Digital education and development

Abstract

The education system is gradually getting changed according to the advancement of digital technologies and due to the global increase in the influence of the Internet, the role of e-learning has grown significantly in recent years. The purpose of this study is to analyse education to the social development (development of science, industry and communities worldwide) and to identify gaps in e-learning in the context of training tasks for science and industry. The authors offer the Triple Helix model as a key aspect of education. This approach to education offers value for all model components and, in terms of education, facilitates overcoming deficiencies of traditional education; It also enables to development of human beings, to develop a person as a subject of his own life and development, as a professional and a subject of the production process, and as a subject of science and the developed community as a whole. Methodology: In this paper, the Triple Helix model is presented as the suitable method for collaboration among Universities-Industry-Government, with the overall objective to promote online education in higher educational institutions. Findings: The research identified that online education with a certain way of organizing it, fosters collaborative work which develops students' key skills such as communication skills, creative thinking, critical and systematic thinking, analytical skills, and cognitive abilities. Contributions: This study contributes to theory development of education and some ideas for further research in order to develop human beings in the society of today and tomorrow. Recommendations are given in an economy with low absorption potential. Authors highlighted that harmonization of relations between education, science and industry is an important condition for the modernization of human life.