Aspects of Using Distance Learning Platforms in Digital Education

Due to the challenges of the modern world, it is necessary for educational institutions to make their space as digital as possible. This circumstance serves the purpose of increasing access to quality education in specific circumstances. The purpose of the research of our paper is: creating the model of a digital school of online learning in order to prepare entrants on the bases of appropriate and flexible educational mission of a higher educational institution. This initiative will be benefitial for universities and it will serve the interest of the state as it is about the issue of providing quality education to citizens living in conflict zones, ethnic minorities, immigrants and foreign students. Our challenge is to create a curriculum and platform for a sustainable digital school, based on the study of the existing practices of digital transformation of the best international universities and schools; also issues of effective use and management of IT, student-centered, challenge-based teaching, competitiveness, digital education quality assessment issues. As distance learning tools we have used the well-tested distance learning system “Moodle” and educational and informational system “Studlab” at the university, which is a software product created by the Informatics Department of Sukhumi State University, as well as the website of Sukhumi State University. As research methods, we have selected desk research, observation, secondary research, questionnaires, which we have created and sent via Google and Microsoft applications. The research results have shown: (1) The number of engagement in digital school is low due to inadequate knowledge of modern technologies. (2) Professors and teachers have shown a great desire to acquire and develop digital skills in order to provide quality education to the entrants. (3) Employers, lecturers, and applicants have expressed interesting ideas and requirements for IT competencies and skills.