Transformation of the higher education system in the context of digital change: A research review on trends in the development of a post-digital university

Abstract

Introduction. This article presents an analysis of a number of academic researches (in the Russian Federation, the Republic of Kazakhstan and the world) on the future prospects of the higher education system of post-digital university. The article aim is to determine the philosophical aspects of the ongoing changes based on a review of current research on the problem. Materials and Methods. The main methods of the proposed research are the philosophical analysis of academic researches in the field of education, as well as a review of the philosophical literature of 2020-2023 on the trends of the post-digital university. Results. The authors note that currently it put in the first place not the productivity of education, but its social characteristics. In a post-digital university, a radical paradigm shift is needed, the rejection of the standardized, algorithmic structure of the university, its transition to a socially significant, critical, responsible device. The authors show that new technologies, as well as digitalization in education, should not be a goal, but a means. Only then can progress in education and significant social transformations be possible. Conclusions. In conclusion, the authors note that the digitalization of the educational process itself, described in the leading documents on education, will not lead to any results, unless it is accompanied by serious transformations in the content of education.