The current state of professional development of teachers in the context of the transformation of digital education

Abstract

The relevance of the topic presented is justified by the global processes of transition to the digital economy and digital society, which gives rise to the need to build a digital educational process for vocational education, update and improve the digital competencies of the teaching staff at a suitable pace, and it developed rapidly during the COVID-19 pandemic. So, due to the COVID-19 pandemic around the world, most educational institutions were completely or partially closed, and students were transferred to e-learning using distance technologies in very forced conditions and in a short time. The article presents the terminological aspect of the problem of the development of the digital economy - trends in the development of digital technologies in education and their change under the influence of the COVID-19 pandemic, where the new format of education provided a wide range of opportunities and prospects for changing and improving education systems. The results of the analysis of the current situation in the school education of Yakutia in the context of digitalization and the general transition to online learning and related trends in teacher education, identified as a result of a survey of teachers of educational organizations, are presented.