02. Radchikova N.P., Odintsova M.A., Sorokova M.G., Kozyreva N.V., Lobanov A.P. Psychological Factors in Students’ Attitudes towards the Digital Educational Environment (Case of Russian and Belarusian Universities).

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DOI: 10.15507/1991-9468.110.027.202301.033-049

Psychological Factors in Students’ Attitudes towards the Digital Educational Environment (Case of Russian and Belarusian Universities)

Nataly P. Radchikova
Cand.Sci. (Psychol.), Associate Professor, Leading Researcher of the Scientific and Practical Center for Comprehensive Support of Psychological Research “PsyDATA”, Moscow State University of Psychology & Education (29 Sretenka St., Moscow 127051, Russian Federation), ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5139-8288, Scopus ID: 6507691146, Researcher ID: G-2054-2016, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Maria A. Odintsova
Cand.Sci. (Psychol.), Associate Professor, Head of the Chair of Psychology and Pedagogy of Distance Learning, Moscow State University of Psychology & Education (29 Sretenka St., Moscow 127051, Russian Federation), ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3106-4616, Scopus ID: 55364810300, Researcher ID: H-1134-2013, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Marina G. Sorokova
Cand.Sci. (Physics and Mathematics), Dr.Sci. (Ped.), Associate Professor, Head of the Scientific and Practical Center for Comprehensive Support of Psychological Research PsyDATA, Professor of the Chair of Applied Mathematics, Moscow State University of Psychology & Education (29 Sretenka St., Moscow 127051, Russian Federation), ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1000-6487, Scopus ID: 57216433940, Researcher ID: I-7129-2013, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Nina V. Kozyreva
Cand.Sci. (Psychol.), Associate Professor of the Chair of Psychology of Education and Personal Development, Belarusian State Pedagogical University named after Maxim Tank (18 Sovetskaya St., Minsk 220030, Republic of Belarus), ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6635-0925, Scopus ID: 57224727064, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Alexander P. Lobanov
Dr.Sci. (Psychol.), Professor, Professor of the Chair of Age and Educational Psychology, Belarusian State Pedagogical University named after Maxim Tank (18 Sovetskaya St., Minsk 220030, Republic of Belarus), ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7262-0055, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

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Introduction. The common educational space of Russia and Belarus is a condition for deepening integration processes underpinned by common historical roots, long experience of common development, goals and principles of cooperation. However, many aspects, including the prerequisites and factors of studentsʼ acceptance of digital technologies in higher education, are not sufficiently studied. The aim of the article is to present the results of research into the psychological factors of digital educational environment acceptance by students of Russian and Belarusian universities.
Materials and Methods. The study involved 1 582 students from universities in Russia and Belarus aged 21,3 ± 6,3 years. To identify personality traits, Big Five Inventory-2 was used. The resources of self-regulation were determined using Personal Self-Activation Inventory and Self-Regulation Style Questionnaire. To determine the attitude to learning in the digital educational environment, AUDEE Scale was used, and to determine the attitude to learning activities – Activity-Related Experiences Assessment Technique.
Results. The most important factors of digital educational environment acceptance for both samplings (Russia and Belarus) are not personality traits but activity-related experiences: the experience of pleasure in the absence of experiences of effort and void leads to acceptance of the digital educational environment. Modeling of significant conditions for achieving goals, evaluation of results and programming of actions, and insistency for the Belarusian sampling were also noted as important elements of digital educational environment acceptance. Therefore, the main factors are not the personality traits of the student, but the experiences that s/he experiences during the learning activity and some structural components of self-regulation. Similarity in models’ quality and structure for two different countries supports the reliability of the results and serves a basis for practical recommendations for digital educational environment development and preparing students for work in it.
Discussion and Conclusions. The conclusions made by the authors contribute to the problem of studentsʼ attitude to the university’s digital educational environment. The materials of the article can be useful for university administration and teaching staff to improve both the university’s digital educational environment and the methods of teaching using digital educational environment.

Keywords: digital educational environment, students of Russian and Belarusian universities, personality traits, self-activation, self-regulation style, activity-related experiences, psychological factors

Acknowledgements: The authors are grateful to Russian colleagues who helped to collect data for the study: E.N. Polyanskaya and D.N. Chernov (Russian National Research Medical University named after N.I. Pirogov, Moscow), N.N. Vasyagina (Ural State Pedagogical University, Yekaterinburg), N.V. Khodyakova (Academy of Management of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, Moscow).

Conflict of interests: The authors declare no conflict of interest.

For citation: Radchikova N.P., Odintsova M.A., Sorokova M.G., Kozyreva N.V., Lobanov A.P. Psychological Factors in Students’ Attitudes towards the Digital Educational Environment (Case of Russian and Belarusian Universities). Integration of Education. 2023;27(1):33–49. doi: https://doi.org/10.15507/1991-9468.110.027.202301.033-049

All authors have read and approved the final manuscript.

Submitted 30.06.2022; revised 10.10.2022;
accepted 18.10.2022.

Author contribution:
N. P. Radchikova – conducting a survey (data collection) in MPGU; statistical data analysis; generalization of information; data visualization in text; drafting the empirical part of the article.
M. A. Odintsova – research conception; theoretical background of the study; formulation and description of methodological and theoretical problems; conducting a survey (data collection) in MSUPE, Faculty of Distance Learning; drafting the theoretical part of the article.
M. G. Sorokova – research conception; conducting a survey (data collection) in MSUPE (five psychological faculties; organization of data collection in Russian Federation (RNRMU, USPU, Academy of Management of the MIA of Russia); critical revision of the article.
N. V. Kozyreva – conducting a survey (data collection) in the Republic of Belarus (BSPU, Institute of Psychology, BSU).
A. P. Lobanov – conducting a survey (data collection) in the Republic of Belarus (BSPU, Social-Pedagogical Technologies Department); critical revision of the article.

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