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5G brings teachers to remote classrooms

Li Jingru, a student from Yali Middle School in Changsha in Hunan Province, and her classmates learnt Chinese characters as their teacher Zhou Kun, hundreds of kilometers away in the southeastern China, interacted with them in real-time on a holographic platform.

The sci-fi-like teaching scene was displayed at the 2019 World Computer Congress which was held in Changsha from Monday to yesterday.

Computer experts and companies from China and abroad showcased the latest achievements and looked into commercial prospects offered by 5G, focusing on topics such as computational ecology, Internet security and artificial intelligence algorithms.

Supported by the steady holographic signals transmitted by 5G technology, Zhou鈥檚 3D image talked with the students about the characters and new communications method and showed them pictures and animations of ancient oracle bone inscriptions.

鈥淚t鈥檚 the first time I鈥檝e experienced this type of cutting-edge 5G class,鈥 Li Jingru said. 鈥淏ecause of the new technology, an ordinary lesson has become extraordinary.鈥

The innovation of 5G and other new generation of information technology based on the development of computing technology are going to change every aspect of human life, said Zhang Pingwen, of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Schools in China鈥檚 rural areas still lag behind those in urban areas due to the shortage of experienced teachers and advanced teaching equipment.

Compared with the present online courses, this intelligent education solution can create a more realistic classroom and help improve teaching results, said Hua Ye, a staff member of China Unicom.

鈥淲e have received many orders from overseas customers,鈥 he added.

As the world鈥檚 largest computer manufacturing base, China鈥檚 revenue from major related business reached 1.95 trillion yuan (US$274.6 billion) in 2018, up 8.7 percent year on year, said Qiao Yueshan, an official from the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology.


 

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