With the rapid development of information technology, digital transformation has become a crucial driving force for the development of undergraduate vocational education in higher vocational colleges. However, the existing teaching and management models have problems that incorporate fragmentation of course contents, uneven digital capabilities among the teachers, and lack of cooperation in the teaching management systems. In turn, the paper builds a comprehensive picture of the ways of digitally empowering undergraduate vocational education, as the higher vocational colleges of Guangdong Province do. First, the units of the courses are separated into modules of modular knowledge and modules of skills and modules of case studies. Second, blended learning, and intelligent learning platforms are used to obtain learning data on students in order to enable the teachers to facilitate learning through adjusting their teaching methods. Third, there is a hierarchical and progressive system of developing and rewarding digital skills of teachers. Fourth, a comprehensive platform of teaching, management, and research in digital format is developed. The rate of completion of online learning was 94%, mastery rate of 87% at the aspect of knowledge and the average score of 90 points at the aspect of practical. One can also conclude that when it comes to increasing the efficiency of the use of the teaching materials, digital capabilities of the teachers, and the outcome of the learning process in students, the digital transformation of the teaching process has a good chance to make the undergraduate vocational education in the higher vocational colleges an efficient channel of improvement.

Xingfeng Liu, Fang Xu. Digital Transformation Empowering the Development of Undergraduate Vocational Education: Practical Examples and Optimization Paths in Guangdong Higher Vocational Colleges. International Journal of New Developments in Education (2026), Vol. 8, Issue 5: 39-46. https://doi.org/10.25236/IJNDE.2026.080506.

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