Influence of individual characteristics of a person on the quality of his communication
Digitalization has firmly entered the field of higher education. Universities rethink the process of education and training, replenish the educational environment with digital technologies, methods and resources. A new digital didactics is being formed and developed, by which we mean the process of constructing a set of digital educational technologies and teaching methods, electronic resources that allow for a budgetary and quick implementation of a integrative-competency-based approach to training and the formation of professional competencies and readiness for professional activities. The purpose of the article is to study the process of online learning in universities during the digitalization period, to analyze digital teaching methods. The process of studying literary sources in the problem field of research has shown key trends, problems, threats and prospects for the development of digital didactics. Terminological analysis revealed a number of new terms. The study is based on an integrative-competency-based approach to learning in a digital environment. The formats of corporate and independent micro and macro training are revealed. Digital educational platforms, web applications and instant messengers are analyzed. Surveys of students and teachers showed great interest and a high need for online learning, but revealed problems and threats that need to be addressed. A particular problem is the training and retraining of the “digital” teacher. Ways to solve problems are to introduce new digital educational technologies and teaching methods, digital tools and resources. For example, immersive, integrated (blended) learning, inverted learning, screencast, QR codes, gamification, polls, interactive, illustrations, etc. The article describes the prospects and drivers for the development of digital education. Digital zones of the development of universities are indicated.