Цифровизация высшего образования и ее социальные результаты

Вестник Санкт-Петербургского университета. Серия 12: Социология. 2020. Т. 13. № 1. С. 80–97.

В.Н. Минина

The  article,  based  on  the  analysis  of  publications  related  to  digitalization  of  higher  education, identified  four  trends  associated  with  the  introduction  of  digital  technologies  and  tools  in  the educational process: the formation of a model of blended learning, the transition to online education, creating a virtual (digital) educational environment, and changing the approach to management of educational organizations. These trends are interconnected, however, each of them has a specific impact on the higher education institution, which is illustrated. On the one hand, digitalization promotes openness, flexibility of education, increased student engagement in the learning process, and the development of a network model of interaction between universities. On  the  other  hand,  it  leads  to  the  creation  of  a  new  educational  situation  and  the  inclusion  of  new  actors  in  the  education  system,  which  changes  the  configuration  of  relations  between  the  main  participants.  Digitalization,  requiring  appropriate  adaptation,  introduces  significant  changes  in  the  roles  of  teachers  and  students  in  the  learning  process.  The  transition  to  online  education and the creation of a virtual educational environment give rise to the need for changing  the  management  of  an  educational  organization.  And  if  these  changes  do  not  take  place, digitalization can lead to negative effects. The author justifies the need to systematize the social effects of digitalization of higher education and develops a research design for studying the social risks of transformation of the higher education institution under the influence of digitalization. The  study  is  based  on  the  strategy  of  a  case  study.  A  neo-institutional  approach,  emphasizing  the cultural and cognitive aspect of the institute’s interpretation, was proposed as the methodological basis for the study. At the same time, the higher education institute is considered in the context of the social institute concept proposed by P. Berger and T. Lukman.

Keywords: высшее образование, blended learning, социальный институт, social institute, онлайн-образование, виртуальная образовательная среда, цифровизация, online education, higher education, digitalization, virtual educational environment, смешанное образование