ABSTRACT
The chapter presents the European digital agenda as a point of reference to various activities connected with digital transformation. The core discussion in this chapter refers to the concept of digital transformation and digital maturity as sine qua non conditions for the development of educational institutions in the era of automation of production and service processes, artificial intelligence and the integration of digital tools for better effectiveness. Finally, the chapter relates all these elements and phenomena to the research on the development of educational institutions, especially higher education institutions. This part of the discussion concentrates mainly on the idea of international networking and cooperation, creating flexible didactic offer and digitalisation itself as a solution to achieve these goals. This aspect is also presented here from a historical point of view on the development of higher education institutions.
