Modern Digital Environment Research Articles

Emotional Intelligence as the Main Indicator of the Readiness of Modern Teachers for Professional Activity in the Conditions of Digitalization and Inclusive Education

This article is devoted to the current topic of today – the need to develop emotional intelligence, which has a significant role in the professional activity of a teacher. Attention is focused on the fact that the developed emotional intelligence helps not only to solve the problem of psychological readiness for professional activity in the conditions of inclusive education, but also to overcome the barriers in the development of the didactic possibilities of digital educational resources, as well as the painless adapta- tion to the rapidly developing modern digital environment. The authors, based on the analysis of the research of foreign and domestic scientists, emphasize the peculiarity and importance of emotional intelligence, substantiate its role as the main indicator of teachers ‘ readiness for professional activity in the conditions of digitalization and inclusive education. On the basis of experimental work, the authors confirm that a highly developed emotional intel- ligence allows you to adequately respond to the resulting overload (emotional burnout), as well as the  possibility of its correction, prevention. We used diagnostics to identify the emotional combustion syn- drome (SES) and est to determine the level of emotional intelligence of N. Hall, and also considered the development of emotional intelligence using specially organized methods, innovative technologies and programs. In the practical part of the study, 225 teachers from Kazakhstan took part. Key words: emotional intelligence, modern teacher, readiness, professional activity, digitalization, inclusive education.

Risks of Modern Digital Environment Hindering the Implementation of Upbringing Programs

Risks of Modern Digital Environment Hindering the Implementation of Upbringing Programs

Some Aspects of Realization of the Right to Reliable Information as Part of the Formation in the Russian Federation Knowledge Society

The article analyzes the transformation of the constitutional right to information into the right to reliable information, which is a key factor in the creation of a unified electronic knowledge space and the transition from the information society to the knowledge society in the Russian Federation, as well as the role of the library Institute in this process. The purpose of the research is to study the features and prospects of implementing the right to reliable information through the library Institute in the framework of a single electronic knowledge space. The purpose of the research necessitated setting and solving the following scientific tasks: understanding the impact of information on the institution of legal regulation; studying the provisions of the most important strategic documents of the information sphere that secured the transition to a knowledge society based on reliable information; analyzing the legal nature of reliable information; explore structural elements of a single electronic knowledge spaces, acting as a means of transition from information society to knowledge society; understanding the role of the Institute library in the electronic structure of a single space of knowledge; study of the essential features library of information that allow it to meet the criteria specified in the strategic documents of the Russian Federation; analysis of the contribution of the end-to-end digital technology in providing access to library information; develop proposals for improving the legal regulation of access to library information in the modern digital environment. Within the framework of this study, both general scientific (analysis, synthesis, method of system analysis, etc.) and special legal (formal-legal, comparative-legal) methods of cognition were applied, which allowed to solve the set goal and tasks. According to the results of the study, the need to rethink the role of the library Institute in the knowledge society in the modern digital environment is stated. The conclusion about the necessity of appropriate changes in the strategic documents and the relevant law libraries with fixing forms and ways through digital technology in the process of ensuring access to library and information library and information resources as necessary conditions for constructing a unified electronic knowledge spaces.

Modelling Digital Blended Engineering Entrepreneurship

This paper aims to provide a unique model of digital blended engineering entrepreneurship. A configuration of digital technology, digital engineering, and co-operative intelligence are working in synergy to influence modern digital entrepreneurial environment. This paper offers a snapshot modelling of digital blended engineering entrepreneur. It inclines on the logic that the entry, survival, innovation, and growth of modern entrepreneur is entrenched within a coalesced platform of digital awareness, competence, and adroitness in digital manipulation. Therefore, the paper contributes by developing a novel seven-concept model of digital blended engineering entrepreneurship. The underlying concepts of the seven model are digital awareness, Digital influence, digital competence, digital sorting and sieving, digital product choice, digital engineering innovation, and digital engineering entrepreneurship. This model provides an agenda for further research in digital entrepreneurship literature.

