On December 15, the 2023 World MOOC and Online Education Conference brought together global experts and scholars to discuss the future development of digital higher education. Harbin Engineering University has diligently developed high-quality Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs), allowing students from Xinjiang and other universities to virtually attend top-notch classes in real-time, transcending the distance of thousands of miles.

This year marks the tenth anniversary of the Ministry of Education's "MOOC Western Development Plan," and Harbin Engineering University actively responds to the national initiative. Since 2021, various colleges within the university, including the College of Intelligent Systems Science and Engineering, the College of Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering, and the College of Mathematical Sciences, have engaged in remote synchronous teaching with universities such as Tarim University in Xinjiang and Shihezi University. These online classrooms act as a bridge, connecting high-quality educational resources between the eastern and western regions.

In the all-encompassing classroom displayed on a panoramic screen, an ultra-wide-angle circular display showcases images of the 'Jiaolong' and 'Beidou' systems on one side, the teacher delivering the lecture content on another side, and students from Tarim University and Heilongjiang Engineering Institute on yet another side. Professor ZHAO Yuxin, Assistant to the President of Harbin Engineering University and Dean of the College of Intelligent Systems Science and Engineering, is jointly teaching the course 'Navigation and Positioning Systems' for students from the three universities. This marks the first time HEU's curriculum has reached Western universities as a national premium online open course.

JIA Niannian, a provincial-level ideological and political education teacher, is delivering lectures to students from HEU and Tarim University.

Students from Harbin Engineering University and Tarim University are simultaneously attending the course on “Power Electronics Technology.”