The urgency of this research is determined by the need to study the readiness of school community in preschool educational establishments of Russia to apply distance learning technologies. The purpose of the research is to study motivation and valuebased, cognitive, operational (operational-activity), emotional-volitional, and information components of the readiness of preschool teachers and parents of preschool children to implement distance learning technologies in a major city and in rural areas. A sociological method has been chosen for this study, specifically, a questionnaire survey method. The diagnostic findings of preschool teachers' readiness to implement distance learning technologies have been analyzed; the awareness level of preschool children' parents of the content and means of implementing distance learning technologies and their readiness to embrace this type of educational technology have been studied. The results and conclusions obtained during the research can be useful for head masters of preschool educational establishments, as well as for regional and municipal educational authorities implementing distance learning technologies and e-learning.

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The present research examines the foreign experience of cooperation between universities and non-profit organizations (NPOs) related to the development of a civil society. A socially responsible University that successfully implements its main missions related to education and research, should also participate in the implementation of the third mission, which is closely connected with the development of a local community. When analyzing the system of interaction between Universities and NGOs, a project approach was used. The project approach is aimed at building social activity and responsibility among citizens which is possible due to interaction between universities and non-profit organizations. The analysis of foreign practice allowed the authors to identify main stakeholders of social networking system and formulate basic principle of the concept of effective partnership between universities and non-profit organizations, as well as suggest some directions and forms of organizing cooperation between a socially responsible university and a local community.

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