fragmented, student-led and faculty-developed tech tools into a unified, open-interface AI agent platform, driving evidence-based decision-making across the entire institution.
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