Trends in the Application of Digital Technologies in the Higher Education System of Ukraine and Eu Countries

The article analyses the main trends in the application of digital technologies in the higher education system of Ukraine and the experience of leading EU countries. The study of foreign experience regarding the digital transformation of education in Ukraine has become especially relevant due to the critical importance of distance learning during the pandemic and martial law, which was introduced due to an unprecedented attack by russia. It is established that the issue of applying digital technologies in the education system is one of the most important trends in the development of the global educational space, indicating the necessity of such modernization, as education should evolve in accordance with the pace of technological progress. The research aims to uncover the key trends in the digitization of higher education in Ukraine and the international experience of applying digital technologies in the educational process. The analysis conducted indicates that the collaborative search for development paths in digital education by EU countries has enabled the accumulation of domestic practical experience in the use of digital technologies. The introduction of new digital technologies into the educational process fundamentally transforms education as a whole, allowing the solution of a range of fundamentally new didactic tasks and can be an effective tool for accumulating, testing, and improving new teaching methods and forms. As part of this regularity, the system of continuous education is being formed; creation of a single informational and educational space; introduction of new forms and methods of education; synthesis of traditional and digital education methods; building an open education system based on digitalization of education. Based on this, the development of a new concept of digital universities using the principles of implementing digital education to ensure the development of a “knowledge society” becomes relevant, involving the active application of digital technologies at all stages of organizing the educational process.