Comfortable digital education: problems and development prospects

¹ N. A. Dobrolyubova State Linguistics University of Nizhny Novgorod, Higher School of Translation and Interpreting, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
² N. A. Dobrolyubova State Linguistic University of Nizhny Novgorod, Research Laboratory of Digital Transformation of the University, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
³ N. A. Dobrolyubova State Linguistic University of Nizhny Novgorod, Department of World Economy and Informatics, Higher School of Social Sciences, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia

^* Corresponding author: bankov2007@yandex.ru

Abstract

Currently, digitalization is rapidly encompassing all spheres of society, including education. This process received particular relevance and a powerful impetus to development in connection with the pandemic in 2020. The educational process has undergone dramatic changes, which has given rise to many problems associated with the insufficient development of the principles of digital didactics, with the unwillingness of universities to provide the necessary conditions for mass online education. The study aims to determine the set of conditions that form the basis of effective and comfortable learning in the modern digital educational environment, to determine the directions for the development of new professional competencies of the teacher. The team of authors considers the readiness of the material and digital infrastructure of the university, as well as the readiness of teachers and students to carry out their functions in the digital environment, to be the main prerequisites for organizing a comfortable and effective education in digital format. The paper discusses the prospects for the development of a multi-tier infrastructure of digital education, the problems that arise among the main actors of educational relations (teachers and students), the direction of the choice of teaching methods, and the organization of classes, taking into account the peculiarities of the distance learning process. The study used methods of comparative analysis, generalization, synthesis. The result and novelty of the research are expressed in the development of a set of necessary conditions for effective and comfortable interaction of participants in the educational process in the context of mass online learning. The results of the work can be used to organize professional development courses and retraining programs for teachers in the field of designing online courses, developing tools for a digital educational environment.