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What is the XJTLU Learning Mall?
The XJTLU Learning Mall acts as an innovation and entrepreneurial research and development hub as well as a centre for knowledge exchange and school-enterprise cooperation. It promotes the concept of lifelong learning. It also works jointly with the industry schools of XJTLU Entrepreneur College (Taicang) and the academic schools of XJTLU, collaborating on critical innovation projects and initiatives.
Since its global launch, the XJTLU Learning Mall has welcomed its partners: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Apple, Microsoft, Huawei, Adobe, McGraw Hill, Cactus, Digital China, Skillshare, GAMI Institute (KIT China Branch), OpenLearning, LabXchange, and more.
Why call it a Learning Mall?
The XJTLU Learning Mall provides online and onsite space, or “storefronts,” for top global partners to share their learning content with its users. It will integrate onsite and online programmes developed by the University, industry, and external partners, offering them as learning resources to a wide net of different education consumers. The overarching goal of the XJTLU Learning Mall is to act as an engaging innovation community, allowing its collaborators to freely develop their resources within its creative hub.
What will the online and onsite XJTLU Learning Mall look like?
The online space of XJTLU Learning Mall is an online community platform gathering educational products and resources created by the University schools and top global partners.
The onsite XJTLU Learning Mall facility is integrated with the University’s facilities, including both SIP and Taicang campuses, and more locations with the development of XJTLU.
“Storefront” space, whether online or onsite, represents a unique opportunity for education-focused businesses to showcase resources through the XJTLU Learning Mall, with its links to internal and external stakeholders, particularly those who offer content and services. By fostering an inviting space and leveraging premier partners’ strengths, the XJTLU Learning Mall will forge a 21st-century alliance of like-minded entrepreneurs to make better contributions to the development of higher education and social progress in China and the world.
Milestone
The XJTLU AI Empowering Education Ecosystem by Learning Mall won the 2025 UNESCO-ICHEI IIOE Higher Education Digital Pioneer Case Award, marking the second consecutive year XJTLU has received this prestigious recognition.
Learning Mall Premium 2.0 went live, introducing a merchant onboarding mechanism and AI-powered smart learning features. The upgrade enhances user experience and platform ecosystem, advancing its role as an open, diverse, and intelligent lifelong learning platform.
Learning Mall introduced the XIPU AI Agent platform, enabling users to create intelligent agents, configure plugins, connect databases, build knowledge bases, and set workflows through zero or low-code operations, accelerating the integration of education and AI.
Learning Mall launched XIPU AI 3.0 — XJTLU’s advanced AI platform integrating multiple large language models to support personalised learning, academic assistance, and institutional knowledge management, driving innovation in education.
To advance the innovative use of AI in teaching and enhance the quality of higher education, Learning Mall hosted the XIPU AI in Education Innovation Competition 2024, showcasing cutting-edge applications of AI in education and promoting their integration into teaching practice.
Learning Mall team successfully secured a Ministry of Education virtual teaching and research project on teachers’ AI literacy, supporting the national initiative to build AI-driven smart classrooms and enhance educators’ digital competencies.
Learning Mall released the Smart Classroom Research Report, exploring how intelligent technologies can enhance learning spaces to meet the needs of students and teachers, nurture future-ready talent, and inform institutional investment decisions in smart classrooms.
Learning Mall mini program launched its new Events section, integrating event information, registration, data collection, and payment features. In July, a social “Moments” section with an AI chatbot was introduced, enabling users to share knowledge and life updates while enjoying round-the-clock learning support for a smarter, more seamless experience.
On December 7, the Jiangsu Provincial Department of Industry and Information Technology announced the "2023 List of Proposed Assessment Passes for Jiangsu Province Blockchain Technology Innovation Application Pilot Zones and Industrial Talent Training Bases." XJTLU was approved as a "Jiangsu Province Blockchain Industry Talent Training Base."
