Abstract. The article describes the concept of "digital competence" in pedagogy, sociology, psychology, teaching methodology. Empirical (observation, experience, comparison), qualitative (statistical calculation) and modeling (model creation, prediction) methods were used to form the methodological basis. It was found that the concept of the digital competence of the teacher is an integral element of the educational environment of HEIs and is based on the main pedagogical aspects. The practical value of the intelligence results is focused on the implementation of the rules of the digitizer model.