Activity Approach to Learning and the Problem of Creating Digital Learning Aids

The article touches upon various aspects of using computers and digital technologies in the learning process from the perspective of the activity approach. The challenges of using computers as a means of activity modeling are discussed.

Computerization of learning is one of the forms in which human-machine systems are extensively entering all areas of life. According to theory, the main component of such systems is human activity, while the machine component serves as a means and as a tool for its effective realization. Human activity has many types and forms, all of them derived from work activity. Its evolution in history generat­ed other forms of activity, such as play, learning, research, etc. All forms of activity, though different in specific content, have common structure, which includes the following main elements (see A.A. Leontiev).

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