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HIGHER EDUCATION IN THE ERA OF GLOBAL DIGITALIZATION: MAIN TRENDS AND DEVELOPMENT PROSPECTS

Digital technologies have long been an integral part of the daily life of a modern person. From a very early age, children begin to master all kinds of interactive games and devices that help in the development, and over time, move on to more complicated technical devices and software. There is no doubt that modern global digitalization affects all educational process stages: from pre-school education to postgraduate and doctoral studies. However, higher educational institutions by far occupy the leading positions in using digital technologies in the educational process. In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic broke out in the world, which led to the transition of the entire education system to a distance format and, as a result, the rapid development of the electronic educational environment. Many universities worldwide have long been working on creating e-learning courses and educational platforms based on existing software. However, such courses were considered only as an alternative to the main approaches to the educational process. Their primary purpose was to attract a broader mass of students to the educational process, simplify access to electronic libraries, and fulfill the tasks. In self-isolation and adherence to social distance, the electronic educational environment has become the only possible way out of this situation. It has become a starting point on the way to more advanced approaches to implementing educational technologies. In this work, the author analyzes modern digital technologies in higher education and identifies the main positive and negative aspects of their application. The article aims at: Identifying and analyzing the main methods and means of implementing digital educational technologies in higher education institutions; Identifying the main trends associated with the digitalization of the higher education system as a whole; Developing recommendations for improving the e-learning system. The research's methodological basis is formed by general scientific methods of cognition, including systemic, formal-logical, and structural-functional analysis. The research's scientific novelty lies in a comprehensive study of the problems arising in the higher education system and the use of an electronic learning format, identifying positive and negative aspects in implementing this approach to learning. This research can be used to develop training courses, educational and methodological sets, and improve the higher education system. This article's conclusions and materials can be used in research, teaching, lectures, and seminars in the relevant disciplines.