The need for systemic changes in vocational education is considered since the sphere of higher education is in dire need of professionals capable of developing their students, mastering new educational technologies and new pedagogical and administrative tools. The authors reviewed the main methodological approaches and substantiated the use of the synergetic approach to finding ways to improve vocational education. As such a path, the authors proposed a synergy of a personal learning environment along with the correct motivation of students. The authors clearly showed the mechanism of the personal learning environment and the place of each of its participants and proposed a possible variant of the task for the student in this environment and the criteria for its assessment.