Digital Education – New Realities

Abstract

The digital economy has affected both production and social spheres, including education. The article analyzes its importance for the development of society, including those tasks set by the country's leadership before the educational institutions of Russia. The author gives an interpretation of those new concepts that have already entered into the lexicon of normative acts that regulate the issues of the digital economy and are widely used in pedagogical practice. It is also noted that Russia already has an official platform of domestic online courses, created on the initiative of the Ministry of Education and Science of Russia and the leading universities of the country, which include university courses in a wide variety of areas and specializations. It is concluded that the transition to digital education in the 21st century is the introduction of new information and educational technologies, the use of progressive forms of the organization of the educational process and active methods of teaching, as well as educational and methodological materials corresponding to the modern world level.