“With the increasing popularity and implementation of the concept of lifelong education, 5G will provide better application services for the entire life cycle of education with its significant advantages.” Academician Wu Hequan said.

Academician Wu Hequan pointed out that the new generation of information infrastructure, such as basic networks, data centers, cloud computing, platform payments, and industrial Internet, provides important support for the modernization of education. 5G technology has promoted the technical upgrade of high-definition video, VR/AR/MR, and realized the low-latency live broadcast of real-time interaction in the classroom, virtual teachers, teacher assistants and other functions, providing students with highly customized home learning and teaching content during the epidemic. Possibly, it has promoted the innovation of talent training model.

“5G live broadcast can achieve 4k/8k ultra-high-definition and low latency. Low-latency live broadcast can enable real-time interaction in the classroom. Teachers and students can directly see each other’s eyes and reactions like offline teaching. Delay is difficult to experience the opposite of the cable below.” Academician Wu Hequan introduced to reporters.

He also mentioned that it is difficult for young children to sit in front of the screen for a long time. Compared with current online education, 5G-based live teaching has two-way interaction between teachers and students, and 5G can capture real-time learning behaviors of students, guide them in time, and let children mention learning. interest.

Students often have questions when studying textbooks at home or reading extracurricular readings. When talking about the “impact of 5G technology on students’ extracurricular learning”, Academician Wu Hequan specifically introduced that 5G mobile phones can take text or pictures in books and upload them to the cloud for search, and the associated commentary can be downloaded to the mobile phone and explained in animation or video. The form is easier to understand.

“When students visit or go on an outing, 5G mobile phones or 5G+AR glasses can provide a free tour guide around the carrier, which can make boring text move, and can directly take photos or take photos of exhibits and scenery seen in museums or botanical gardens. The video is searched on the cloud, and the relevant explanation will be posted back immediately.” Academician Wu Hequan said.

Virtual reality technology will enable changes in the form of education while also realizing changes in the way in which educational content is obtained. For example, construct virtual learning environment, virtual laboratory, etc., to express knowledge through vivid and intuitive forms.

“We can simulate earthquakes, airplane driving, and surgery through technology, and we can also restore historical scenes, such as museum exhibitions, prehistoric times, etc.” Academician Wu Hequan said that virtual reality technology can visualize abstract learning content through natural interactive methods. Visualization provides students with an immersive learning experience that cannot be achieved with traditional textbooks, enhances students’ initiative in acquiring knowledge, and achieves a higher degree of knowledge retention.

When talking about the “challenges facing 5G+ education”, Academician Wu Hequan pointed out that the current cost of 5G terminals and AR/VR wearable devices is still high and it is difficult to popularize; there are few courseware that adapt to and reflect the characteristics of 5G, and the development of relevant courseware content is imminent. The application of 5G application scenarios for offline education needs to be further developed; the teaching team also needs to adapt to the needs of the new era and integrate into the 5G+ education model more quickly.

He also mentioned that the transformation of the industry to digitalization, networking and intelligence has put forward higher requirements on the quantity and quality of high-tech talents. The changes in demand for talents call for closer integration of production, education and science, and cultivation of talents at multiple levels and models.