The use of digital educational platforms in the system of continuing professional education: opportunities and limitations
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: Aim. Conducting a comprehensive theoretical and methodological analysis of the possibilities and limitations of using digital educational platforms in the system of continuing professional education, identifying key factors determining the effectiveness of their integration into the educational process, as well as identifying promising areas for the development of digital didactics in the context of continuing professional education of specialists. Methodology and results. The research is based on the method of theoretical analysis and synthesis of scientific literature on the problems of digitalization of education, a comparative analysis of the functional characteristics of digital educational platforms, as well as a method of conceptual modeling, which allows to systematize ideas about the didactic potential and limitations of digital tools in the field of vocational education. A hermeneutic approach has also been applied to the interpretation of regulatory documents regulating the field of digital education. Research implications. The theoretical significance lies in the systematization and generalization of scientific approaches to understanding the role of digital educational platforms in the vocational education system, clarifying the conceptual framework of digital didactics in relation to the field of continuing professional education, as well as in developing a classification of the possibilities and limitations of digital platforms from the standpoint of an andragogical approach. The practical significance is determined by the fact that the formulated conclusions and recommendations can be used by the organizers of vocational training, methodologists and developers of educational programs in the design and implementation of advanced training and professional retraining courses using digital platforms.
Authors: Anatoly F. Khutin, Maryam R. Koreneva
Language: English
Subfield: Education
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Quality education
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W7155195257