This article is devoted to the impact of smart technologies to the educational process at the university. In the modern age of digital technologies - smart technologies as an innovational and intellectual tool in development of the system of higher education form actual skills for enhancing learning process for students and teachers.  The characteristic features of problems in the adaptation and work of a teacher in a digital educational environment were identified. The results demonstrated that the implementation of smart technologies in the teacher's personal educational environment brings positive changes and increases the overall performance of pedagogical process. The use of modern technologies and tools improves student learning for teachers and in accordance with the barriers to obtaining these tools the authors propose solutions. They discovered that the teaching stuff’s attitude towards digital sphere is a key factor for mastering smart technologies. This study is funded by the Science Committee of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan (grant no. AP13068185).