An interview with Professor Emeritus Brenda Dervin

In 2019, Professor Emeritus Brenda Dervin agreed to participate in a series of interviews to discuss her life and work. Two sessions were conducted with Dervin that covered scholarly and biographical topics. The interviews reveal aspects of Dervin’s personal journey as a researcher, and a teacher, and provide insight into how she saw the related fields of information science and communication developing shared interests and shared perspectives in social research. Dervin candidly shares how her life experiences, both inside and outside of academia, have influenced the development of her theoretical approach. Readers will find here discussion of a range of issues associated with the Sense-Making Methodology as well as Dervin’s thoughts on how information and communication domains intersect within the context of modern digital environments. With reference to her own experiences, Dervin outlines how important it is to ensure that leadership within complex online environments is fostered in the areas of public information provision, and in civic dialogue, and how managing the information frameworks within which critical inquiry can thrive requires increasing commitment to, and understanding of, the human-centered considerations surrounding interpretation and identity. Further information on Dervin can be found at Bonnie Cheuk’s site: www.sense-making.org.

РИСК-ОРИЕНТИРОВАННЫЙ ПОДХОД В ОБЛАСТИ ПРАВОВОГО РЕГУЛИРОВАНИЯ ОБЕСПЕЧЕНИЯ ИНФОРМАЦИОННОЙ БЕЗОПАСНОСТИ НЕСОВЕРШЕННОЛЕТНИХ

The continuous change in social relations due to the digital transformation of society, in addition to progress, carries a potential danger to the harmonious development of minors. The digitalization of modern society, the transition of minors to communication and learning using the capabilities of information and tel-ecommunication networks requires effective control to minimize the risks of negative consequences. In this regard, a criminological analysis of the legal regulation of the components of the modern digi-tal environment is presented: social networks, instant messengers, and other means of instant electronic communication. The work aims to explain the degree of completeness and quality of the regulatory framework that ensures the regulation of relations with the use of digital resources and the protection of minors from their negative impact. To achieve this goal, the author's risk-based approach is proposed, which is used in the field of identifying and preventing potential threats from uncontrolled creation and dissemination of information using the means of the modern digital environment. As a result of the use of dialectical, formal-logical, comparative-legal, and other research methods used in criminology, gaps in the legal regulation of the dissemination of information through digital means of communication have been identified, which can pose a threat to the normal development of minors. The need to develop amendments and additions to the current Russian legislation is substantiated based on the riskbased approach proposed by the authors to ensure the security of the modern digital environment for minors.

Informing the information requirements of a digital twin: a rail industry case study

The right data to the right people at the right time are a crucial component to developing an effective digital twin (DT). A challenge in the industry is that existing legacy data systems have been tailored independently to meet specific technical requirements, leading to disparate information systems that collectively provide a suboptimal foundation needed to support a modern digital environment. To address this challenge, a detailed study was conducted in partnership with Network Rail to test a method that was adapted for the industry to identify appropriate, relevant and effective asset information requirements (AIRs). A robust library of AIRs will determine what data the organisation should be collecting and why these are necessary through design, construction, operation and disposal, hence informing the information requirements of a DT. The methodology was modified with four adaptations to improve its compatibility with the industry and was tested with 24 subject matter experts in the rail sector. It was concluded that integration of the AIR method would ensure that the rail industry is well positioned for digital transformation and provides a solid foundation to develop a DT. However, industry integration of the method would be a significant undertaking due to the amount of information that needs to be considered throughout the process, and so further research is required to improve its scalability.

