Recently, the 2023 International Institute of Online Education (lIIOE) Global Partner Summit was held at the Southern University of Science and Technology. The conference, themed"Higher Education Transformation in the Era of Artificial Intelligence, invited global education leaders, policymakers, experts, scholars, enterprises, and other stake holders in higher education to share and discuss topics such as new opportunities brought by Al to higher education, how Al drives institutional management, expands channels for teacher professional development, and effective governance. Approximately 90 overseas guests from 28 countries across Asia, Africa, Latin America, the Arab region, and Europe, along with over 100 Chinese guests, attended the event. As a strategic partner of UNESCO and an IIOE corporate partner, OS-EASY was invited to participate and received the "Pioneer Case Award for Digitalization in Higher Education" from the UNESCO International Centre for Higher Education Innovation (UNESCO-ICHEI).

Summit Venue (Image)

Roundtable Forum: Sharing China's Digital Higher Education Expertise OS-EASY Participates in the Roundtable on Micro-Credentials for Enhancing Faculty Professional Development

During the roundtable discussion on "Micro-Credentials for Enhancing Faculty Professional Development," OS-EASY's International Marketing Director Xing Taiquan engaged with distinguished guests, including Associate Professor Husaina Banu Kenayathulla, Deputy Deanof the Faculty of Education at the University of Malaya (Malaysia); Chitra Bahadur Budhatoki,Dean of Tribhuvan University (Nepal); and Professor Noureddine Bali, Vice President for Academic Affairs at Houari Boumediene University of Science and Technology (USTHB,Algeria). They explored the importance and methods of faculty professional development, the value of micro-credential programs for educators, the applications and challenges of Al inhigher education, and the continuity and significance of blended learning.

Roundtable Discussion Venue (Image)

Xing Taiquan, International Marketing Director of OS-EASY, emphasized that university-industry collaboration is a strong guarantee for technological development to empower higher education. The lIOE collaborative project "Smart Classroom" has gained widespread recognition for its extensive international influence, outstanding social value, and diversepresentation formats, earning it a spot in the 2023 "Exemplary Cases for Jointly Building a Community with a Shared Future in Cyberspace." As a strategic partner of UNESCO, OS-EASY has joined hands with UNESCO-ICHEI to co-build a community with a shared future incyber space, jointly implementing smart classrooms to unlock infinite possibilities for the future of education. The Smart Classroom project adopts a "One Country, One University,One Classroom" model, selecting a top university in each participating developing country to establish a demonstrative project. Leveraging technologies such as smart displays, recording systems, virtual reality, and teaching robots, the project facilitates diverse and innovative teaching activities, promoting the co-creation and sharing of digital educational resources.

Pakistan's First Smart Classroom at the University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore(Image)

Committed to Becoming a Global Leader in the Desktop Domain

OS-EASY Wins the Pioneer Case Award for Digitalization in Higher Education

At the summit, OS-EASY not only shared Chinese insights during the roundtable forum butalso stood out among hundreds of digital education innovation cases with its "Sun Yat-sen University Digital Twin Hybrid Experimental Teaching Space Project," winning the Pioneer Case Award for Digitalization in Higher Education.

OS-EASY Receives the "Pioneer Case Award for Digitalization in Higher Education" (Image)

The "Pioneer Case Award for Digitalization in Higher Education" (hereinafter referred to as the Pioneer Award) was established by UNESCO-ICHEI to encourage and recognize lIOE global partner institutions for their active exploration, innovation, and practice in the digitalization of higher education. This year's theme, "Blended Teaching Reform and Innovation in Higher Education," covered classroom teaching innovation, digital resource development, digital student support, and institutional digital governance and services. The Pioneer Award focuses on discovering localized practical solutions, aiming to harness the global influence of the lIOE partner alliance to lead and promote the digital transformation of higher education indeveloping countries across Asia, Africa, and Latin America.

In recent years, with the rapid development and widespread application of digital technologies, smart campuses have become a prevailing trend for the future of education. Asa comprehensive national key university, Sun Yat-sen University partnered with OS-EASY inearly 2023 to co-create the "Sun Yat-sen University Digital Twin Hybrid Experimental Teaching Space Project." Using OhYi's TSpace for twin labs, the project established a 100-pointintegrated online-offline experimental environment, achieving deep integration of computer-based experimental teaching with digital twin and cloud desktop technologies. This provides teachers and students with an efficient, innovative, and intelligent digital teaching environment and platform, reshaping student training models and enriching talent cultivation approaches in higher education to establish a cutting-edge teaching mechanism in China. This award not only recognizes OS-EASY's efforts in subverting and innovating traditional teaching models but also highlights its outstanding contributions to the deep practice and exploration of "smart campus" and "digital teaching" concepts.

Full Range of Smart Education Products Leading Desktop Cloud Development

OhYi Education Show cases Integrated Desktop Cloud, TSpace for Twin Labs, Cloud Terminals, and More

At the summit, OS-EASY engaged in in-depth discussions with education ministry leaders from Ghana and other countries on the development of digital education. Drawing from China's experience in digital education-such as personalized learning, lifelong learning, expanding access to high-quality educational resources, and modernizing education-OS-EASY shared itscutting-edge products and solutions, including integrated desktop cloud, TSpace for twin labs,and cloud terminals. As a trusted desktop dloud technology and solution provider, OS-EASY will continue leveraging next-gen technologies like cloud computing, loT, big data, and digital twins to empower global education digital transformation and build a new ecosystem for future education.