Developing Digital Campus by Application-Driven: Experience and Challenges in Mainland China

Abstract

“Digital campus” is an inevitable school pattern of its development in the information age. Under the guidance of the state and localities, some experiences have been gained in the promotion of school informatization with application-driven as the basic principle or working principle. In the present study, digital campus in the first batch of information pilot units of the Ministry of Education was taken as representatives, and their practice was analyzed to understand the nature of application-driven. Meanwhile, this paper further introduced the typical experience of digital campus construction and application driven by three forces—problem-driven, demand-driven and idea-driven. These experiences can provide references for schools in different development stages and different levels of development. Furthermore, the article analyzed issues of the aforementioned different types of power-driven, and proposed suggestions such as highlight the development of “human” ability, give full play to the advantages of “cloud computing”, as well as emphasize network security and localization management and services.