AI時代下的通識教育轉型與挑戰

The Transformation and Challenges of General Education in the Era of AI

在人工智慧（AI）、大數據、雲端運算與全球化的驅動下，知識傳遞正面臨深層次的典範轉移，高等教育亦因此承受結構性挑戰。傳統以知識傳授為核心的教育模式，已難以回應產業轉型與社會需求；未來人才必須具備批判思維、跨領域整合、數位素養、協作能力與創新思維。本文首先回顧通識教育的歷史基礎與當代挑戰，指出現今通識教育在知識生態轉型、AI素養落差、教師與課程再定位、教育治理及學生個人學養等層面所面臨的困境。進一步提出五項轉型策略，包括強化學生學養、建立AI素養核心、推動跨領域專題與問題導向學習、提升教師專業與課程資源，以及強化高教治理與產業鏈結。最後，本文認為通識教育在AI時代需完成再定位―從知識補充轉向能力驅動，從學科分立走向跨領域整合，並在數位倫理與人文精神間取得平衡。本研究認為，唯有透過系統化、協作化與全球化的改革，通識教育方能培養兼具人文關懷、技術實力與社會責任的新世代公民，並為台灣高等教育在全球知識社會中奠定競爭優勢。

Driven by artificial intelligence (AI), big data, cloud computing, and globalization, knowledge transmission is undergoing a profound paradigm shift, posing structural challenges to higher education. The traditional education model centered on knowledge delivery can no longer meet the demands of industrial transformation and social needs. Future talents must possess critical thinking, interdisciplinary integration, digital literacy, collaboration skills, and innovative mindsets. This paper first reviews the historical foundations and contemporary challenges of general education, highlighting the difficulties faced by Taiwan’s general education in areas such as knowledge ecosystem transformation, AI literacy gaps, the repositioning of teachers and curricula, educational governance, and students’personal development. It then proposes five transformation strategies: strengthening students’academic foundation, establishing core AI literacy, promoting interdisciplinary projects and problem-based learning, enhancing faculty professionalism and curriculum resources, and reinforcing higher education governance and industry linkages. Finally, the paper argues that general education in the AI era must be repositioned—from supplementing knowledge to driving competence, from disciplinary separation to interdisciplinary integration, and from a purely technical orientation to balancing digital ethics with the humanistic spirit. The study concludes that only through systematic, collaborative, and globalized reforms can general education cultivate a new generation of citizens who combine humanistic concern, technological capability, and social responsibility, thereby securing a competitive advantage for Taiwan’s higher education in the global knowledge society.