DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION AND QUALITY OF HIGHER EDUCATION

Digital transformation is one of the most important and irreversible trends of our time, the influence of which permeates all spheres of our society, including education. The discussion in the academic community of the directions of digitalization of education mostly concerns the electronic information educational environment actively implemented in all universities, distance learning technologies in particular, but not so often goes to the problems of the quality of education in general. The obvious fact is the impact of digital transformation on the labor market, and if we proceed from the role of the university as the main supplier of highly qualified personnel for enterprises, then a more serious turn of universities to the realities of the labor market of the digital economy is becoming an increasingly urgent issue. Involvement of professional standards along with state educational standards in the educational activities of universities becomes an opportunity to establish closer interaction between universities and employers, but requires a thoughtful approach to implementation. The new technological possibilities of educational activity that have appeared as a result of digital transformation, together with the existing significant changes in the characteristic features of students representing the so-called generation Z, make it necessary to correct existing educational approaches, to change the role of the teacher in particular. The article outlines a range of systemic problems that hinder the positive impact of digital transformation on the quality of higher education. The directions of higher education’s response to the challenges of digital transformation are proposed, which relate both to higher education institutions as a whole and to individual stakeholders of higher education: teachers, employers, and the state.

higher education, quality of education, digital transformation, digitalization, digital economy, employer, academic community, accreditation, professional standard.

Gorodetskaya S. V., Drondin A. L. Digital transformation and quality of higher education. Business. Education. Law, 2021, no. 1, pp. 367—373. DOI: 10.25683/VOLBI.2021.54.131.