CHALLENGES OF DIGITAL REALITY TO HIGHER EDUCATION
The relevance of the chosen topic is due to the most important role of education in the modern information society, its influence on the solution of global and local problems. Defining in the modernization of Russian education is the course of its transition to the digital level of methodological and educational activities. Digitalization of education is the next stage in its technological development after Informatization. This transition is due to a change in the way the economy operates, which has moved large amounts of data into the electronic space, modifying production technologies through the use of products of scientific and technological progress and the development of electronic resources. For the digital age, appropriate specialists will be massively needed, which radically changes the labor market, forms new competencies and sets different goals and objectives for the education system. The article discusses the features of digital education development in Russia, its axiological foundations in the new realities of life. The necessary conditions for the implementation of the educational model corresponding to the needs of the labor market are determined. The article describes changes in the educational trajectory under the influence of the digital environment, within which the goal of the educational process is transformed, and new tasks appear. Regarding the demands of the digital economy, a new group of competencies is proposed - economic and digital competencies. The risks of transition to digital education are highlighted.