INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC
ONLINE-CONFERENCE:
DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION CHALLENGES

The education model of the future inevitably seeks to personalize learning and maximize the time and cost of achieving educational results. The goal of the University is to create an educational environment in which each student will be free to choose an educational path and will be able to realize their personal potential using the services of the digital educational environment.

The track is dedicated to the issues of individualization of higher education. The discussion platforms will address the organizational and technical problems of ensuring a student's real choice of their educational path and ways to manage material and financial resources when each student learns on a unique trajectory. One of the conditions for a student's success is qualified tutor support and support for individualized learning based on the analysis of their digital footprint data. As part of the track, participants will share their experience in developing educational Analytics tools to support and predict students' success.

The section will present Additional Professional Education programs for university personnel from the network of International Scientific and Methodological Centers for the dissemination of best practices in teaching mathematics, computer science and digital technologies. The centers were created within the framework of the project "Personnel for the digital economy" and implement training, retraining and internship programs. Training for research and teaching staff and postgraduates of higher education institutions is free of charge. All those who successfully complete the training will receive educational materials and assistance for running courses at their universities.

During the section, you will be able to get acquainted with the proposed educational programs, as well as ask questions to program developers.

Participants

1. Ural Federal University. Andrey Sozykin, Vice-rector for Educational Development of UrFU. Transfer center competencies of the digital economy.
2. Saint Petersburg State University. The topic and the speaker are being specified.
3. High School of Economics. The topic and the speaker are being specified.
4. Moscow Engineering Physics Institute. The topic and the speaker are being specified.
5. Tomsk State University. The topic and the speaker are being specified.

The speed of change, digitalization of society, competitiveness in the educational space, the need to switch to distance learning due to the epidemiological situation - all this determines the importance of discussing didactic issues in modern education.

Digital didactics is one of the sections of pedagogy that investigates the formation of learning outcomes among students in a digital environment.

The purpose of our section is to discuss how teachers and universities should act to achieve student learning outcomes that are relevant in modern society. The following issues are proposed to be discussed during the discussion:

1. What to teach? How are learning outcomes designed in educational programs?
2. How to teach? What methods and technologies are used to form learning outcomes?
3. What new competencies should a university teacher have? What should a university do to develop these competencies among teachers?

The rapid development of technology has created the prerequisites for the digital transformation of the University. Digital content, online technologies, virtual simulators and other digital services have become an integral part of the educational process. Can technology completely replace the teacher, or is it just a tool in their hands to improve the effectiveness of learning? How can I achieve high learning outcomes and reduce the time required to master complex material using various platform solutions and services?

The track will address the issues of creating and using digital educational resources and services in the educational process of the University in the context of improving the quality of education. New developments of IT companies in the field of education will be presented, as well as digital services and products created by various universities within the framework of the “Digital University” project.

Big Bang, which took place in the field of education in the conditions of 2020 and changed the principles of educational process organization around the world for a certain period, brought digital technologies into our lives permanently and for a long time.

In this section, we will discuss the technological and ethical aspects of the development of higher education business processes through the prism of the screen, when the role of personal qualities and charisma fade into the background, and the most important role in decision-making is played by the electronic footprint and ratings of digital metrics. We will review and analyze real cases from colleagues from different countries on the current situation and future strategies.

Let's answer the question: how to promote online courses and programs in a highly competitive environment.

According to national goals, by 2030, Russia should be among the top ten countries in the world in terms of research and development. One of the most promising tools for achieving this strategic goal is the world's scientific and educational centers.

Currently, Russia is actively developing research and education centers and developing appropriate programs for the development of centers. The Ural Interregional world-class Scientific and Educational Center (UISEC) "Advanced production technologies and materials" has been established on the territory of the Sverdlovsk, Chelyabinsk and Kurgan regions. One of the tasks of the Center is advanced training in promising areas of scientific and technological development.

What competencies will be in demand from the industrial partners of the Ural interregional scientific and educational center? What modern tools are most useful for organizing effective cooperation and interaction between all participants of the consortium in the field of educational activities? How can we improve the effectiveness of joint scientific and technological projects of the UISEC?

