THE ROLE OF DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES IN ACTIVATING THE COGNITIVE INTEREST OF STUDENTS IN THE PROCESS OF TEACHING DECORATIVE AND APPLIED ARTS

Abstract

The role that digital technologies play in activating the students cognitive interest during the study of decorative and applied arts is revealed. For this purpose, first of all, the place of innovative technologies in achieving positive results in the educational process at the present stage of the development of national higher school is demonstrated. It is determined which competencies should be primarily formed by students studying at a modern university through the decorative and applied arts study. The role of the development of cognitive interest for these competencies is investigated. The main opportunities provided by modern digital technologies in the sense of optimizing its formation are studied. The authors pay attention to the most significant, in their opinion, ways of realizing these opportunities in Russian education.