Technological innovations of educational. Innovations of smart university type

Abstract

Technology is one of the important directions in the development of the society of the future, as it affects the higher education system as a whole, and is embedded in the concept of ‘S.M.A.R.T’, which is based on educational organizations of Smart University type. The purpose of the study presented in the article was to analyze the use of technological innovations in various areas of activity of educational organizations of Smart University type, their impact on the education sector as a whole. In this article, the concept of ‘Smart University’ is analyzed from various scientific points of view. In addition, a classification of technological innovations used in the main areas of activity of universities is presented in terms of the analysis of information and communication technologies and technological equipment/materials. A comparative analysis of the use of technological means in terms of information exchange, communication and equipping the security systems of the studied educational organizations has been carried out. Differences in technological innovation used by the world's leading universities: Polytechnic School of Lausanne (EPFL) in Switzerland, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the USA, Aalborg University (AAU) in Denmark, City University of Hong Kong (CityU) in China, Central Queensland University (CQU) in Australia and the Hamdan Bin Mohammed Smart University (HBMSU) in the UAE are identified. Depending on the amount of resources and capabilities of each of the universities, as well as considering the legislation of the countries, the studied universities trying to introduce the concept of “Smart University” into their activities cannot fully use it. The materials of this article can be used for further study of the Smart University concept related to the introduction of technological innovations ineducational organizations of the world. Its implementation meets the needs of students and staff in a rapidly changing world. Of course, such a concept is one of the factors affecting the gradual outflow of the contingent from the world's leading universities in the global educational market, so the constant updating of educational services with new technologies is important.