PERSPECTIVES OF DISTANCE AND BLENDED LEARNING IN A SYSTEM OF CONTINUOUS EDUCATION

Abstract

The article deals with the global trends in development of education system. The main stages of imple- mentation of distance and blended learning were analyzed. The key stakeholders of distance learning and their purposes were revealed. The article focuses on the necessity of development of new didactic materials, espe- cially smart-technologies and smart-guides for improving the efficiency of the distance learning system. Work in this direction was recommended to start with development of the concept of a smart-guide and design of the corresponding educational blocks.