The article investigates the principle of information technology specialists' competence formation in the conditions of globalization and integration economic processes. In the course of the study, the factors determining the necessity of IT specialists' fluency in foreign languages, in particular in English of professional communication, are identified. Such processes are analyzed on the basis of the theoretical grounding of the researchers on this topic. The relevance of the article is due to the needs of today's globalized society in the context of the development of informatization and digitalization. The study clarifies the essence of English-language lexical competence of future specialists in information technology, identifies the pedagogical conditions, the theoretical rationale, practical development and experimental testing of the methodology for forming English-language lexical competence in future specialists in information technologies within the framework of masters’ degree programmes. The stages of formation of such competence in future IT specialists were determined, a system of tasks for forming English-language lexically competence (ELC) in professionally oriented written communication (POWS) was substantiated and concluded, a linguodidactic model was designed, an algorithm of collective preparation of a written product was proposed. Importantly, the article interprets the results of the experiment in order to verify the effectiveness of the developed method of forming their ELC. The method of analysis, synthesis, research and comparative generalizing method, problem solving method and information and communication method were used for research, a methodical experiment was conducted. On the basis of the obtained data the hypothesis about the effectiveness of the methodology of ELC formation in the POWS of future IT-specialists is confirmed.

The article studied the principles of distance education in the educational process and its use in distance learning in Ukrainian higher education institutions. The research was developed through an exploratory and empirical study. The results proved the effectiveness of introducing distance learning in the higher education system; as it helps in the formation of new management approaches in the distance education system. Based on the analysis, proposals were developed for the organization and improvement of distance education at the university.

The publication provides a thorough analysis of the main tendencies that prevail in the software market for implementing effective information and pedagogical management in modern higher education institutions. The article presents a brief retrospective of the formation and development of automated control systems. The monitoring of existing electronic products aimed at enhancing the quality of the educational management in higher school, developed by Ukrainian-based commercial IT-companies and research institutions, has been done. The peculiarities of development of automated control systems of educational process have been determined by distinguishing their advantages and disadvantages depending on the level of their development. The article describes the functionality of one of the most popular integrated automated information-analytical Web-oriented educational management systems of higher education institutions developed by the "Politek-SOFT" private company and implemented in the Zhytomyr Ivan Franko State University. The article contains statistical data on the number of educational institutions in Ukraine that have implemented and actively used the software of the specified IT company. The publication identifies the specific advantages of a comprehensive information and analytical system "Dean's Office" which consists of: the full and comprehensive automation of planning and accounting of educational process, full information interoperability with other software products of PE "Politek-SOFT", convenient report designer and interface, possibilities of adaptation and full-fledged functioning in any operating system. In addition, it saves money and human resources and is applicable to educational institutions of any level of accreditation. The authors provide some information on the methodical guidance on the use of a comprehensive information and analytical system "Dean's Office" and focus on the functioning of some of its working modules. The article outlines the direction of further research with the emphasis on the main principles of the functioning of other well-known automated informational and analytical systems of educational management that have been implemented at the national higher educational institutions.

The article discusses the problem of using information technologies in education, provides examples of using information technologies in education. The significance of the introduction and use of information technologies in Russian society and Russian education is analyzed. It was revealed that information technologies in education allow the use of a wider range of forms and methods of teaching and are one of the modern ways of intensifying and optimizing the educational process

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