In recent years, digital technologies such as 5G, VR, artificial intelligence, cloud computing, Internet of Things and more have been developing at an extremely rapid pace and are seeing widescale use worldwide. The rise and development of digital technologies have opened up new paths for the creation, dissemination, consumption and sharing of cultural and creative products, and have also allowed the global cultural and creative industries to enter a new channel of high-speed development of digitization, and the dissemination channels of cultural and creative works have been transformed from physical entities to virtual data. Visual communication design as a key element of creative industry presents new characteristics and new challenges in the digital era. This paper analyzes the development trend of visual communication design education in the context of digital creative industries and puts forward new ideas for visual communication design education reform.

Yijie Li. Visual Communication Design Education Reform for the Development of Digital Creative Industries. International Journal of New Developments in Education (2024) Vol. 6, Issue 1: 45-51. https://doi.org/10.25236/IJNDE.2024.060108.

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