The Methodology for Developing Digital Competence of Tutor-Teachers through an Immersive Electronic Educational and Methodological Complex

In individualized educational paths, an educator’s role is crucial, so fostering their digital knowledge is especially vital in the context of educational shifts to a more technology-driven model. This article describes a particular system aimed to enhance the digital competence that was developed for students of pedagogy specializing as tutors. Such system employs an immersive electronic educational and methodological complex. Its pedagogical efficacy has been validated by a pedagogical experiment conducted at the Institute of Pedagogy, Psychology, and Sociology of Siberian Federal University. The design and implementation into the learning process of the immersive electronic educational and methodological complex with intensive immersion formed the framework of the formative pedagogical experiment which was the main method of research. The experiment was followed by assessment on the digital competence levels. Change assessments were conducted after applying a set of indicators for digital competence which are: cognitive, instrumental and operational, communicative, value-motivational, reflexive-evaluative. The study evidence suggests the marked increase in the experimental group with respect to the indicators of digital competence. The unique contribution stems from the design and impact assessment of an immersive electronic educational and methodological complex.