Problems and prospects of development of digital competence of university teachers

Currently, society is undergoing a digital transformation of the economy. As a result, there is a need to digitalize vocational education. In this article, the author describes the results obtained to date on the path of digitalization of the economy in general and digitalization of vocational education in particular. Special attention is paid in the article to the main trends of this process; ongoing changes in professions, highlighting among them the in-demand and unclaimed; new models and formats of learning, including distance and e-learning, mixed and hybrid learning models, etc. Based on the results systematized by the author, the definition of the concept of "digital competence" is given, under the The article understands the readiness to carry out activities in the digital economy, describes the main stages of the development of digital competence. The research presented in this article has shown that the structure of digital competence is represented by.