Digital education at the present stage: difficulties and prospects

The main goal of the Concept of the State Information Policy of the Russian Federation is the development and improvement of the education system, as well as professional training of personnel that ensures a full life and effective human activity in the modern information society. This goal involves a fundamental change in the organization and essence of the processes of learning and human development. The process of transforming the content, methods and technologies, changing the requirements for learning and its results is the digitalization of education. The purpose of the study is to consider the essence of the concept of "digital education" and identify factors that allow us to present the advantages and disadvantages of digital education. Methods used in the study: literature review, empirical research, matrix analysis, comparative analysis. Empirical survey data were obtained, reflecting the main factors that make it possible to identify the positive and negative aspects of digital education during a pandemic. The article assesses the prospects for the development of digital education. A matrix of assessments of the existing experience of participation in digital education during the pandemic of teachers and students has been compiled. Based on the results of the analysis of the compiled matrix and the diagram that complements it, a conclusion is drawn about the insufficiently effective digital education at the current stage due to the presence of certain problems in the process of organizing online education. The digitalization of education during the crisis period has accelerated significantly, however, in the future, it will require the introduction of certain measures to integrate it with traditional education, while eliminating the shortcomings of both forms of education.