Digital Technologies in Education and Their Influence on Modern Society

Abstract

Nowadays much attention is paid to assessing the results of students` educational activities. International surveys compile the ranking and compare not only universities but also countries. Transparent results, social reports, the desire for improving the existing standards indicate the current trend towards improving the quality of education. To a great extent, the technology of online learning has become the reason for transparency and the desire for self-improvement. It is hard to imagine modern education without the use of digital technologies. These are presentations, video lectures, computer testing, electronic courses and many others. In the modern world, continuing education is growing more and more urgent.The article emphasizes the importance of using modern digital technologies in the field of education, electronic multimedia textbooks and video lessons. The features of electronic multimedia textbooks at the stage of the development of modern digital technologies are high mobility and correspondence to the model and flexibility in learning. The article presents international and Russian experience in the transformation of education, primarily through digital products and solutions, information and communication technologies. The positive and negative aspects of the use of digital technologies in the educational process are determined.

Digitainability—Digital Competences Post-COVID-19 for a Sustainable Society

“…Another challenge is the need to change both the organization's culture and leadership [11,89,190,198], motivating students that are overwhelmed by so many "temptations" [197]. There is also the need for a mental shift on the part of both teachers and students who need to leave their comfort zone [11,86] and change their expectations regarding the learning and teaching process [86,199].…”

“…The digital divide [200], which is visible in the inequalities of access, both in physical terms and at the digital literacy level, is also a profound challenge in the mobilization of digital resources [6,18,74,197,201]. In a very pertinent way, Garzón Artacho et al [201] (p. 2) offer a summary of the competence areas that help the digital teaching competence to be attained: information and information literacy, communication and collaboration, digital content creation, security and problem-solving.…”

“…Digital education, of which smart education was exposed as an illustration, entails, on the part of the teacher-and in comparison with traditional education-flexibility in the short-and medium-term planning of the learning activities to develop [98] permanent coordination [90] and the implementation of active methods [191,197] in the promotion of active learning [14]. That is to say, following Domingo-Coscollola et al [191], it is critical that the teacher has methodological digital competence.…”

Possibilities of Digital Educational Technologies as a Way of Organizing a Digital Educational Environment

“…Они включают в себя различные инструменты, программное обеспечение и онлайн-ресурсы, которые помогают улучшить доступность, эффективность и качество образования [4; 9]. Цифровые образовательные технологии позволяют быстро и легко получать доступ к различным источникам информации, что позволяет значительно разнообразить и расширить материалы, доступные для учебного процесса [7]. Цифровые образовательные технологии предоставляют возможность для интерактивного обучения.…”

“…Абаева, М.З. Гояева в своей работе сосредотачиваются на изучении теоретических аспектов современных цифровых образовательных технологий [7]. Г.Г.…”