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In addition, the Center has also designed the“Hualien e-Campus App”, which can automatically send push notifications for information such as smart libraries, smart health care, and student grades to parents’smart phones and parent- teacher communication books. Students’learning experiences and life experiences are fully recorded on the system. Director Xu gave an example of Hualien gradually issuing digital student cards to all elementary and middle school students. When students perform well in school, teachers will load credits onto the student cards, so that the results of their efforts can be converted into actual points, which are stored in the digital student cards and parents’smart phone app. In addition, the digital student card also functions as a library card and a National Health Insurance card.“If students are sick, they can swipe the card on the patient appointment registration machine, and the screen will show the outline of a body. The student just clicks on where they feel unwell, and the school nurse can respond more quickly to deal with the matter.”After the medical records are uploaded, parents can also learn about their children’s doctor appointments in real time through their smart phones, making it a connected and transparent network. 94 Director Xu believes that digital education is the trend of the future. “The Smart Education Center has a series of plans for smart curricula, smart schools, network management, smart health care, and programming language competitions, all of which are backed by big data.”Thanks to the use of data, all learning resources can be precisely configured and used, which can help parents and teachers understand the learning process of the students. “Digital technology has brought more convenience and is slowly reducing the digital gap between the students of Hualien and metropolitan students.” Through these resources, children will be able to enhance their independent learning, thereby opening a window to the world through diverse learning channels and improving their lives through education. Hualien Issue