Trends in Developing Digital Skills of Ukrainian Students in Dual Study Mode

Abstract

This work discusses the issue of intensifying the use of information technologies and acquiring digital competencies by students of professional higher education within the framework of dual study mode. The authors analyze the survey performed among the applicants of one typical institution of higher education regarding the dual form of education. Students showed considerable enthusiasm about promoting cooperation between institutional learning environment and employer companies as to the introduction of dual form of higher education. The authors continue by discussing ways of using information technology to develop digital skills of students of higher business education based on a dual form of education. However, a number of unresolved challenges should be addressed, namely financial issues, regulatory and organizational ones.