The concept of interdisciplinary research on intergenerational transmission of communicative and cultural memory

In this paper, the concept of studying the specifics of digital communication between the older (analogue) and younger (digital) generations in Russia is proposed. The process of communication opens up the possibility of a perception of communicative and cultural memory by the digital generation, which is in the process of socialization and awareness of cultural identity. We suggest methodological development and the testing of research methods into the transformation of communicative and cultural memory and ways of its transmission from the analogue to the digital generation of Russians. The proposed scientific and practical concept assumes the development of three basic directions. The first is related to the study of the general process of transformation of syncretic communicative and cultural memory in the digital environment. The second involves the study and modelling of media texts. Addressing the strategies of organizing multimedia narration and linguistic and statistical peculiarities of big data makes it possible to identify the language and conceptual markers of communicative and cultural memory in the texts of two different generations. Finally, the third one is related to the identification of the specifics of media consumption by generations, which implies the actualization of the transformation of journalistic competencies to work in the modern digital environment. These directions are developed using several approaches and methods: social-communication, cognitive, structural-semiotic, sociocultural, and linguistic. Such an interdisciplinary approach is necessary for the comprehensive study of intergenerational transmission of communicative and cultural memory.

Analysis of the “Power Distance” and “Avoidance of Risk and Uncertainty” Dimensions on Relations between Employees in Organizations in the Republic of Serbia

The aim of the research was to examine and analyze the relationship between social and demographic variables and respondents’ opinions on the relationship of managers to the organization and other employees. Also, the aim was exploring the relationship employees have with their superiors, as well as respondents’ opinions on the possible impact of the “power distance” and “risk and uncertainty avoidance” dimensions on the processes of creating and developing mutual relations. The research was conducted on the territory of the Republic of Serbia in the last quarter of 2020 on a sample of a total of 140 respondents. The methods used for the statistical data processing were descriptive statistics methods and single and multi-factor analysis using the ANOVA. The results of the research indicate that managers in the organizations in which the respondents are employed are more task-oriented than people-oriented and that they do not have a daily exchange with employees. Also, of the total number of respondents in this survey, more than half of respondents believe that it is difficult to develop independent entrepreneurship in the Republic of Serbia, two thirds of respondents worry about safety and duration of employment, and the same percentage believe that most employees in Serbia do not resign from work for the fear of not finding the same or similar job in their profession. Furthermore, the results of this research indicate that the labor market in the Republic of Serbia has qualified human resources that are able to respond to the demands of the modern digital environment.

Analytical basis of the contracting enterprise's activity in the modern digital environment

In the article on the basis of the former general-methodical basis where the methodology of construction developer and digital administration by construction organizations is combined; scientific and applied bases of VIM-technologies; "Geometric econometrics"; modern methods of formalized modeling and adjustment of the cycle of development projects; the latest approaches to the formation of organizational structures for the management of construction production with the involvement of digital technologies. The methodological basis of the study was based on a productive combination of visual and graphical capabilities of BIM-technology, digital control technologies, methods of graph-analytical visualization (provided through the use of "geometric econometrics"). The resulting methodological apparatus allows the use of BIM-technologies in the organization of construction in fundamentally new positions - not only as a means of graph-analytical structuring of physical volumes of contract work, but, above all, as a modern basis for variable organizational and technological modeling of works and stages of construction. project and as a tool for managing the cycle and environment of the development project.
 It is substantiated and proved that when forming the analytical basis of the construction enterprise in modern digital space it is expedient to take into account the vector of improvement of management models in the direction from single-purpose to multi-purpose, from deterministic to deterministic-stochastic, from worc-arc model (robot-arc). to the model of the synthetic type “worc & matrix” “work & top”. The successful operation and development of construction organizations participating in projects in the digital environment requires a sound approach to the formation of their competitive strategy as executors. The article highlights that the concept of competitive strategy of the contractor is a set of rules and techniques that should guide the construction organization, ready for change in its activities through the involvement of digital management format: integral elements of the process of digital transformation in construction are changes in activities of construction organizations, which consist in a full-scale digital transformation based on the company's digital development strategy. Implementing the measures envisaged by the digital strategy requires an integrated approach that includes the company's development in various areas, but understanding the trends of the digital environment and construction market will allow companies to rationally use existing digital potential and effectively identify ways to further digital development of construction companies.

