The impact of digital transformation process of the Russian University

Abstract

The research topic of this paper is the impact of digital transformation process of the Russian university. The relevance of this study is determined by the role of education on the world stage during the period of a single cohesive large-scale digitalization, which is aimed at improving the quality of life and guaranteeing further prosperity, both for society and for each individual separately. A comprehensive coverage of issues related to digitalization in higher education is raised, including the disclosure of the essence of digitalization, consideration of the transformation that digitalization leads to, coverage of the features of the presentation of digitized information, challenges for Russian higher education. The paper examines learner's vision towards digital transformation in higher education. Identification of the key factors which have a major impact on the successful implementation of the transformation process in the education will be presented within the paper. The results of qualitative part of research indicate the influence of key factors on students and demonstrate their attitude to the digitalization process in the Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University.