INTERACTION WITH PROFESSIONAL COMMUNITY AS A MEANS OF BUILDING AN EFFECTIVE EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT IN DESIGN EDUCATION

Abstract

The article considers a problem of building an effective educational environment in the field of design education by enhancing the interaction of students with the professional community. The relevance of building links between the educational environment and the regional professional community is determined by the need to ensure effective and sustainable development of the region in crisis conditions. To this end, educational cooperation between the regional digital business and the university in the form of a creative laboratory of digital technologies and design was organized at the Faculty of Arts and Design of Altai State University. Within the framework of this cooperation, the experience of the participation of students of the applied computer science in design direction in various forms of interaction with the regional professional community in the field of digital technologies (conferences, forums, meetings, master classes) both in the space of Altai State University and on the basis of Barnaul Digital Community. The effectiveness of the digital laboratory is manifested in the formation of students’ IT competencies, teamwork skills in a competitive environment and other “flexible” skills. It is stated that the educational process in the field of digital design should be modeled in accordance with modern methods of organizing production, which minimizes the gap between real professional practice and the knowledge and skills formed by students.