Digitalization of the educational process: problematic issues in the context of the development of the digital economy

The authors analyze the problems of digitalization of education in Russia. Realizing that the widespread introduction of information and communication technologies in educational activities is dictated by the need to train new qualified personnel for the labor market in the digital economy, the authors at the same time draw attention to the possible negative consequences of this process. In their opinion, the use of digital technologies in the educational process, in addition to the undoubted advantages, which are the expansion of the resource of educational information, the ability to use educational content at a convenient time and in a convenient manner, the ability to build individual educational paths, improve educational system management tools, etc., can contribute and a decrease in the quality of education, since it changes the mechanisms of perception of information, without forcing a person to think creatively and reducing his communication skills. The digitalization of education in Russia is constrained by technical and legal problems. The main ones are: the absence in Russian educational legislation of a clear distinction between the basic concepts: "e-learning", "information technology", "distance educational technologies", "information and educational environment"; lack of a regulatory framework governing the use of e-learning, distance learning technologies; lack of standards for the provision of educational services using these technologies; the spontaneous nature of the introduction of digital technology in the educational process; most teachers lack the necessary skills to work in a digital environment. In addition, distance education in the Russian Federation does not have the legal status of an independent form of education, which is a limiting factor for the digitalization of education in general. The authors conclude that the digitalization of the educational process in Russia is impossible without solving these problems and offer a number of specific recommendations in this area.