Cluster analysis as the tool of the development of the readiness of the future teachers to the development of the digital footprint in the teaching process with the use of the online courses

The article deals with the issue of the evaluation of the readiness of the students of the pedagogical university to the development of the digital footprint on the basis of the cluster analysis. There are suggested the criteria, markers and indicators for the evaluation of the level of the students’ readiness to the development of the digital footprint in the context of the education with the use of the online courses. There is presented the analysis of the difficulties while fulfilling the tasks of the online courses, implemented in Volgograd State Socio-Pedagogical University, and their influence on the development of the digital footprint.