MODERN ASPECTS OF INFORMATIZATION: THE CONCEPT OF INFORMATION SERVICES

Abstract

The article is devoted to the analysis of the modern stage of informatization of higher education, which is associated with the development of electronic information and educational environment of universities on the basis of the concept of information services. This concept is the idea of creating a model of functioning and interaction of users in the electronic information and educational environment with the help of information services. Each university is characterized by its own scheme of provision and a set of information services or IT-services, depending on the direction of activity and the tasks they solve. The article emphasizes that the development of the concept of information services is carried out using the mechanisms of modern cloud services based on cloud computing technology, m-learning approaches that allow implementing an innovative approach to the organization of the educational process with the help of mobile applications for access to information services that are used as a single information field for the joint work of teachers and students. As a result, a cloud information and educational environment can be created. The authors note that according to the modern concept of information services, the cloud infrastructure of the university will allow the organization of content storage, the functioning of communication services, virtualization of educational resources, high-performance computing using service models (PaaS, IaaS, SaaS). In conclusion, the article concludes that the implementation of the concept of information services through the mechanisms of cloud services and m-learning approaches in the future can radically transform the possibilities of education, ensuring its availability, openness and flexibility.