Digital technologies as a means of improving the quality of additional professional education during and after the pandemic

Abstract

The COVID-19 coronavirus Pandemic has affected existing education systems around the world. In connection with the transition to distance education, it is important to assess the main opportunities, prospects and problems. Describes the current trend in creating a digital educational environment. The introduction of the latest information technologies helps to manage a number of disadvantages of the traditional way of learning. Disadvantages and difficulties in online learning and information (distance) educational technologies are also considered, as well as their positive aspects. The main task is to identify this form of education as a means of obtaining quality education in the field of additional professional education, to assist in solving the problems of teachers of secondary vocational education that arise in the process of transition to training using information (distance) educational technologies. The current directions and topics of advanced training courses are offered, implemented using the Moodle e-learning system, used on the basis of the Educational and instructional center for railway transportation. Also represented are organizations that cooperate with the Federal state educational institution Educational and instructional center for railway transportation in the process of preparing new training programs and electronic educational content. New programs are being developed and new directions for further professional education are being considered.