On December 14, the fifth session of the fifth council meeting of the Suzhou Software Industry Association was held in Suzhou. XJTLU was elected as a council member unit of the Suzhou Software Industry Association.
On December 7, the "Learning Mall - A Lifelong Learning Platform for All" project from Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University received the "UNESCO-ICHEI Higher Education Digitalisation Pioneer Case Award".
On July 12, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University was included in the "2023 Pilot List of Talent Training Bases for the Software Industry in Suzhou," announced by the Suzhou Bureau of Industry and Information Technology. This marks the university as one of Suzhou’s first pilot training bases for software industry talent development.
XIPU AI, an artificial intelligence platform built on the OpenAI GPT model, was developed with the technical integration and other preparations completed by the Learning Mall team. The platform was deployed in June and upgraded to GPT-4.0 in November, featuring many innovative functions. It has been customized and trained according to the teaching and management needs of the university.
On April 14, the establishment conference of the Metaverse Special Committee of the Suzhou Software Industry Association and the Metaverse Ecosystem Conference were held in Suzhou. During the conference, the "2023 Metaverse Industry Development Analysis Report," led by XJTLU Learning Mall, was released on-site. Additionally, the XJTLU Education Metaverse Meta-E was listed among the "Major Application Scenario Demands for the Metaverse in Suzhou in 2023."
On March 29, Learning Mall held an Education Partner Collaboration Conference and launched its innovative E-Loop at XJTLU Entrepreneur College (Taicang) to connect academic and industry resources and promote quality education opportunities among teachers, students and lifelong learners.
On March 1, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University signed a cooperation agreement with the UNESCO International Centre for Higher Education Innovation (Shenzhen, China). The two parties have established a strategic partnership to jointly promote the achievement of the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals, ensure inclusive and equitable quality education, and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all.
On February 17, the inaugural resolution meeting of the Metaverse Special Committee of the Suzhou Software Industry Association was held at Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University. XJTLU was elected as the first rotating chair unit of the Metaverse Special Committee of the Suzhou Software Industry Association.
The 1st Education Digital Intelligence Transformation and Development Summit Forum of XJTLU kicked off in Suzhou, Jiangsu province from Nov 14 to 15 with the theme of “Digital Intelligence Leads the Future, Technology Empowers the Education”.
The book XJTLU Learning Mall Collaborative Course Design and Development Framework was released to promote the exchange and high-quality development of education digitalization.
In July, Learning Mall transformed into two platforms - Learning Mall Core and Learning Mall Premium.
Learning Mall Core serves as the XJTLU online learning and teaching platform, contains degree modules, supports and enhances learning and teaching for XJTLU students and staff.
Beyond degree programmes for XJTLU students, Learning Mall Premium provides non-degree learning content and services for everyone. Within Learning Mall Premium, XJTLU students, staff and external users can enjoy added-value learning resources from world-leading education providers and industry leaders.
Since its global launch, the XJTLU Learning Mall has additionally signed with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Apple, Microsoft, Huawei, McGraw-Hill, Adobe, Cactus, Digital China.
On 22 May, 2021, the XJTLU Learning Mall announced its global launch with a new domain learningmall.cn on the Annual Conference on Higher Education Innovation, XJTLU 15th Anniversary Celebration Series. With "storefront" pages of partners and Chinese-English bilingual resources, the XJTLU Learning Mall allows smooth selection and purchase of online courses, strongly supporting the implementation of the XJTLU 3.0 model and future education from aspects of resource, platform and ecosystem construction.
In September 2020, the XJTLU Learning Mall Online (LMO), the initiative’s innovative online learning platform, was enabled for internal staff and students.
The XJTLU Learning Mall was officially launched on 22 May, 2020, welcoming its first round of new partners: AliCloud, McGraw-Hill, Skillshare, Talespin, Seentao, CiWei, Hujiang, AMT, Center for Creative Leadership, GAMI Institute (KIT China Branch), OpenLearning, LabXchange, EMCC China, TopColleges USA, and more.
