Digital technology: Risks or benefits in student training?

The relevance of the study is due to the trends of mass migration of daily educational operations of a University student into the virtual space of digital technologies, the transformations of dominant in the student environment of behavioral and cultural patterns, the spread of nomadism (electronic nomadism) as a new form of personality identity. These radical changes have a direct impact on all areas of student training and cause a mixed attitude on the part of the pedagogical community. The article, taking into account new trends in the transformation of the educational environment of the University reveals the pedagogic discourse of digital technology; the classification of risks and the benefits of digital technology in the preparation of the student is established. The algorithm of realization of advantages of digital technologies in innovative transformation of student training is proved. The effectiveness of the algorithm is proved by the results of monitoring of digital technologies’ implementation in the educational process of the University. The materials of the article will be useful in the development and use of instrumental platforms of digital technologies in the educational process of the University; recommended for teachers, methodologists, University managers and students. © 2019, Dorma Journals. All rights reserved.