The scientific section of the conference will be devoted to the discussion of these issues. We invite universities, scientific institutions, manufacturing companies, participants of the Ural Interregional Scientific and Educational Center, and representatives of expert community, other scientific and educational centers, successfully implementing educational programs, to exchange opinions and their own experiences to improve the quality of education in the framework of UISEC.

The effectiveness of digital technologies in education is still a controversial issue that attracts the attention of researchers and methodologists in the field of education. On the one hand, it expands educational opportunities for students and reduces inequality in access to quality education. On the other hand, it leads to a decrease in the share of the most valuable component of the traditional educational process – the contact work of teachers and students.

How will the widespread adoption of online technologies affect the quality of education? What are the risks that arise when transferring part of the educational process to a remote format? How does this affect students' motivation and depth of learning? What additional benefits do teachers and students get in an online environment, and how do learning analytics tools and artificial intelligence help improve learning effectiveness?

The scientific section of the conference will be devoted to the discussion of these issues. We invite representatives of the expert community, researchers and young scientists to exchange views and offer new approaches, methods and tools to improve the quality of education in the context of digital transformation.​

Methodological seminar for research and teaching staff of UrFU with the participation of research and teaching personnel from the educational development organization (MIPT), which is included in the top 200 subject global ratings, involved in the development, implementation and replication of advanced educational programs (educational content).

The workshop is held to discuss issues of quality assurance developed advanced educational programs in the field of training 10.00.00 INFORMATION SECURITY and the implementation of online courses and introduce advanced educational program (educational content) in the framework of its replication.

Modern man lives in a stream of numbers - explicit and hidden. Digital space is a special reality with its own eco-environment, which sometimes captures a person more than the world of physical objects. The digital economy closely monitors the inclusion of people in digital reality: those who do not have time to adapt - they lose. Adaptation involves continuous learning throughout life: the development of new knowledge and technologies, the improvement of professional competencies and the development of "Soft" skills. Universal competencies and "Soft" skills take a special place in the digital economy, psychology and logic of life. The very attitude to knowledge is changing: information must be transformed into knowledge, knowledge must be applied to transform reality, modern people must be able to think critically and systematically, create innovations, promote themselves and unite like-minded people around them.

The section is devoted to the key competencies of personnel for the digital economy and ways of their development. What are the requirements for University graduates in connection with the transition to a new technological order? How will the labor market change in 10-20-30 years? Can artificial intelligence replace most of the company's routine processes? What will determine a person's success in the digital world?

Participants will discuss effective ways to develop popular universal competencies and Soft skills among students of all training areas, exchange experience in developing and implementing a nuclear program at the University as a response to the challenges of digitalization, and demonstrate technical solutions for the development of universal competencies.

The pandemic has moved all projects online. Fortunately, this happened all over the world at the same time. Now we see how instantly the boundaries are broken and new opportunities appeared. During the eight months of 2020, we have created five large non-standard inclusive projects. They are being implemented in several regions of the Russian Federation together with partners from Israel, the USA, Norway, Germany, Turkey, Egypt, Latvia, France, and Ukraine. New challenges have arisen due to format changes: 

• How to conduct inclusive events online?
• What is the difference between the design of an ordinary scientific-practical conference and an inclusive one?
• Is it enough to provide sign language interpretation and audio commentary for the accessibility of people with the peculiarities of movement?
• How to ensure effective inclusive interactions in digital space?

Learn more about the program

Universities in different countries of the world have been using distance learning technologies since time immemorial. With the development of information technology, online courses began to appear, new tools for involving students, analytics of their progress and forecasting. This year has become a test for those solutions that have been developed over the past 20 years.

As part of the round table, we will discuss the experience of using digital technologies in different countries and universities. We will try to jointly offer solutions for the development of partnerships and cooperation strategies.

This session is designed as an informal dialogue between experts around the topic of online courses and educational programs and promotion services in general in a digital world of a highly competitive environment.

The only thing you need is your ideas and a cup of coffee or tea.

Block A: Environment

• The online environment: key features and peculiarities
• Online education - challenges and options

Block B: Marketing and Design

• Designing and packaging of the product
• Target audience
• Choosing appropriate tools and platforms

Block C: Cultural Aspects

• Cross-cultural aspects of education (do we need to adjust the online course to a particular audience )
• The role of the tutor in various cultures (thinking of content as teacher’s presence)