Development and updating of educational modules in the field of information technology

The article analyzes the prototypes of the working programs of the training modules «Conducting in Information Technology» and «Information Technology and Programming» recommended by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education, as well as research in the field of digital literacy of Russians. The scientific novelty consists in the development of the content of the module «Introduction to information Technology», which meets the goals for the introduction of artificial intelligence technologies declared for all educational organizations of the Russian Federation. As a result, the working program of the author's module «Introduction to Information Technology» has been developed, which includes two disciplines «Digital technologies of self-education» and «Computer Science». The division is related to the difference in the goals of these disciplines: the first studies learning tools, including self-study, the second covers general digital competencies. The actualization of the discipline «Informatics» consists primarily in the inclusion of a block responsible for competence in the field of digital content creation and the replacement of the block for learning Pascal and C languages with the basics of the Python programming language, which allows us to solve another task set by the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation, namely: to lay the foundation for the study of the module «Artificial intelligence systems», which is becoming mandatory for all specialties and areas of training. The educational module being formed is intended, first of all, for students of bachelor's and specialist degree educational programs aimed at training personnel for transport and related to an enlarged group of specialties and areas of training 23.00.00 – Land transport engineering and technology. The results of the study may be of interest to methodologists and scientific and pedagogical workers who are actively working on the formation of educational modules in the field of IT technologies and artificial intelligence.