Digital learning methods: Classification, means and instruments, coordination matrix
Authors:   Moscow Pedagogical State University, Vayndorf-Sysoeva Marina E. , Subocheva Marina L. ,   Moscow Pedagogical State University, Shitova Viktoriya A. ,   Academy of Public Administration
Published: December 2024

Teaching methods as a component of the didactic system in distance learning are significantly changing and supplemented, new methods of organizing training and forms are appearing, and the basis for the change is not only the selection of independent work as the main form of training, but also a change in the organization of educational interaction in the digital educational environment and learning tasks that characterize different stages of learning the material. In this regard, there is a need for a new approach to identifying and classifying digital learning methods depending on the use of means and tools in solving specific problems for a theoretical study of material or practical training. In this regard, the aim of the article is to develop a classification of methods based on the organization of educational interaction in a digital educational environment and educational tasks that characterize different stages of learning the material, as well as a matrix for coordinating the use of means and tools in various digital learning methods. The basis for the practice-oriented research was the Institute of Physics, Technology and Information Systems of Moscow Pedagogical State University. Modeling of the educational process of distance learning in a digital educational environment took place for master’s students in the Electronic Educational Technologies program. The presentation of the main material reflects the progress of the experimental work, which was carried out in a certain logical sequence. The authors clarify the conceptual apparatus inherent in the didactics of digital learning that reflects modern requirements for constructing the educational process in new conditions, then describe the specifics of teaching methods in the digital educational environment and classify them. For the practical use of the proposed classification, the authors developed a matrix for coordinating the forms, methods and techniques of digital learning with a description of the corresponding means of digital learning. In addition, the authors substantiated the components that influence the organization of the educational process, including in the context of digital learning, which should be taken into account when organizing a holistic educational process in the digital educational environment. This article concludes the research, the purpose of which was to develop models for organizing distance learning in a digital educational environment. For each model of organizing distance learning, the authors developed and described optimal forms, methods and digital tools that provide comfortable learning conditions for the teacher and student to achieve their teaching/learning goals in a digital educational environment, adequate to the current stage of the education system’s development. The potential of digital tools for organizing the educational process in the distance learning system can be used in any of the formats (synchronous, asynchronous, hybrid).