Toolkit for assessing the formation of flexible skills of students in IT areas - a view from the future

The problem of finding ways to assess the flexible skills of future specialists in the field of information technology in teaching professional disciplines is considered. To determine the actual flexible skills demanded by business in the field of communications and information technology, a comparison was made of labor functions, labor actions and the necessary skills of specialists given in the professional standard PS 06.016 - “Project manager in the field of information technology”, with the universal competencies of the Federal State Educational Standard of Higher Education 3++ of the training area 09.03.01. A methodology is proposed that allows developing flexible skills demanded by business in teaching information technology in the context of media project activities with an individual approach to the distribution of roles in a team. The results of the manifestation of flexible skills in the development of media educational projects are determined, methods for their evaluation are proposed. The results of the study may be of interest to teachers who model professional tasks for students studying engineering. The practical significance of the study lies in the fact that the proposed method of teaching information technology, which develops flexible skills, can be used in the development of educational and methodological complexes for preparing students in other disciplines and modules, as well as for improving the qualifications of teachers.