Recently, "Exploring Truth, Creating the Future" AI Series of Courses—Youth Digital Literacy Enhancement Innovation Practice jointly developed by NEU and Liaoning Science and Technology Museum has been selected as a "2025 National Model Case for Digital Literacy and Skill Training Bases".
This program is jointly undertaken by the Student Affairs Office and the School of Software Engineering of NEU, in collaboration with the Liaoning Science and Technology Museum. NEU leverages its professional and technical advantages, and utilizes the venues and science popularization education resources of Liaoning Science and Technology Museum to deeply integrate digital literacy cultivation into science outreach practice. This initiative serves the scientific development needs of young people while also establishing a distinctive platform for college students that deeply integrates professional knowledge with labor education.
The program regularly recruits outstanding college students from the School of Software to participate in course development and offline teaching. NEU leverages its disciplinary strengths to collaborate with the Provincial Science and Technology Museum. Through regular teaching seminars and faculty training, it continuously refines course content and pedagogical approaches, ensuring both academic rigor and long-term viability. This approach solidifies a robust foundation for ongoing course iteration and enhancement. To date, the program has successfully developed the "Exploring Truth, Creating the Future" AI series of courses, covering 12 cutting-edge technology themes including the metaverse, artificial intelligence, and classical cryptography. Over 140 lessons have been given, reaching more than 1,300 students, and gaining widespread recognition from both students and parents.
The program centers on labor education for college students, organizing student volunteers to deliver specialized knowledge to young people through accessible and fun science education classes. This model not only helps young people easily access digital technology, acquire relevant knowledge and spark scientific curiosity, but also enables college students participating in labor education activities to enhance their professional skills, communication abilities, organizational coordination, and other competencies through designing curricula and delivering on-site instruction. Moreover, this model cultivates a sense of responsibility and mission to serve society.
In the future, NEU will continue to deepen its collaboration with Liaoning Science and Technology Museum to develop more digital technology-themed courses tailored to the cognitive needs of young people, ensuring that science popularization resources benefit more young audience. Meanwhile, NEU will continue to refine its collaborative platform mechanisms, explore new models for applying specialized knowledge in the context of labor education, provide students with broader practical opportunities, and actively establish a new paradigm for labor education empowered by professional expertise.
