DIGITAL EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES FOR DEVELOPING STUDENTS’ ROAD SAFETY COMPETENCE: CLASSIFICATION AND SELECTION CRITERIA
Keywords:
road safety education; digital educational resources; classification; selection criteria; simulation; gamification; competence.Abstract
The rapid growth of digital educational resources offers new opportunities for road safety education, yet teachers lack clear criteria for choosing among them, and resources are often selected for their visual appeal rather than their didactic value. This paper proposes a functional classification of digital resources for developing students’ road safety competence and a set of criteria for their selection. Five groups of resources are distinguished: information-reference, diagnostic-assessment, simulation-training, game-based and communicative-reflective. Eight selection criteria are substantiated, with particular emphasis on behavioural validity, adaptivity, local relevance and accessibility.
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