Abstract: Digital education leads the direction of the development of higher vocational education in the future, and vigorously promoting digital education is an important path for higher vocational colleges to modernize. At present, there are still some problems in the digital teaching of higher vocational chemistry teachers in Yunnan Province, such as the lack of integration of digital education concepts, the application of technical resources in a mere formality, and the lack of digital teaching and training opportunities and training migration motivations. In view of the urgent needs of the digital education era, it aims to promote the transformation of the teaching model of chemistry teachers in the field of higher vocational education. By analyzing the components of the digital teaching ability of chemistry teachers in higher vocational colleges under the background of digitalization, four strategies for improving the digital teaching ability of higher vocational chemistry teachers.

Key words: Digital background, Digital teaching and learning capabilities, Yunnan Provincial higher vocational college, Chemistry teacher, Transformation of teaching mode, Elevate inquiry