“…It is worth noting that continuing education concerns not only modern youth, but also older generations, who will also be affected by new technologies in the very near future. For example, in a University environment, it is necessary to introduce continuing education for teachers in order to maintain their competitiveness in the digital world of education (Baibarin, Mashkin, & Shelengovskiy, 2016;Chernyavskaya, 2011;Cherdymova et al, 2018;Fedyunin & Goncharova, 2012;Kargapoltseva et al, 2019;Lugovskaya, 2016Lugovskaya, a, 2016b. The basis of professional and personal development of a specialist, according to some scientists is the independence, involving the following components: self-awareness as awareness of their capacities, abilities, aspirations to raise the social status; self-esteem as a positive or negative attitude to their personal qualities; self-organization as an independent organization of the learning process, monitoring, evaluation, adjustment of operations; government as the definition of rules of personal actions' organization, in accordance with the values and preferences (Albekov, 2017;Baranova, 2015;Dautova, 2018;Noskov, 2016;Shevko & Turutina, 2014;Ushakova, 2014).…”