Peculiarity and functionality of the digital educational ecosystem for transport and logistics

Abstract

The article presents the results and interpretation thereof of a study of the transport education transformation as a digital educational ecosystem in the context of the global digitalization processes, the strategy of the state, intellectual priorities for transport and logistics, the market demands. Certain potential innovative forms of modern education are suggested, namely the combined use of university educational resources and employer’s materials and technical resources. They are studied on the example of the first Russian transport engineering higher education institution, Emperor Alexander I St. Petersburg State Transport University (PGUPS), where their ongoing implementations are called ‘Innovative site for international educational programmes of proactive training of high-speed railway personnel’, ‘Network University’.

Keywords

• digital transformation
• digital educational ecosystem
• network university
• innovative platform
• advanced training
• transport
• logistics