Smart technologies in the personal digital educational environment of a teacher

Abstract

The article is devoted to topical issues related to the digitalization of the system of higher professional education. The authors consider and clarify the concepts of “Smart technologies”, “digital educational environment”, and “personal digital educational environment of a teacher”. Based on the analysis of theoretical literature, the essence of the key concepts under consideration and their role in the organization and implementation of distance learning in higher education as a mechanism for ensuring the quality of education in digital format are determined. As a result of the intensive development of information technologies, smart education is gradually replacing “classical” e-learning, with which a number of concepts are associated, many of which do not have an unambiguous interpretation. Such concepts rightfully include “digitalization of education”, “smart technologies”, “digital educational environment”, and “personal digital educational environment of a teacher”. In the conditions of digitalization of education, the digital competencies of a modern teacher, which characterize his ability to use specific knowledge and modern ICT in the professional sphere, communication and software products in practice, become important for his further development as a specialist. This research is funded by the Science Committee of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan (Grant No. AP13068185).