The Professions of the Future in the Virtual Reality of the Innovation-Digital Space

Abstract

The article is aimed at researching the most important newest professions that will be inherent in the innovative and digital economy. The characteristic features of the newest professions are determined, their content is disclosed, and a comparison of the main professions of the future year of 2030 is made according to the EdCamp 2017 and the Sparks & Honey rating. The contents of the economic categories of «digital education» and «digitization of education» are disclosed. The digital competencies of the future specialties are defined, and the content of digital technologies in education is specified. It is argued that the transformation of the traditional economy into an innovative and digital one is possible provided that the individual’s education is promoted throughout one’s life, and the use of «digital» technologies in education is still a most important and sustainable tendency of development of the global educational process. It is concluded that there is a need that an individual learns to create value by himself, and the individual’s skills become goods / services. In this case, the person becomes the owner of a unique, special profession, because the individual creates the demand for own unique abilities and own professional activity.

Keywords

• professions of the future
• virtual reality
• digital education
• digital competences