This research dwells on the potential capabilities of new digital solutions in reducing the divide between the job and university education markets. The main trends and parameters of the influence of digital change on the job and university education markets are analyzed, EdTech solutions in countries of Central Asia are considered, and the directions to reduce the divide between the job market and the university education market by creating a common digital educational ecosystem are determined. Emphasis is placed on the change in requirements and priorities in the job market through the formation of new processes and the addition of the requirements for the existing set of competencies for working with digital technologies. Justification is given concerning the change in the higher education system to satisfy the job market’s need for skilled employees who can deal with the tasks of Industry 4.0. EdTech startups in Central Asian countries are analyzed, and their impact on the transformation of the system of higher education, as well as the possibility of creating digital educational ecosystems, is determined. The value of this research is the offer to create a common educational digital ecosystem based on EdTech solutions, which would unite the interests of all stakeholders, allow processing information about the change of requirements to labor skills in Industry 4.0, and integrate the results of this process into the educational process to ensure the educational skills’ correspondence to the job market.

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EdTech and Universities 4.0: A Contribution to the Reduction of the Divide Between the University Education Market and the Job Market

  • Elvira К. Buitek,
  • Nizami V. Abdullayev,
  • Alexander A. Voronov,
  • Tatiana A. Dugina

摘要

This research dwells on the potential capabilities of new digital solutions in reducing the divide between the job and university education markets. The main trends and parameters of the influence of digital change on the job and university education markets are analyzed, EdTech solutions in countries of Central Asia are considered, and the directions to reduce the divide between the job market and the university education market by creating a common digital educational ecosystem are determined. Emphasis is placed on the change in requirements and priorities in the job market through the formation of new processes and the addition of the requirements for the existing set of competencies for working with digital technologies. Justification is given concerning the change in the higher education system to satisfy the job market’s need for skilled employees who can deal with the tasks of Industry 4.0. EdTech startups in Central Asian countries are analyzed, and their impact on the transformation of the system of higher education, as well as the possibility of creating digital educational ecosystems, is determined. The value of this research is the offer to create a common educational digital ecosystem based on EdTech solutions, which would unite the interests of all stakeholders, allow processing information about the change of requirements to labor skills in Industry 4.0, and integrate the results of this process into the educational process to ensure the educational skills’ correspondence to the job market.