Abstract
The article discusses the Governmental Program “Digital Kazakhstan”, its tasks and requirements for the digitalization in field of education. The active position of the Almaty University of Power engineering and Telecommunication named after Gumarbek Daukeev regarding educational digitalization is also described in the article. A comparison of different interpretations of the term “digitalization” showed that the lack of a single definition is explained by the fact that the terminology of digitalization is only in its beginning stage. Since the use of digital technologies is fraught with certain difficulties, not all representatives of the teaching staff have high digital literacy. This was the reason for the emergence of the popular theory of Mark Prensky, who singled out the generations of “digital natives” (youth) and “digital immigrants” (educators). There is an age-old conflict between these generations, which is expressed in the fact that the latter speak with an “accent” and at the same time want to be teachers of the former. However, research by scientists has shown that the superiority of “digital natives” over “digital immigrants” is somewhat exaggerated. “Digital literacy” does not depend on age, but on the breadth of thinking and courage in using digital technologies, which the “digital natives” themselves are far from equally proficient in. Despite this optimistic conclusion, “digital immigrants” should constantly work on their digital literacy, increase the level of digital competence. In this regard, the authors of the article believe that in order to overcome the complexes, the teacher should master the skills of an ambitious teacher who is always persistent and interested in mastering various innovations, including digital ones. As for the level of digitalization in the educational space of Kazakhstan, it is at the stage of formation and development. Scientists believe that in order to accelerate digitalization, high educational institutions of Kazakhstan should take a number of measures, which are also described in the article.