The Potential of Higher Education Digitalization in Central and Eastern Europe

Anastasiia Simakhova, Artem Artyukhov

2021

Abstract

Digital has penetrated into all spheres of life. Since 2020, due to the pandemic, all countries around the world have started using online learning. The digitalization of higher education during the war in Ukraine is especially important, because avoided the collapse of the educational system. The aim of the article is to highlight the potential of higher education digitization in Eastern and Central Europe. To achieve the goal of the article, the following tasks were set: to study the theoretical basis of the digitization of education, to analyze the trends and problems of the higher education digitalization in Central and Eastern Europe, to develop recommendations for improving the higher education digitization. The article analyzed the ranks of the Network Readiness Index, Digital Skills Gap Index (DSGI), and IMD World Digital Competitiveness Ranking in terms of technological readiness of universities and digital skills of academic teachers and students. The article offers a case study of the Ukrainian university for the implementation of an e-learning environment and new instruments of e-learning during the war in Ukraine. The authors grouped countries of Central and Eastern Europe according to their potential for higher education digitalization. For these groups of countries, the authors identified specific criteria. SWOT analysis of the higher education digitalization was conducted for the countries of Central and Eastern Europe.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Simakhova A. and Artyukhov A. (2021). The Potential of Higher Education Digitalization in Central and Eastern Europe. In Proceedings of the 2nd Myroslav I. Zhaldak Symposium on Advances in Educational Technology - Volume 1: AET; ISBN 978-989-758-662-0, SciTePress, pages 542-553. DOI: 10.5220/0012065900003431

in Bibtex Style

@conference{aet21,
author={Anastasiia Simakhova and Artem Artyukhov},
title={The Potential of Higher Education Digitalization in Central and Eastern Europe},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 2nd Myroslav I. Zhaldak Symposium on Advances in Educational Technology - Volume 1: AET},
year={2021},
pages={542-553},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0012065900003431},
isbn={978-989-758-662-0},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 2nd Myroslav I. Zhaldak Symposium on Advances in Educational Technology - Volume 1: AET
TI - The Potential of Higher Education Digitalization in Central and Eastern Europe
SN - 978-989-758-662-0
AU - Simakhova A.
AU - Artyukhov A.
PY - 2021
SP - 542
EP - 553
DO - 10.5220/0012065900003431
PB - SciTePress