Application of AI technology in modern digital marketing environment

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to explore the various application of artificial intelligence (AI) to social media and digital advertising professionals and agencies to specialize to an advanced degree and maintain collaboration and creativity to bring a better return on investment.Design/methodology/approachDigital marketers are still oblivious to the importance of AI application, while some others simply do not know how to implement it. AI is currently acting as a significant disruption in digital and social media marketing worldwide.FindingsBased on the literature review, the paper identifies the various AI applications in the field of digital media marketing.Originality/valueThis paper can serve as a useful guide for social media marketers to implement AI applications to impact digital marketing strategies better.

Building an Information and Communication Culture in the Modern Digital Environment

The study explores the problems of forming an information and communication culture in a modern digital environment. In the context of the concept of the information society, the paper considers the characteristics of various types of culture functioning in the contemporary digital environment: information, electronic, screen, Internet culture. It also reveals their typical features and distinctive features. Information culture is a type of culture that includes a system of views, ethical attitudes, rules and norms, based on information as value, and material media — means of transmission (press, radio, telephony, television and the Internet). As a synonym to “information culture,” the concept of “electronic culture” is often used. Its fundamental feature is virtual electronic platforms broadcasting cultural achievements. Screen culture is considered a kind of product of the information era, formed during the collision of a person with screen display media and inseparably associated with technological progress. Internet culture can become a particular type of culture, which includes the use of the Web as a platform for realizing the needs of communication and self-expression, developing creativity through the creation, use, transformation of virtual objects, often similar to real ones, but with a special, unique appearance. The work identified components of information culture, analyzed its interpretations within the framework of cultural, information, activity and personal approaches. In the study of electronic, screen and Internet culture, there are also several scientific approaches: cultural, philological, philosophical, psychological. The authors indicate that at this stage of the development of society, there is a formation of a new social type of person (“information”) and the nature of social relations. The authors considered the phenomenon of information and communication culture as a component of the information society and examined its formation in the digital environment using areas of education and culture as an example.

Digital journalism as a new type of media activity

The relevance of the study is caused by the continuous transformation and innovations of the digital environment, the undefined categorical apparatus of digital journalism, and national peculiarities of the process of creating online journalistic discourse. The main purpose of the study is to identify the conceptual features of digital journalism and to highlight the communication specificity of the designated type of media. Based on the studies of R. Salaverría, it is proposed to understand under digital journalism all types of journalism performed with the help of digital technologies, that is changeable social journalistic practice focused on a heterogeneous mass audience, presented in specific but at the same time changeable genres and formats. Thus, there are debates on the application of the terms ‘cyberjournalism’, ‘online journalism’, ‘multimedia journalism’, ‘computational journalism’, ‘algorithmic journalism’, ‘data-driven journalism’, and others to this type of media activity. The main research method applied in this study is discourse analysis, which made it possible to understand the problems of a modern digital environment, to trace the genesis of digital journalism, to carry out typological analysis of the existing digital media system, to determine the specifics of media products and audience participation in digital creation and consumption of news. The novelty of the study lies in an attempt to introduce a systematic definition of ‘digital journalism’ into the scientific discourse, to pay attention to such features as uncertainty and variability, a transformation of the traditional categorical apparatus, changing roles and functions of participants in the communicative process. The results of the study clarify the subject-object and structural characteristics of modern journalism as well as determine the organizational and technological transformations of digital media production.

