HIGHER EDUCATION: INTEGRATIVE CAPABILITIES OF NATIONAL SYSTEMS (INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION MODEL)

Quarantine restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic have also given impetus to using the benefits of digitalization to improve the education sector. The purpose of the article is to characterize the importance of information and communication technologies through the prism of the integration of national educational systems. The methodological basis of the study was a questionnaire survey of teachers of higher education institutions of Ukraine, the results of which were processed through the use of system analysis, prognostic method, and comparison. In the results, the general trends and foundations of the integration of national systems of higher education in the countries of the European Union were observed. The integrative potential of information and communication forms of educational organization in the modern world is also emphasized. It has been established that ICT contributes to the development of a number of directions and functions of education. In particular, they increase the accessibility of education, improve organizational and material, and technical support, and contribute to the emergence of new opportunities in the choice of a personally-oriented trajectory of education. The conclusions emphasize that, the absolute majority of teachers are convinced that ICT is a necessary condition for modern work.