The article deals with development of digital culture as an important condition of on-line and distance learning which are considered to be progressive and effective as they allow students to get complete and new information in any area rather quickly. The role of digital culture in digital environment is growing year by year because contemporary society generates a great amount of information flow that requires not only ability to orient yourself within it and to use them in educational and professional activity but also for being competitive in new informational society. Digital culture is a part of human culture which objectively characterizes the level of all information processes of society and existing informational relations. Digital learning makes students have a need to search necessary information, conceive it and create their own information "product". Such organization of the learning process where the learner is placed in an environment where there is a complex solution of educational problems. It seems to be the most effective form of learning for development of students' digital culture.