Digital learning at the University of Architecture and Civil Engineering: psychological risks and effects

Abstract

The article examines the problem of digital education in high school in terms of its psychological risks and effects. The aim of the work is to identify the psychological effects of the transformation of higher education in the digital age and to determine the priority trends of psychological support in the digital educational process. In the theoretical aspect of this study the analysis of the problem of psychological risks and challenges of digital education in high school is presented on the basis of domestic and foreign experience of transition to a remote format of education. Methods of theoretical analysis of modern sources on this problem were applied, in particular, cognitive and personal-developing approach to professional and professional-pedagogical education. The author refers to the separate articles on digital education in high school. The work analyzes the socio-psychological aspects of digital education reflecting the person-oriented system risks, communicative competence risks, individual psychological security risks and a new type of students in the digital age. The article reveals only some of the psychological effects of digitalization discussed in studies on this issue. As a result, the priority trends of digital education psychological effects in high school were identified.