Developing design and modeling competence of future professionals in the digital higher education environment
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https://doi.org/10.46502/issn.1856-7576/2026.20.03.20Keywords:
design and modeling competence, digital environment, higher education, STEAM components, digital resources.Abstract
The necessity of developing the design and modeling competence of future specialists in the digital environment of higher education, along with its components and structure, is demonstrated. The role of the digital environment in higher education in the development of design and modeling competence is demonstrated. The approaches widely used in the digital environment of higher education as a basis for the development of design and modeling competence are outlined. The state of formation of design and modeling competence of future specialists in the digital environment of higher education is characterized. The results of the ascertaining experiment have shown the need to update the higher education curriculum and to conduct a special experimental study at the formative stage of the study. A comparative analysis of the results (qualitative and quantitative) of the final sections of the levels of formation of all components of the outlined competence in respondents, the positive dynamics of its formation convincingly proves the effectiveness of the developed experimental system of training students in the digital environment of higher education and pedagogical conditions. The study allowed us to identify the main ways of developing the outlined competence in the digital environment of higher education among future specialists.
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