Digital teaching and learning development practice and management in Western Chinese universities

This study aimed to understand the development, practice and management of digital teaching and learning in universities in western China and used descriptive research method to study 438 participants who took part in the questionnaire, the results of the study showed that the participants were predominantly male, mostly middle-aged and young people with a bachelor's degree, and most of them had been working for less than five years.The aim is to use digitalisation to demonstrate its impact on the development of universities in western China.More specifically, it aims to describe the effectiveness, perceptions, and achievements of respondents' teaching competence in a digital media environment; determine the accuracy, quality, and outcomes of in-process performance; assess professional development in terms of knowledge and skills, improvement, and efficiency; and determine the effectiveness of respondents' teaching competence in digital media environments, as well as differences in the responses of Chinese teachers to cognitive tests of teaching competence, performance, and professional development; To examine differences in teaching competence, performance, and professional development in digital contexts in universities in western China (grouped by personal information); to establish relationships among three variables (developmental, practical, and managerial); and to propose and improvement plan for digital teaching and learning.The results of the study show that sound technical support, the use of advanced digital teaching methods, and the use of assessment practices significantly contribute to the promotion of the development of university teachers in western China.Teachers in western China used training and further education to achieve good digital teaching results.In addition, the study recommends that future researchers root themselves in western China to conduct adequate research so that academics can study this area in depth.