Rapid technological development and digital transformation in all areas of life have resulted in a dramatic change in the nature of thinking and requirements to skills. In the information economy, it is not money or natural resources, or territory but people with their critical thinking and high-quality skills, who have become a valuable asset. In this regard, the educational sector advances to the forefront. However, education hardly complies with the requirements of the new economy and retains its basic features of the industrial era. The curricula and educational processes at universities fail to prepare young people for life in our complicated world, or develop critical thinking; they discourage creativity and ability to cooperate. Curricula tend to focus on the development of professional skills and neglect the development of social and cognitive skills. The study sets out to investigate the usefulness of higher social and cognitive skills in the educational process at the Faculty of Humanities in Perm National Research Polytechnic University and offers recommendations on the development of these skills in the educational process.
The transition of higher education institutions to a distance format during the pandemic has become the most discussed topic in the teaching community. As a result of the pandemic, all Russian universities found themselves in a situation where the educational process and its management were switched to a remote format all at once. This transition has accelerated the development of the digital infrastructure of universities and the inclusion of all faculty and students in the online educational environment. The Coronavirus pandemic has highlighted that, following a gradual return to a traditional form of learning, the learning strategy and resources used must change. The new environment will require new skills from teachers and students and thus changes in learning technology. New learning areas include digital tools skills, team (group) working skills in a digital environment, and skills for sharing synchronous and asynchronous formats. The article presents an analysis of the implementation of new approaches to learning during the pandemic and the prerequisites for their use after returning to the traditional form of the learning process. An analysis of attitudes of teachers and students of Perm National Research Polytechnic University towards using new tools and technologies for sustainable development of the educational process is presented. Based on the analysis, barriers to implementing the new approach are identified, and recommendations for overcoming them are offered.
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