MOBILE TECHNOLOGIES BYOD: TRENDS OF DEVELOPMENT AND PROSPECTS OF APPLICATION IN HIGHER EDUCATION
The article presents an analytical review of domestic and foreign works devoted to current issues of the current state and distribution of BYOD mobile technologies. A distinctive feature of our time is the widespread use in everyday life and in the workplace of a variety of mobile devices, such as smartphones, laptops, tablets and the like. Using your own mobile device in the workplace or classroom is called BYOD. This is an abbreviation of the English expression “Bring Your Own Device” - “bring your own device”. The BYOD trend has been especially widespread among intellectual workers and has actually led to a change in the notion of what it means to be in the workplace today. Using laptops, smartphones and tablets, employees can perform their duties in any place convenient for them and at any time convenient for them. BYOD mobile technologies lead to promising changes in the field of education, as they have a number of significant advantages over traditional educational technologies: expanding the technological capabilities of educational tools; providing equal access to educational services; individualization of instruction; instant feedback and assessment of learning outcomes; training at any convenient time and in any convenient place; rational use of class time; the formation of new learning communities; support for situational learning; development of lifelong learning; effective support for the independent work process; assistance to students with disabilities; improving the quality of interaction between participants in the educational process; improvement of educational process management technologies. Mobile devices and their software are constantly evolving, their technical capabilities and functionality are expanding, so they can be more widely and actively used by participants in the educational process in higher education.