Digitalizing the Humanitarian Discourse: Modern Technologies in Research and Educational Space of a University

Abstract

Introduction. The article is devoted to the analysis and assessment of the methods of the humanitarian discourse digitalization while implementing them in the educational process. Digitalization of the educational space is associated with the use of discourse as an especially complicated communicative phenomenon, as well as with the use of digital technologies and the Internet space. At the same time, the question on the right implementation of the modern technologies in the educational process constantly rises.Purpose. In our study, we will consider the possibilities of the implementation of digital discourse technologies in the educational process.Theoretical justification. We investigated the capabilities of the «Ngram Viewer» search service, the «Cyborg Writer» experimental text editor, the «AI Search» text creation tool, the Russian National Corpus internet service, including its sections: «Educational Corpus», «Poetry Corpus», and «British National Corpus» in English. We also looked into potential of the «Genial.ly» platform, the website in the form of a landing page, the «Wordpress» platform and its potential in the refinement of humanitarian discourse. From the discourse point of view, we described the electronic research and educational space of Don State Technical University, and the scientific electronic library e-library.ru. Examples of projects implemented in the «Fundamentals of the Project Management» and «Business Communication» subjects' frames by students, and in which modern digital technologies were applied successfully, are considered.Discussion.  The digitalization of humanities knowledge under modern conditions appears as an ambiguous process. On the one hand, digital technologies can supplement and improve the educational process. On the other hand, in this relatively new conditions, the researcher's activity and its results lose importance to a significant extent. Meanwhile, the digital transformation of education presents new tools to humanities teachers for broadening research, speeding up analysis and data processing, and improving accuracy in studies.