新加坡南洋理工大学与微软合作，改变教育的未来
新加坡南洋理工大学与微软合作，在该校的智能校园通过创新和技术塑造教育的未来。
为了在疫情期间发展壮大，新加坡南洋理工大学采取了数字优先战略技术，例如 Microsoft 365 和 Microsoft Teams Phone，将自身转变为防疫模式，并在新环境中取得成功。
截至2022年1月，南洋理工大学已成功将超过2600个固定电话号码转换到Microsoft Teams Phone系统。有了云电话系统，通话变得更加丰富和协作，因为南洋理工大学的员工可以通过他们所有的联网设备拨打和接收业务号码的电话，同时使用他们用来聊天和主持视频会议。除了为大学节省成本外，员工们还保持了生产力，因为他们还可以无缝地在多个设备（包括笔记本电脑、个人电脑、平板电脑和移动电话）之间传输他们的电话。
这种基于云电话系统是在2019年采用的，当时南大推出了Microsoft 365，其中包括Microsoft Teams Phone，实现了混合学习和远程工作。在2020年第一季度疫情最严重的时候，向Microsoft 365的转型使该大学在一周内成功地将每周1000多堂线下课程转变为面向3万名学生的线上学习。
新加坡南洋理工大学行政副校长陈爱娜表示：“创新一直是南洋理工大学的核心。与微软合作进行数字化转型，标志着我们致力于创新，促进最大效率，促进可持续发展，并通过增强学习和生活体验改善我们的学生和员工的生活的一个重要里程碑。”
为200公顷的校园供电技术方面发挥着关键作用，其中包括一个数字实验的生活实验室，从运行自动电动巴士到测试新加坡领空的无人机。这是南大新加坡分校2025年愿景的一部分，旨在为其智能校园配备云优先技术和灵活的基础设施。在疫情，南洋理工大学适应了适应、恢复和重新构想其未来，与微软合作，创造和维持一个在校内和校外培养灵活性和创新的环境。
微软新加坡公共部门集团董事Lum Seow Khun表示：“为了我们的未来，在教育领域培养一种持续学习的文化是我们紧跟全球教育变化的关键。像新加坡南洋理工大学这样的大学正在朝着正确的方向迈进，它们加快数字化学习的雄心，紧跟变革，转变原有的教育系统。”
除了 Microsoft Teams Phone 和 Microsoft 365 之外，新加坡南洋理工大学还计划推出 Microsoft Azure 的新型云学生管理系统，以及其他正在进行的利用聊天机器人和人工智能等技术的举措。新加坡南洋理工大学首席信息官Alvin Ong说：“有了像微软这样的合作伙伴，我们有信心实现新加坡南洋理工大学2025愿景。”
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Transforming the future of education in partnership with Microsoft
NTU Singapore has partnered with Microsoft to shape the future of education through innovation and technology at the University’s Smart Campus.
To grow and thrive amid the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond, NTU Singapore has adopted a digital-first strategy and technologies such as Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Teams Phone, to transform itself into a pandemic-proof organizational model and succeed in this new environment.
As of January 2022, NTU has successfully converted over 2,600 fixed phone numbers to the Microsoft Teams Phone system. With the cloud-based phone system, calls become richer and more collaborative, as NTU employees can make and receive calls on their business number from all their internet-enabled devices, while using the same tool they use to chat and host video meetings. In addition to cost savings for the University, employees remain productive, as they can also seamlessly transfer their calls across multiple devices, including laptops, PCs, tablets and mobile phones.
The cloud-based phone system was adopted in 2019, when NTU rolled out Microsoft 365, which includes Microsoft Teams Phone, enabling hybrid learning and remote work. At the height of the pandemic in the first quarter of 2020, the transformation to Microsoft 365 enabled the University to successfully shift within one week from more than 1,000 in-person lessons weekly to online learning for 30,000 students.
Ms Tan Aik Na, Senior Vice President for Administration at NTU Singapore said, “Innovation has always been core to the University’s DNA. This digital transformation in partnership with Microsoft marks a significant milestone in our commitment to embrace a culture of innovation, promote maximum efficiency, foster sustainability and improving the lives of our students and employees through empowered learning and living experiences.”
Technology plays a key role in powering the 200-hectare campus, which includes a living lab of digital experiments – from running an autonomous electric bus to testing drones for Singapore’s airspace. This forms part of NTU Singapore’s 2025 vision in equipping its Smart Campus with cloud-first technology and agile infrastructure. As the University adapted to respond, recover and reimagine its future during the pandemic, NTU Singapore partnered with Microsoft to create and sustain an environment that fosters flexibility and innovation on and off-campus.
“Fostering a culture of continuous learning in the education sector for our future is key as we keep pace with global changes that shape our education sector in Singapore. Universities like NTU Singapore are stepping in the right direction as they accelerate their digital learning ambitions, embrace change, transform our education system and ensure the readiness of our future workforce,” said Lum Seow Khun, Director, Public Sector Group, Microsoft Singapore.
Beyond Microsoft Teams Phone and Microsoft 365, NTU Singapore plans to roll out its new cloud-based student management system built on Microsoft Azure, among other ongoing initiatives to leverage technologies like chat bots and AI. “With a partner like Microsoft, we are confident of achieving our ambitious agenda in our NTU Singapore 2025 vision,” said Alvin Ong, Chief Information Officer at NTU Singapore.