Psychological aspects of the use of digital educational technologies

The article analyzes the effects of the digital environment in the modern education system. The documents regulating the activities of the subjects of the educational process in the conditions of using the digital environment are being studied. Variable opinions of scientists on the problem of the psychological impact of the digital environment on adolescents of the alpha generation are given. An assessment of the expediency of using a virtual environment and consideration of negative psychological consequences are given. The purpose of this article is to study the problem of psychological effects on adolescents in the context of the use of digital educational resources. The topic of the article is relevant in connection with the requirements of legislation in the field of education. The development of market relations leads to the need to develop electronic communication skills starting from school. The school education system should reflect the real needs of modern society, therefore, the introduction and proper use of digital resources will help to implement the required standards in the field of Internet communications. Scientific research is conducted in accordance with the principles of psychological sciences. The basic determinant in the research is the process of communication between users in the environment of Internet technologies. In turn, a specific method of studying the meaningful data of digitalization of modern education is a general scientific analysis of research on the problem of psychological aspects in the context of the implementation of the digital educational environment. The theoretical analysis demonstrates the identification of an ambivalent effect for users of the digital environment. Noteworthy is the transformation of the spatiotemporal features of online communication, the distortion of reality and the formation of a preferred lifestyle due to the nihilism of existing social values and the preference in choosing the authorities of their circle of public personalities. The results of the study signal the need for the formation of psychological support in order to minimize the negative impact of the virtual world on the fragile personality of adolescents.

digital environment, alpha generation, Internet technologies, information society, market economy, education, psychological effects, informationalism, nihilism, cognitive distortion of reality