World Journal on Educational Technology: Current Issues Volume 13, Issue 4, (2021) 934-946 www.wj-et.eu Enhancement of educators’ digital competences in the acquisition programming fundamentals in programming environment scratch Arturs Medveckis * a , Liepaja University, Faculty of Education, Sociological Research Center, Email: arturs.medveckis@liepu.lv, https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9290-2914 Tamara Pigozne b , University of Latvia, Scientific Institute of Pedagogy, https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4518-7644 Dzintars Tomsons c , Liepaja University, Faculty of Science and Engineering, https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3897- 2027 Suggested Citation: Medveckis, A., Pigozneb, T., & Tomsons, D., (2021). Enhancement of educators’ digital competences in the acquisition programming fundamentals in programming environment scratch. World Journal on Educational Technology: Current Issues. 13(4), 934-946. https://doi.org/10.18844/wjet.v13i4.6276 Received from July 31, 2021; revised from August 15, 2021; accepted from October 05, 2021 Selection and peer review under responsibility of Prof. Dr. Servet Bayram, Yeditepe University, Turkey. ©2021 Birlesik Dunya Yenilik Arastirma ve Yayincilik Merkezi. All rights reserved. Abstract. Life-long learning, including development of professional competence, is an essential paradigm of the 21 st century. The goal of this research is to analyse the quality and efficiency of the educators’ professional competence enhancement programme dubbed “Fundamentals of Programming in Visual Programming Environment Scratch” in accordance with the following criteria: organization, lecturer’s competence, quality of handouts, content, expectations, usefulness, applicability, and the overall assessment of the programme. The target group of the research is 98 educators of Latvia. Data was collected using close and open questions to ensure triangulation of data. Results were analysed using SPSS 20. The correlation coefficient was used to analyse the data. Per the results of the analysis, the acquisition of the professional competence enhancement programme, educators have significantly improved their knowledge in programming, as well as the digital competence in general. Keywords: educators’ professional competence; digital competence; fundamentals of programming; programming environment; Scratch. * Address of correspondence: Arturs Medveckis, Liepaja University, Faculty of Education, Sociological Research Center, Email address: arturs.medveckis@liepu.lv