This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the First International Workshop on Digital Transformation in Higher Education. Empowering Teachers and Students for Tomorrow's Challenges, Back2Basics 2024, held in Thessaloniki, Greece, on June 10, 2024. This workshop was part of the 20th International Conference on Intelligent Tutoring Systems (ITS 2024), which took place in Thessaloniki on June 10-13, 2024. The 06 full papers here were thoroughly reviewed and selected from a total of 09 submissions. This interdisciplinary event brought together researchers and educators from various European higher education institutions to address the challenges and opportunities of digital transformation in higher education (HE).