Use of digital technologies in making and processing texts of a new nature in modern education: A theoretical review

Abstract

The aim of the paper is to present a review of academic and methodological research in digital educational technologies and their application in making and processing texts of a new nature, which combines verbal and non-verbal elements. The review identifies and summarizes the main directions of research and problems of education digitalization in making and processing texts of a new nature, outlines ways of solving these problems and directions for future research. The academic importance of the review lies in the attempt of the integrative comprehension of the data obtained by Russian and foreign scholars within the framework of the approach to the study of the text of a new nature as an innovative means of learning in the conditions of education digitalization. Special attention is paid to the corpus of recent studies in education and computerized linguistic technologies. Despite a large number of works focused on the problem, no holistic study of technologies for making and processing texts of a new nature has been undertaken so far. Thus, the review sums up various approaches to the text as the basic concept of the information and digital educational environment and analyzes a number of methods and tools that include technologies for making and processing texts of a new nature. In conclusion, the review outlines possible directions for further research of the text as the basis of the information and digital educational environment.