Abstract
The modern trend of education development is digitalization, transition from conventional classroom offline model to distance online education. Formation of global digital society was accelerated due to the COVID–19 pandemic, when significant portion of Earth population, including students, was forced to work, to study distantly. In this regard, this article discusses the responses of Russian system of higher education to current challenges of digitalization. This article analyzes interactive educational technologies of online, digital, e-learning, visualization and gamification of education, implementation of network structures. On the basis of analysis of the modern state of Russian higher education, the unsolved key issues are demonstrated as well as the main trends of the required changes. This work describes the urgent issues of development of regulatory framework of digital education, intensification of development of digital infrastructure of universities, digital training and further training of teachers and students, analysis and actualization of existing specialties and fields. Solution of the mentioned issues requires for legislative, organizational, administrative, technological, teaching and learning efforts of the country, universities, and society. A response of the Russian system of higher education to the challenges of digitalization can be comprised of formation of unified information and education portal of national universities, designing a model of digital university.
Highlights
One of the most important innovations of our time is active implementation of online technologies into educational process [1].at present the challenges of digitalization of higher education in Russia have not received an adequate response: no efficient theory and methods of e-learning have been developed; the digital infrastructure of educational process needs significant updating.Another urgent task is implementation of optimum all-Russia e-learning platform; the current cycle of technology changes turned to be short, for some economical segments complete changes occur in five–six years
Certain fields and specialties have no prospects for development due to implementation of digitalization into educational process
Digitalization assumes shift away from the conventional form of group classroom learning towards online learning, there occurs the effect of “breaking down the walls of classrooms”
Summary
One of the most important innovations of our time is active implementation of online technologies into educational process [1]. Are we ready for this? What responses can be given by the higher education in Russia to the challenges of digitalization?
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