Digital technologies for the development of research competence in higher education students

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https://doi.org/10.46502/issn.1856-7576/2026.20.01.5

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research competence, future specialists, use of digital technologies, virtual reality, artificial intelligence

Abstract

The study describes the content, components, and specific features of research competence. The importance of the problem of the modern scientific space of human existence is shown in compliance with academic integrity. The roles of virtual reality technologies, artificial intelligence, and blockchain in developing students' research competence are clarified, and the role of the pan-European platform for higher digital education for students is demonstrated. The significance of independent work by higher education applicants in developing research competence and participating in academic mobility programs through the use of digital technologies is demonstrated. In the course of the study, a technology for the formation of research competence in future specialists through the use of digital technologies, which is necessary for modern professional human activity, was developed and substantiated, along with pedagogical conditions and a special course.

Author Biographies

Olga Chashechnikova, Sumy State Pedagogical University named after A. S. Makarenko, Ukraine. 

Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences, Professor of the Department of Mathematics, Head of the Department of Mathematics, Physics and Teaching Methods, Sumy State Pedagogical University named after A. S. Makarenko, Ukraine. 

Oksana Odintsova, Sumy State Pedagogical University named after A.S. Makarenko, Ukraine. 

PhD in Mathematics, Associated Professor of Department of Mathematics, Associated Professor of Department of Mathematics, Physics and their Methodics, Sumy State Pedagogical University named after A.S. Makarenko, Ukraine. 

Zoriana Chukhrai, National University of Water and Environmental Engineering, Ukraine.

Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences, Associate Professor, Department of Higher Mathematics, National University of Water and Environmental Engineering, Ukraine.

Nataliia Kulchytska, Vasyl Stefanyk Carpathian National University, Ukraine. 

Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences, Associate Professor, Chairperson of the Department of Mathematics and Informatics and Methods of Teaching, Vasyl Stefanyk Carpathian National University, Ukraine. 

Olena Bielikova, Kryvyi Rih State Pedagogical University, Ukraine.

Candidate of Pedagogical Sciences, Senior Lecturer at the Department of Practical Psychology, Kryvyi Rih State Pedagogical University, Ukraine. 

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2026-03-30

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Chashechnikova, O., Odintsova, O., Chukhrai, Z., Kulchytska, N., & Bielikova, O. (2026). Digital technologies for the development of research competence in higher education students. Eduweb, 20(1), 70–88. https://doi.org/10.46502/issn.1856-7576/2026.20.01.5

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