Educational simulation as a tool for designing a personal educational environment for future teachers

Introduction. The goal of digital transformation is to provide effective information support to participants in educational relations within the framework of organizing the process of obtaining education and managing educational activities, including through the introduction of digital technologies. Digital technologies have enormous transformative potential in the field of education, being dominant in the development of education and leading to qualitative changes in this area [2]. That is, they have inexhaustible potential for personalizing the educational environment in all types of educational organizations. One of the current digital tools is digital educational simulations, which allow students to gain practical skills and experience in a safe and controlled environment. This is especially important for the professional field related to education, since the mistakes of teachers can have serious consequences.Materials and methods. The phenomenon of educational simulation is considered, its educational and educational potential is analyzed. The work uses methods of analysis of scientific literature, analysis, generalization and systematization of data, testing and surveys.Results. The authors identified and described the main trends in the development of educational simulation, analyzed the educational potential of simulation in an interactive and contextual environment. A comparative analysis of educational simulation scenarios is carried out in relation to possible individual educational results (IER) that will be formed among students. The effectiveness of digital educational simulations for improving the assimilation of educational material by future teachers was confirmed as part of a pedagogical experiment based at Minin University.Discussion and conclusions. With the help of simulations, you can increase the effectiveness of training, speed up the process of mastering new skills and improve the quality of training of future teaching staff. In addition, educational simulations provide a wide range of opportunities to increase the competitiveness of a university graduate. Also, educational simulations can be used to increase the motivation of students, since they provide the opportunity for a practice-oriented format for studying a topic, which may be more attractive than theoretical study of the material. And also to contribute to the formation and development of ethical guidelines for organizing interaction with participants in the educational process in a gentle manner for further transfer to situations of face-to-face interaction.