JCERJournal of Contemporary Educational Research2208-84662208-8474Bio-Byword Scientific Publishing Pty. Ltd.10.26689/jcer.v9i11.12986ArticleThe Advantages and Pathways of Digital Storytelling in Empowering the Integration of the Party’s Innovative Theories into Ideological and Political Education in Colleges and Universitieshttps://artdesignp.com/journal/JCER/9/11/10.26689/jcer.v9i11.12986LiuYanni20259112025-12-10The Party’s innovative theories represent the latest achievements in adapting Marxism to the Chinese context and the modern era, and their integration into ideological and political education is an inevitable requirement and important measure for cultivating new talents of the era. Against the backdrop of the vigorous development of digital technology, digital storytelling has emerged as a significant paradigm for teaching reform and innovation, offering notable advantages in empowering the integration of the Party’s innovative theories into ideological and political education, such as enhancing the perceptibility of theories, expanding the reach of theories, strengthening theoretical identification, and promoting personalized internalization of theories. In the practical teaching of ideological and political courses, efforts should be concentrated on four dimensions: improving teachers’ digital storytelling teaching abilities, developing high-quality digital storytelling teaching resources, establishing diverse digital storytelling teaching platforms, and improving the digital storytelling teaching support system, to provide systematic support for the integration of the Party’s innovative theories into ideological and political education.

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