On June 15, 2025, the completion ceremony for the second "Educational Artificial Intelligence" micro-major and the launch meeting for the third cohort were successfully held at the Institute of Artificial Intelligence in Education. Professor Su Mu, Vice Dean of the Institute, Dr. Yang Liu, Vice President of Beijing Zhongqing Modern Technology Co., Ltd., Dr. Yingbin Zhang, Dr. Xiaohong Liu, and Dr. Zirou Lin from the Institute, class teacher Yifan Li, as well as students from the second and third cohorts attended this event.
Su Mu fully affirmed the excellent achievements of the second cohort students and warmly welcomed the new students of the third cohort. Su Mu noted that meeting partners from diverse academic backgrounds and maintaining deep friendships during the micro-major learning journey is a precious experience worth cherishing. The third cohort courses will continue the previous talent training model and continue to enhance distinctive services for school talent cultivation.
Figure 1: Su Mu delivering speech
Academic mentor representative Yingbin Zhang congratulated the second cohort students on their successful completion, hoping they would maintain their attitude of exploration and curiosity. She welcomed the third cohort students to join the educational artificial intelligence family and encouraged them to follow the example of outstanding seniors from the previous two cohorts, carrying forward the tradition while continuously exploring and innovating.
Enterprise mentor representative Yang Liu pointed out that artificial intelligence is profoundly transforming the education field, bringing unprecedented opportunities and challenges. The educational artificial intelligence micro-major at South China Normal University is a cradle for cultivating future education innovators. Zhongqing Modern will deepen cooperation and provide practical guidance and innovation platforms for students through the jointly built base.
Outstanding student representative from the second cohort Xingyu Zhang shared her learning experiences and looked forward to the third cohort students, after one year of study, developing the habit of observing the world through the lens of educational artificial intelligence and becoming the person most skilled at using artificial intelligence among their peers.
Student representative from the third cohort Yue Lin stated that joining the educational artificial intelligence micro-major stemmed from curiosity about "AI + Education," passion for the education cause, and personal career development planning. Yue Lin looked forward to mastering cutting-edge AI + education theories, exchanging ideas with students from different majors, participating in practical projects to solve educational problems, accumulating experience to explore possibilities for educational intelligence innovation, and injecting new vitality into the development of education.
Figures 2-5: Speeches by teacher and student representatives
The micro-major teaching team presented "Outstanding Class Committee" certificates and completion certificates to students. Subsequently, an outstanding project group from the second cohort shared a project report titled "Empirical Study on Prompt Scaffolding to Promote Learners' Critical Thinking," demonstrating their project-based learning outcomes to the third cohort students and sharing insights and valuable experiences from their learning process.
Figure 6: Presenting "Outstanding Class Committee" certificates
Figure 7: Presenting completion certificates
Figure 8: Outstanding project group representative sharing
Su Mu taught the first lesson for the third cohort micro-major students. Centering on the "Micro-Major Learning Handbook," Su Mu systematically explained the training system from three aspects: "why to learn, what to learn, and how to learn," and guided students to think about the dialectical relationship between technological innovation and educational transformation by combining cutting-edge trends and cases of educational digital transformation.
Figure 9: First lesson of the new cohort
After the first lesson, based on individual applications and entrance assessment rankings, class teacher Zirou Lin announced the class committee members for the second micro-major cohort on site, and introduced the course arrangements and answered questions for the third cohort students. Subsequently, doctoral student Kexue Xu organized ice-breaking activities for the third cohort micro-major students to help them get familiar with each other and lay a good foundation for subsequent learning cooperation.
Figure 10: Introducing courses
Figure 11: Ice-breaking activities
The third "Educational Artificial Intelligence" micro-major will carry out one year of continuous learning. During their studies, students will engage in theoretical learning, algorithm practice, tool experience, case seminars, enterprise visits, prestigious school tours, project design, and personalized guidance. They will master basic principles of education and teaching, fundamental theories and technical methods of artificial intelligence, and become composite innovative application talents capable of using artificial intelligence technology and innovative thinking to solve practical problems in classroom teaching, educational research, and educational management.
Figure 12-13: Group photo of second and third cohort members
Editor: Yifan Li
Managing Editors: Yingni Zhong, Jiahui Wu
Reviewer: Zirou Lin