Abstract:

The purpose of the study is to substantiate the need to develop digital competencies of higher school teachers, as well as to create a mechanism for motivating teachers to master them in order to achieve the maximum effect of digitalization of the higher education system. The authors reveal the features of higher education digitalization as an objective process of modern reality, as well as structure its components (digitalization of the educational process, digitalization of extracurricular activities and digitalization of the management system). It is proved that the improvement of digital skills of teachers in modern conditions is a basic factor in ensuring the digital development of higher education. Based on the analysis of the content of digital competencies, the authors identified two levels of digital competencies of a higher school teacher, and also formed maps of basic and advanced digital competence. The authors investigated the current state and trends of changes in the quantitative and qualitative characteristics of the teaching staff of higher education in Russia. The analysis of the international experience of the education system digitalization allowed the authors to identify the most appropriate tools for motivating teachers to develop digital competencies in relation to the Russian reality.