26db8356-98ad-4a0b-a961-c03bf390e5b820241113064532730naun:naunmdt@crossref.orgMDT DepositInternational Journal of Education and Information Technologies2074-131610.46300/9109http://www.naun.org/cms.action?id=3037312202431220241810.46300/9109.2024.18https://npublications.com/journals/educationinformation/2024.phpSvitlanaBorysovaInstitute of Arts, Luhansk Taras Shevchenko National University, 3, Koval Str., Poltava, 36003, UkraineViacheslavBorysovInstitute of Arts, Luhansk Taras Shevchenko National University, 3, Koval Str., Poltava, 36003, UkraineSvitlanaKocherginaTechnical University “Metinvest Polytechnic”, Metinvest Holding LLC, 80, Pivdenne Shose Str., Zaporizhzhia, 69008, UkraineOlenaSpasskovaSouth Ukrainian National Pedagogical University named after K. D. Ushynsky, 26, Staroportofrankivska Str., Odesa, 65020, UkraineNataliiaKushnarovaT. H. 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