Keyword: «university interaction»

The relevance of the article is determined by the key challenges facing Russian higher education, related to the necessity of developing digital competences among students in the context of digital acceleration. In a situation of acute shortage of highly qualified specialists with the required digital skills, educational organizations are forced to revise established training methods. The main emphasis is placed on the importance of implementing a multi-level digital learning environment and specialized approaches that promote the development of both professional and general competences, including cross-industry and existential skills such as communication and digital literacy. The purpose of the research work is to describe the experience of inter-university activities to develop digital competence in students of different training areas in a specially modeled digital foreign language learning environment. The study, conducted as part of a joint project between Petrozavodsk State University and the Pacific State Medical University, involved 105 students. The research methods included observation, analysis, a formalized survey in a remote format and statistical processing of the obtained data as well. The experimental training showed that the average score of PSMU students after the training was higher (4.56 versus 4.48 among PetrSU students); however, PetrSU students demonstrated better improvement dynamics (+1.3 versus to +1.22) in the digital competence components, such as clarity of presentation and quality of visualization. The same results were recorded in the evaluation of emotional response and audience engagement. The dynamics of the overall average score was +1,3 points at PetrSU and +1.22 points at PSMU. Participants' subjective assessments also indicated an improvement in digital content creation skills. The scientific novelty lies in the theoretical substantiation and practical testing of conditions for the formation of digital competence in students of the humanities and medical profiles within a unified digital environment in a foreign language, as well as in the identification of didactic and methodological principles of pedagogical technology for modeling educational spaces. The theoretical significance of the study is in the creation of a multi-level foreign language digital learning environment and describing step-by-step algorithms and tools for integrating digital competences into the educational process. The practical significance consists in presenting the results of experimental education aimed at forming digital competence. The authors emphasize the importance of creating such an environment based on project-oriented learning to enhance students' competitiveness in the digital economy.