Keyword: «digitalization of education»

The modern development of the economy and industry in Russia shows a great interest of employers in mid-level specialists. Today, there is interest on the part of the state in improving the quality of secondary vocational education (SVE), and "Professionalitet" is being actively introduced, suggesting more shortened temporary forms of training. At the same time, an employer would like to have a ready-made specialist with well-formed professional competences and personal characteristics. The purpose of this article is to consider possible options for improving the quality of education in the vocational education system, taking into account the trends in the development of modern society. This work is based on a theoretical review, analysis and generalization of domestic and foreign literature on the problem of the research. Thus, the development of the society under the circumstances of the Fourth Industrial Revolution or Industry 4.0 is of great interest and dictates some requirements regarding the quality of education, the formation of competences, thinking. It was concluded that the presence of hard skills is not enough for a modern specialist, it is a great demand for creativity, the ability to spontaneity and improvisation, entrepreneurial thinking, courage, initiative. According to the studied literature, graduates of the vocational school have an insufficiently formed level of systemic thinking as the ability to analyze and make adequate decisions due to the predominance of clip thinking. Clip thinking, despite the speed of material analysis, is characterized by fragmentation and superficial assessment, which can negatively affect the successful functioning of a person in society. It is concluded that with the development of technology and clip thinking, the education system can no longer fully rely on traditional teaching methods, it must look for more effective and modern ways of interacting with students. One of these methods is virtual reality (VR technology). The scientific novelty of the study lies in the fact that the authors identified the need to develop systems thinking among students of secondary vocational education institutions and the possibility of its development through the use of VR technologies, described ways of using virtual reality, which helps improve professional skills, as well as imagination, memory, cognitive abilities , and make non-standard decisions.

Currently, the digital transformation of education is a necessary process of changing the content, methods and organizational forms of educational work in universities. The implementation of this process is impossible without the development of digital infrastructure, the creation of assessment systems and the emergence of public available sets of electronic learning materials, systems and services. In addition, it is necessary to form and develop digital competences among the faculty and students. In this context, the research presented in this paper is relevant. It considers working out and creation of a system for automatic control of the required competences development among students within specific academic disciplines, with the possibility of embedding such systems in electronic information and educational environments (EIEE), which operate in most universities in Russia. The aim of the article is to describe the experience of organizing students’ learning quality control using the testing system developed by the authors. The system is designed to control the quality of the laboratory work of the module "Statistical Analysis of Data in Medicine" by students of medical specialties of higher education institutions, which is a part of the discipline "Software of professional activities". During the development of the system, an analysis of the works of Russian and foreign scientists related to the issues of training medical personnel and developing their digital competencies in the context of healthcare informatization was made. In addition, the research materials are based on the available scientific and methodological materials and many years of experience in teaching disciplines related to medical informatics and ICT at the Medical Institute of Mordovia State University by the authors. The leading research method is the statistical analysis of the results obtained after the introduction of the developed testing system. The main results of the article include: determining the functionality of the created testing system and describing its architecture; justification of the choice of development tools for the practical implementation of this software solution; presentation of interface parts of the system for teachers and students with examples of work; explanation of the specific features of the system application in the educational process of a medical university. The article may be of practical interest to specialists involved in the construction of information systems to support the educational process, and to instructors teaching the disciplines of the ICT cycle to students of medical specialties at universities.

The introduction of artificial intelligence into the learning process is an inevitable consequence of the digital transformation of education. The ability to use artificial intelligence in the learning process is becoming an integral part of the digital competence of the teacher. Turning artificial intelligence from a rival into an ally is one of the most pressing tasks of a modern teacher. The use of neural network technologies can make the learning process more efficient. It is necessary to develop effective mechanisms for the interaction of teachers and students with artificial intelligence. Artificial intelligence can never replace a teacher, but with competent use it can significantly improve the quality of education.