Methods of digital transformation of the educational environment of agricultural universities

Abstract

Currently, the issue of introducing the means and capabilities of digitalization or a digital system in modern society is becoming relevant, while the term “digitalization” is becoming quite popular. It is assumed that the introduction of new digital tools or platforms will help the organization to gain a leading position in agricultural industry. Digital transformation is primarily associated with a change in the stereotypes of thinking, working methods and company management. However, digital transformation is not just the introduction of digital technologies, it is rather the reengineering of various, including educational, processes based on them. Today, agricultural universities are more than ever interested in uniform rules that allow for the digital transformation of each university individually and accelerate the digital transformation of the university system as a whole. In the process of digital changes in the education system, fundamental changes are supposed in the structure of training and the organization of the educational process, as a result of which the issue of the need to form our own information and educational environment, which will become the basis of the modern digital base of the educational process.

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