The article examines the modern approach to digital pedagogy in general in the context of theoretical and practical activities of teachers. According to the authors, it is essential to correctly understand and solve the problems of creating conditions for the development and formation of digital competencies of a modern university teacher. In the article, the authors provided an analysis of foreign authors, as well as researchers from neighboring countries, on the problems of digital education in general and the digital teacher in particular. Particular attention was paid to the experience of the digitalization of education in Kazakhstan, where digital technologies and digital education are becoming increasingly popular and in demand. The idea is substantiated that teachers of higher educational institutions today demonstrate high levels of knowledge, skills and attitudes in the field of digital technologies. Obviously, work in the modern education system is impossible without knowledge, skills and attitudes in all components of digital literacy.