Teacher as a Social Agent of Digitalization of Higher Education

The article is devoted to the analysis of the evolution of approaches to the study of the problem of digitalization's agent of higher education. The authors' methodological approach is based on the theory of social agent by A. Giddens, on the interpretation of the teachers' role as social agents capable of transforming the system of higher education and ensuring its successful digitalization.

The authors present the results of the sociological research devoted to the analysis of the level of digital maturity of higher education teachers.

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