Virtualization and digitalization in higher education

Abstract

The relevance of the problem lies in the necessity of the detailed study of the Middle East region and its potential in the field of digitalization and development of virtual education and is caused by the fact that all existing studies relate to virtualization and digitalization of higher education in North America and Western Europe. The basic approach is presented by the method of observation, the method of interview with the ideologists of the Syrian Virtual University, which is the subject of our study, as well as the survey of students. The main results of the study consist in identification of distinctive features of virtual learning, definition of the required conditions for adaptation of the model, as well as determination of the main problems occurred within the process of digitalization in higher education. The research creates necessary prerequisites for a more detailed and deep analysis of the educational process development in the Middle East.