DIGITAL EDUCATIONAL ENVIRONMENT AS A TOOL FOR RESOLVING THE CONFLICT BETWEEN QUALITY AND EFFICIENCY IN VOCATIONAL EDUCATION

Abstract

The article analyzes the fundamental contradiction in modern vocational education caused by multidirectional state policy requirements: deepening the content of training (individualization, increased time costs) and increasing the productivity of teaching labor (reduction of contact work). The author substantiates the inefficiency of extensive methods and proposes to consider the digital educational environment (DEE) not as an auxiliary tool, but as a new architectural framework that allows decomposing pedagogical time through asynchronicity and adaptability. It is shown that DEE transforms the teacher's role model from a "transmitter" to a "facilitator". A critical risk of formal digitalization leading to an increase in bureaucratic workload is identified. Three key conditions for the effectiveness of DEE are formulated: revision of labor rationing, modular principle of program construction, and introduction of digital twins of professions. In further development of the theoretical model, the necessity of integrating DEE with management systems (exemplified by the open-source LMS Moodle and the "Electronic Dean's Office" module) is substantiated, which makes it possible to remove the institutional contradiction between educational and administrative functions, create a unified digital space for comprehensive resource management, and reduce bureaucratic workload. The conclusions are addressed to developers of educational policies and managers in the system of higher and secondary vocational education.