INTERNET TECHNOLOGY FOR ORGANIZING DISTANCE LEARNING: STATE AND PROSPECTS

The Internet ,one of the greatest advantages of civilization, has opened the widest road to knowledge, culture, individuals and tolerance. Internet technologies have confidently entered not only our lives, but are also being successfully introduced into the educational system. Distance learning has become a real element of educational development today. This educational system provides variety in the choice of the place and time of education. Distance learning involves the use of any databases and libraries providing access to many sources of information over the Internet. Distance learning is associated with an educational system in which the Internet is the main means of communication, training and information transfer. The ever-growing possibilities of the Internet open up new prospects for the development of distance learning. Lectures, seminars, tests are conducted over the Internet. Students communicate with each other and with lecturers by e-mail, participate in the discussion of various problems in teleconferences