The article is devoted to the problem of specification of approaches to the design and implementation of electronic educational courses in conditions of continuously and dynamically changing digital information and learning environment of the modern university. Based on the results of the content analysis of the digital infrastructure and regulatory documentation of the Siberian Federal University and the discursive analysis of the leading trends in the field of digital education, necessary conditions for a successful professional pedagogical activity are described. On the basis of smart education principles, possible solutions to the problems of teaching at university, such as personification of teaching, project-oriented courses and initiating the launch of mechanisms for students’ informal self-education are synthesized and justified.

Digital Technologies in the Preparation of Future Teachers: Modern Challenges of Distance Education

The article highlights the theoretical and practical aspects of the organization of distance education in Ukraine, which has become especially active in the current conditions of the coronavirus pandemic and the imposed martial law due to large-scale Russian invasion. The research methods that allowed to conduct high-quality scientific research on the research issue in the field of higher education in Ukraine are highlighted. The article analyzes the social challenges, which relate primarily to the preparation of future teachers for the use of digital technologies in teaching. The need for professional training of future teachers is obvious, as graduates in further professional activities must be able to organize and implement the educational process in educational institutions using the potential of information and communication technologies, which is one of the most important professional competencies of modern professionals. The results of an empirical study of the outlined problem, which involved teachers from different regions of Ukraine (some of the respondents were students studying at the university and gaining the profession of teacher) are presented. The survey method revealed the understanding of teachers of educational institutions of different types of existing problems and challenges regarding the use of digital resources and tools in distance learning of students. The sample included different age categories of respondents: Boomer Generation, Generation X and Millennium (Generation Y). It was found that some respondents have difficulties in using didactic knowledge in distance learning (36.4%), creating moral and psychological comfort (36.4%), organizing and stimulating activity (25.5%) and effective online communication (21, 8%). Some digital technologies and tools for distance learning of future teachers and organizational forms of using information and communication technologies (ICT) are outlined.