Headings of the journal
"Educational Resources and Technologies"

Annotation: In modern society, digital technologies are an integral element of every person’s life, they are not only a tool for learning about the world, but also the very environment of existence. Therefore, the domestic higher education system is designed to ensure the transition of society into the digital age. An important role in achieving this task is assigned to the teacher of higher education, who not only has to master digital tools independently, but also adapt the training program to modern trends of digitalization in professional activity. Based on the review of priority directions of strategic development of higher education and the existing experience of its digitalization, the author solves the problem of systematization of trends in the digital transformation of this industry. Priorities are determined in the areas of modernization of the education system, taking into account the demand for personnel in the real sector of the economy and the mechanisms for building the educational process. The article highlights the threats of digitalization of education and possible preventive measures to eliminate them.

Annotation: The relevance of the study is caused by the rapid digital transformation of higher education. The possibilities of using virtual environment means as self-sufficient educational products in the educational process of the university are considered. The subject of the study is electronic educational resources as effective conditions of students’ foreign language knowledge formation in university. In the course of the experimental study, the needs for improving students’ foreign language knowledge were identified, the levels of foreign language competence were determined and conditions were substantiated that ensure the effectiveness of foreign language competence forming. Electronic educational resources were used in order to provide experimental work in the context of Foreign language learning. An empirical testing of innovative educational resources in teaching Foreign language in a technical university has been carried out and described. A set of methodological support for monitoring foreign language competence has been implemented. The proposed recommendations can be applied for foreign language training among the students of technical universities. The conclusions about the effectiveness of the electronic resources realization in the educational process were stated.

Annotation: The article analyzes the patterns in the professional self-assessment of management students and the disclosure of existing weaknesses and opportunities in this training. The presented material discusses the results of a study on self-assessment of the development of skills by students in their management training, which should be taken into account in the educational process of a higher educational institution for high-quality training of managerial personnel. Trends in students’ self-assessment of mastering basic management skills have been established, depending on the available work experience, the number of years of study at a higher educational institution, individual characteristics of psychophysiological factors. The obtained data are analyzed both by character (phenotype) and temperament (genotype) of students. The analysis was carried out on the ten most frequently encountered skills of effectively working managers. The results obtained can be used to improve the approaches and methods of management training used, including using the principle of differentiation of training.

Annotation: The article describes the results of a study of the educational and methodological capabilities of digital tools and the effectiveness of their use in creating educational content and educational technologies. The practical experience of using the CoreApp platform and the Trello service is summarized, which allow placing and structuring educational content, including multimedia and interactive elements to support students. The experiment was conducted on the control and experimental groups (flows) of students for two years, as part of full-time education and training using distance learning technologies. The need to use Russian services in modern conditions is noted, a survey of the Keiten project management service is being carried out as an alternative to the Trello service. The results of assessing the level of assimilation of educational material by the control and experimental groups are presented, which confirm the pedagogical effect of using digital tools to create educational content and educational technologies. The experience of using the studied digital tools within various disciplines and in formats of both full-time and distance learning is summarized.

Annotation: The article describes the problems of an educational and upbringing nature, the emergence of which is directly related to the alternation of generations and the intensification of the intergenerational gap in the conditions of intensive development of information and communication technologies. The education area is facing the problem of rapid adaptation to new conditions in terms of technical, scientific, methodological and personnel issues. The perfection of the educational process is possible only with the introduction of a rational correlation of innovations and traditions at any level of modern education. The article provides an analysis of the main characteristics of generations, whose representatives are both students and teachers in the broad sense of these concepts. The criteria for the value of knowledge, skills and abilities of representatives of each generation are described. It is noted that taking into account the transformation of the fundamental characteristics of generations, there is a need to improve and develop the education system. In the new standards, it is necessary to repare educational trajectories for the next generation, for which “smart” technologies become not just communication and learning tool, but ordinary social practices. The prognostic characteristics and specificities of teaching a new generation are given.