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Analysis of DeepSeek’s Application Trends in Chinese Higher Education Institutions: Policy, Practice and Risk
Zhiqiang MA1, Xin CUI2, Xinya YOU1, Ji LIU3, Fugen SU4, Guizhen GUO4
(1.School of Education, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, Jiangsu;
2.School of Design, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, Jiangsu;
3. Faculty of Education, Shaanxi Normal University, Xian 710062, Shaanxi;
4. Research Division, Center for Education Management Information of the Ministry of Education, P.R.China, Beijing 100816)
Abstract: With its excellent content generation and complex logical reasoning, DeepSeek has quickly penetrated into the higher education field with an open source model and local deployment strategy. At the policy level, education authorities at all levels clarified the value orientation and practical scenarios of DeepSeek application through top-level design while universities independently formulate action plans and integrate resources to promote practice. Development trends reveal leading adoption in developed regions and “Double First-Class” universities, with science and technology colleges focusing on scientific computing tasks, normal universities emphasizing pedagogical empowerment, and vocational colleges exploring new skills-training models. In practice, universities have applied DeepSeek to the whole process of teaching, scientific research, management and training to promote the integration of independent, controllable and in-depth adaptation of teaching evaluation; promoting the improvement of scientific research efficiency, interdisciplinary research and integration of industry-university-research; achieving stable guarantee, multi-source intensive one-stop service; promoting the construction of large model education courses and special training. However, challenges and risks persist, including data and privacy leakage, disputes over academic ethics and achievement ownership, cognitive regression among educators, and the deepening of the digital divide in education. In the future, overall planning, school-enterprise cooperation, application innovation, and risk prevention and control should be further strengthened to help the digital transformation of higher education become better and better.
Keywords: DeepSeek; Large models; Generative artificial intelligence; Higher education; AI education