Research on Immersion Teaching Pathways Featuring the Empowerment of Digital Intelligence to the Aesthetic Education: A Case Study of the “Image Design” Aesthetic Education Course for College Students

To thoroughly study and implement the guiding principles of the 20th Communist Party of China (CPC) National Congress as well as further effectively implement the aesthetic education work in schools, the Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China issued the Notice on Comprehensively Implementing the Aesthetic Education Infiltration Action in Schools (hereinafter referred to as the Notice) in December 2023, which pioneered the comprehensive aesthetic education concept of environmental infiltration and digital intelligence empowerment. Currently, digital intelligence prevails in people’s daily lives. Against this backdrop, it is undoubtedly an appropriate approach to infiltrate students’ physical and mental development as well as contribute to the implementation and popularization of aesthetic education with digital technology. Indeed, everything has two sides, such as pros and cons, advantages and disadvantages. For the same reason, digital intelligence can solely play a limited auxiliary role in empowering aesthetic education courses. To veritably cultivate students’ sentiments through aesthetic education and enrich their lives, the top priority is to encourage them to accumulate aesthetic theory over the long term, master skills deeply, and gain profound insights into beauty.