Issue 2

Today, the digitalization of education is a rapid and inevitable process. А powerful catalyst for it was the pandemic. The article raises the question of developing a common "ideology" of digitalization, which should orient this process in such a way that education does not lose its dialogic and interpersonal feature. In other words, the process of socialization today is possible only if the digital environment should not be an obstacle, but a meaningful choice for dialogue between a teacher and a student.

The paper provides the results the researching of the experience of applicants (ISUCT) in 2020, this process being considered as a cultural practice from the point of view of cultural studies. A special focus is placed on the communicative practices of admission in the context of pandemic restriction 2020. The main tracks of applicants’ admission were identified, the importance of the communicative online-infrastructure of admission was determined. In general, applicants demonstrate the skills of searching, learning, self-studying, analysis of information on applying.

Analyzing the answers of the students’ survey about the pros and cons of distance learning, the author of the article tries to answer the questions: what difficulties students face during distance learning, what the role of the teacher in this process is, how distance learning affects the psycho-emotional state of students. In conclusion, it is emphasized that the main task of teachers in the context of distance learning is to minimize the number of problems in this area on the one hand, as well as to identify and develop the best sides of it on the other..

The article discusses the issues of organizing physical education classes with students, the possibility of using relevant digital fitness technologies in the process of forming general cultural skills in the context of modern education is scientifically supported. The effectiveness of the influence of health related aerobics on the level of physical fitness and motivation of students is estimated. Comparative characteristics of practical classes with a teacher in the gym and distance classes using digital fitness technologies are given.

Digitalization as a tool for innovative development changes the social demand for a set of key competencies of a university graduate and transforms the educational process. The article reveals the factors of the formation and development of the digital educational process, the directions of the introduction of digital technologies in the educational process. The article highlights the trends in the development of higher education in the context of digitalization - personalization, mobilization, inter-professional and inter-level convergence.

The article discusses the possibilities and ways of forming digital educational content in the discipline "Foreign language". The article emphasizes the task of a university teacher at the moment, which is to use all means and sources in the educational process and contribute to the development of modern digital education. In the absence of a language environment, it is difficult to find new forms and methods of teaching.

The article contains the critical accounts of the use of social media sites as a tool of distance learning during the 2020 global coronavirus pandemic. The need of organizing the whole learning process at a distance poses considerable challenges for university teachers. To solve these problems, many of them started to use social media sites for the purpose of teaching. It is argued that the results of this process are controversial.

A modern university teacher is the driving force of the higher education development. The teacher prepares competitive specialists for a rapidly changing society and constantly emerging new challenges in any production area. The article examines the main communicative competencies that a modern teacher of higher education possesses: educational, scientific, innovative. The current problems of teaching foreign languages during the period of distance work are considered.

The purpose of the work is to summarize the results of a sociological study of the work of physical culture teachers and students in the educational process during a pandemic in the spring of 2020 on the example of 125 students of the Ivanovo State University of Chemistry and Technology. The results were obtained, indicating a high degree of satisfaction with the distance learning format of the subject of “Physical Culture and Sport”. New teaching methods and a variety of forms can increase the interest and motivation of students in the study of the subject.

The article presents some philosophical arguments in defense of the idea of the necessity to preserve the traditional form of pedagogical communication in the education system. These arguments are associated with the philosophical understanding of man as a social and moral being, and education – as a person acquiring his own image in the process of a living dialogue between a teacher and a student.