Exploring the integration of AI and national quality courses in China: a study on teaching practices in nursing smart education.

INTRODUCTION: The 2024 Global MOOC and Online Education Conference, held in the UK with the theme "Reconstructing Future Higher Education in the Intelligent Age," first proposed that global higher education has entered the "Year of Smart Education." With the global promotion of education digitalization, the trend of "AI+higher education" is becoming increasingly prominent. As a key component of China's education reform, the deep integration of national high-quality curricula and artificial intelligence is crucial for developing digital learning models. This study utilizes generative AI to develop personalized curriculum enhancement models (such as AI teaching/learning partners), using the Chinese national high-quality course"Nursing Ethics" as an example, to investigate smart education models through teaching reform. Its objectives include integrating AI into Nursing Ethics, constructing an intelligent curriculum system, evaluating application effectiveness, and summarizing reform achievements. METHOD: Four complete classes were randomly assigned to either the control group or the experimental group. The experimental group adopted an AI-assisted blended learning mode, while the control group retained traditional teaching methods. A comparative study was conducted to evaluate differences in student satisfaction and academic performance between the two groups. RESULT: The experimental group demonstrated significantly higher satisfaction and academic performance compared to the control group (p<0.05). DISCUSSION: Students in the "AI + National High-Quality Course" blended learning model showed significantly better outcomes in final examination scores and course satisfaction surveys. These preliminary findings suggest that integrating AI technology with high-quality curriculum resources may constitute a feasible and student-preferred strategy for enhancing nursing ethics education effectiveness.