DIGITALIZATION RUSSIAN EDUCATION

Innovations are being introduced into various fields of human activity, which orients people towards new development, improvement of their knowledge, skills, competencies, mastering new types of activity in related sectors of the economy. The education system should provide society with a confident transition to a digital era focused on productivity growth, new types of work, human needs. Informatization of education has created a base for the transition to a new level, digitalization is aimed at training specialists who are guaranteed to be in demand in the labor market, easily and fluently own mobile and Internet technologies, and also focused on continuous learning (advanced training) through e-learning. Digital technology in the modern world is not only a tool, but also an environment of existence, which opens up new opportunities: learning at any convenient time, continuing education, the ability to design individual educational routes, from consumers of electronic resources to become creators. However, the digital environment requires teachers of a different mentality, perception of the picture of the world, completely different approaches and forms of work with students. The teacher becomes not only a carrier of knowledge that he shares with the students, but also a guide through the digital world. He must have digital literacy, the ability to create and apply content through digital technologies, including computer programming skills, search, information sharing, and communication. As part of the implementation of the state program "Development of Education" for 2013-2020, the Government of the Russian Federation approved the project "Modern Digital Educational Environment", aimed at creating the conditions for systemic quality improvement and expanding the possibilities of continuing education. The project is implemented through the creation of a digital educational space, the availability of online learning and is aimed at the possibility of organizing blended learning, building individual educational learning routes, self-education, family and non-formal education.