Formation of Professional Competencies of Students at a Technical University in the Context of Digitalization of Engineering Education
Abstract
Formation of Professional Competencies of Students at a Technical University in the Context of Digitalization of Engineering Education
Incoming article date: 14.12.2025The article investigates the formation of professional competencies among students of a technical university (from bachelors to postgraduates) in the context of the digital transformation of higher education. The necessity of transitioning from traditional pedagogical models to a methodology integrating digital educational technologies and psychological-pedagogical support is substantiated. Central attention is paid to the potential of the digital environment for developing practice-oriented skills, critical thinking, and academic autonomy. The results of a pedagogical experiment are presented, within which a blended learning model based on reciprocal interaction and content co-creation was tested: students acted as knowledge constructors, developing criterion-referenced test tasks, while instructors performed the function of metacognitive experts. It is shown that the implementation of this model leads to a statistically significant increase in the level of professional and meta-professional competencies. The conclusion is made that digital tools, used as a platform for co-authorship, serve as a meaning-forming framework of pedagogical design, contributing to the training of a new type of engineers – reflective practitioners and co-authors of the educational process.
Keywords: construction and technical forensic examination, special knowledge, forensic expert, examination production, examination procedure