Smart Economy and Its Impact on Educational Process of Transport Specialists

In recent years, among the variety of emerging processes and phenomena that attract special attention of modern society, smart technologies stand out far ahead, and it is necessary to perceive the opportunities that they provide. Smart technologies will lead to noticeable changes in the conditions and quality of life a society, which leads us to the concepts of smart economy, smart technology and smart education. The transition of the world’s community to the principles of Smart Economy (“intellectual economy”) poses serious challenges for the education sector, the solution of which requires fundamentally different approaches, both to the content and form of the educational process of future transport industry specialists. There is a need for constant interaction of educational structures with the state and future employers, development institutions and mass media, professional and industry associations and communities. The other important task is the implementation of the concept of LLL (long life learning), and building individual trajectories for the education of transport industry specialists within the framework of existing educational structures and institutions. Of course, these challenges require a reconsideration of currently existing principles and approaches to education, their adaptation and transformation in the new realities of the intellectual economy.