The problem and the goal. The article deals with the problem of creating electronic abstracts on general physics for a technical university as components of the electronic educational environment of universities within the framework of the global digitalization of higher education. The purpose of the article: to create and substantiate electronic summaries for each topic of the general physics course, structured in accordance with the main stages of the process of scientific cognition (live contemplation – abstract thinking– practice), corresponding to the criteria of completeness, clarity, applied and ideological significance. Methodology. The study used the following methods: theoretical analysis and generalization of russian and foreign literature on the problem of structuring the content of the general physics course at a technical university; modeling the content of physical education in accordance with the stages of the cognition process; experimental research methods to verify the effectiveness of created electronic notes, mathematical methods of processing the results of pedagogical experiment. Results. On the basis of the main stages of the cognition process, the structure of the electronic abstract is substantiated, consisting of five points: the study of basic physical concepts; visualization of physical concepts; the study of physical laws; visualization of physical laws; clarification of the meaning of concepts and laws in science and practice (ideological and applied). In accordance with this structure, electronic notes have been developed for all sections of the general physics course. The effectiveness of the developed electronic notes for the assimilation of the content of the general physics course in a pedagogical experiment using the statistics of the criterion of signs is proved. As a result of the conducted educational experiment it was possible to establish that the use of electronic notes leads to the formation of students' necessary knowledge of general physics (z = -2.581; p < 0.01). Conclusion. In conclusion, it is concluded that the created electronic abstracts on general physics for a technical university, the structure of which reflects the stages of the cognition process, and the content, along with physical knowledge and their visualization, help students effectively master the course of general physics due to the properties of completeness, clarity and the establishment of applied and ideological significance of the topic.