Research on the organization of remote workplaces in Russian enterprises

The article examines the contradiction between the sharp increase in the number of remote workplaces and the difficulties in their organization experienced by both employers and their employees. This problem is enhanced by the fact that in scientific publications the issues of organization of remote workplaces with the modern digital environment, mass transition to the remote work in a pandemic are poorly understood. The authors present a review of currently available scientific research and publications, which confirmed the conclusion that, along with a deep study of the essence of remote work and remote jobs, their advantages and disadvantages, the reasons for their appearance, there is a shortage of research on the organization of remote jobs. The purpose of the research presented in the article was to study the state of the organization of remote workplaces in Russian enterprises. The research hypothesis is formulated as follows: despite the intensive development of the practice of remote workplaces, there are many difficulties and problems in their organization. The study uses methods of analyzing secondary data presented on the websites of various agencies, job search services and analytical centers; questionnaire survey at Omsk enterprises. There were interviewed remote employees (481 people) and their managers (253 people) at 206 enterprises of Omsk. As a result, the growth in the number of remote jobs at Russian enterprises was confirmed. This is evidenced by research presented on the websites of the Headhunter job search service, the NAFI analytical center, and the Hays international recruitment agency. A study at the Omsk enterprises have demonstrated the existence of problems in organization of remote workplaces, for example, in equipping remote workplaces, in irregular work schedules and blurring the boundaries between work and personal life, in the lack of effective communication and social isolation of employees, in the lack of understanding of employees' career prospects. The study was conducted in the period from November 2019 to February 2020. With the onset of the pandemic and the massive forced transfer of employees to remote work, the processes of organizing remote workplaces have become even more relevant. As a result, there is planned the second stage of the study, which will further study the features of the organization of remote workplaces in the context of the pandemic. It is planned to develop a mechanism for organizing remote workplaces of specialists, taking into account the timely conditions for the functioning and development of enterprises.

Автократия в цифровой вселенной: перспективы и угрозы политической легитимации

The purpose of the article is to analyze the specific features of an autocratic regime in the modern digital environment, to determine the prospects and risks of its legitimation. The main methods were the comparative political science method and the Case Study. The Swedish model Regimes of the World was chosen as the working one. For a comparative analysis of different types of political regimes (closed, electoral autocracy, electoral and liberal democracy) forty 40 countries were selected. The analysis showed that the introduction of various technologies for digital control over citizens during the COVID-19 pandemic no longer makes it possible to clearly distinguish between autocratic and democratic political regimes. Different modes use in a pandemic a whole range of techniques that control the movement and activity of citizens: control through drones, face recognition, video surveillance, restricting access to information, surveillance through government services, control of Internet communications, control via mobile phones, disconnecting the Internet, etc. The emerging ratchet effect, when political regimes are in no hurry to remove restrictions on control over citizens, makes one think about a serious revision of the theory of democracy and the theory of autocracy.

Functional Development of Children 6–7 years old with Different Levels of Informatization of Living Conditions

Currently, world science is actively conducting research aimed at analyzing the influence of the modern digital environment on motor fitness, physical development and functional capabilities of preschoolers. Despite the available data, the problem under consideration remains poorly understood, especially in relation to preschool children. The aim of the study is to identify the features of the functional development of children 6–7 years old, taking into account the level of informatization of living conditions. Research methodology. The study involved practically healthy children 6–7 years old. To assess the information load of children when using digital technologies, a modified index of informatization of living conditions was used. The set of physical fitness tests included control exercises to assess speed, speed-strength, coordination motor abilities, flexibility, general and strength endurance. According to the well-known formulas, a double product, Kerdo’s vegetative index, Myznikov’s index, an indicator of the body’s adaptive potential and body mass index were determined. Results. The data obtained indicate that boys, on average, are characterized by a higher indicator of informatization of living conditions in comparison with girls. The differences were revealed, determined by the degree of informatization of living conditions, in terms of general and strength endurance, speed, speed-strength and coordination abilities, physical development, as well as the functional capabilities of the organism. The results of the study give grounds to believe that an adequate mode of physical education, ensuring the satisfaction of the biological needs of children for physical activity, may be the most important factor in increasing their motor fitness, preventing adverse changes in functional development with the active use of digital technologies in everyday life. Conclusions. Analysis of the influence of digital technologies on the functional development of children aged 6–7 years has shown that the features of motor fitness, functional capabilities of the body and physical development of boys and girls aged 6-7 years depend on the level of informatization of living conditions. It turned out that with an increase in the time of using digital technologies in the daily routine, there is a decrease in the considered indicators of the morphological and functional development of children.

Адаптивна інформаційно-довідкова система "UniBell" як складова частина проєкту "Smart-університет"

Проаналізовано освітнє середовище закладу освіти на предмет його відповідності умовам організації освітнього процесу за принципами відділеного навчання. Встановлено низку чинників, що можуть впливати на якість результатів навчання за означених умов. Серед отриманих чинників на прикладі освітнього середовища Львівського державного університету безпеки життєдіяльності визначено один із пріоритетних, що потребував негайної реакції – розроблення інформаційно-довідкової системи "UniBell" для організації віддаленого доступу до бази даних навчального розкладу із використанням мобільних технологій. З'ясовано, що розроблення сервісу для обліку та контролю навчального розкладу, а також інших сервісів, цільовим призначенням яких є забезпечення якості освітнього процесу, задекларовано в рамках реалізації проєкту "Розумний університет". Подано означення терміна "Smart-університет" або "Розумне освітнє середовище". На прикладі створення інформаційно-довідкової системи "UniBell" та її функціональних можливостей досліджено множину зацікавлених сторін. З використанням понятійного апарату теорії множин визначено обсяги внутрішніх стейкхолдерів і їх зв'язок із Smart-середовищем. Описано функціональні можливості та особливості роботи окремо клієнтської та серверної частин інформаційно-довідкової системи "UniBell". Висвітлено особливості додаткових підсистем управління серверною частиною, що реалізовані за допомогою програмних технологій .Net, Java та мови структурованих запитів SQL. Подано архітектуру інформаційно-пошукової системи "UniBell". Описано особливості оброблення даних й адміністрування реляційної бази даних розробленої системи та графічно візуалізовано блок-схеми алгоритмів роботи клієнтської та серверної її частин, що сукупно стало основою розроблення діючого застосунку під операційну систему Android із можливістю завантаження через Google Play.

Commutation as a substitute phenomenon of the communicative competence of a hearing-impaired student with a complex defect structure

The article is devoted to a possible commutation resource as a phenomenon of substitute commutation in supporting education by the model of "mother hearing-impaired student with a complex defect structure, which includes autism spectrum disorder"; the commutation reserves are considered to understand family support technologies. On the one hand, the communication technologies manifesting the new digital communication era may be demanded by today’s disabled young people as alternative tools for virtualization of modern life. On the other, the modern digital environment supports the concept of accessibility and equal opportunities for building individual education paths at the stages of both secondary and accessible professional education.

Роль практико-ориентированных технологий в образовательном процессе как основа экономического развития общества

The research objective was to determine the main vector of education development based on the analysis of Russian and foreign experience in using various methods of active learning. This vector is directed at a stable interaction between the real sector of the economy and the state in the educational process in order to improve the quality of education in general. The modern digital environment of higher education should create conditions for comprehensive development and new opportunities for students to receive high quality education based on modern practice-oriented technologies. Modern society needs education to preserve its fundamental nature. However, education reforms change its content, e.g. by reducing classroom hours, focusing on independent learning, etc. The article describes the main problems and prospects of personnel training in higher education and the necessary competences of all participants of educational process aimed at sustainable economic development of society in the context of global digitalization. The authors developed and described the mechanism of interaction between the participants of system science – business – production – state – society, integrated in the educational process. The mechanism uses practice-oriented technologies in order to increase the competitiveness of university graduates in the labor market and the quality of education in general. This mechanism will help to involve students in the educational process and face the modern realities of changing society, whose main priority is to adapt to rapidly changing working conditions.

Правопонимание мышления в цифровом пространстве

In this article, the authors based on the basic provisions of cognitive psychology and the General theory of risky decision-making (risk management section) investigated the specifics of the influence of the modern digital environment on the psychology of thinking of a person acting in a risky situation. The main parameters of the impact of digital technology on perception of information, its selection, memory, goal setting will and emotions of the human mind (not only personal but also collective); and also the limits of the impact of digital technology on decision-making person. The author studies the specifics of the influence of personal factors on the process of generating a strong-willed decision, the risks associated with this circumstance, and the potential of digital resources tools in terms of minimizing negative consequences and hedging such risks.