Distant Learning in Professional Training of the Socio-cultural Sphere Managers'

Actuality. Today, educational institutions are actively implementing distance learning tools. These solutions provide the availability of educational information and the convenience of obtaining it. Do not use these tools means staying on the sidelines of progress. Purpose and methods. The purpose of the paper is to identify the possibilities of using distance learning tools for future managers, taking into account the specifics of the socio-cultural sphere. We used empirical and systematic approaches, methods of analysis and synthesis, according to which the structure of the teaching-methodical complex for distance learning was proposed in the interconnection of its main elements and the identification of specific factors important for the preparation of managers of the socio-cultural sphere. Results. The main results of the study are to identify the prerequisites and prove the need to use the elements of distance learning in the process of training specialists-managers to ensure their maximum adaptability to the conditions of training and further implementation of the acquired competencies. Conclusions and discussion. The use of distance learning tools ensures the availability of knowledge, the comfort of their obtaining and are not inferior to other forms of learning. In the future, the methodology for the development of teaching materials for distance learning will be considered. The scientific novelty of the results is that for the first time the structure of the educational-methodical complex was introduced, taking into account the specifics of the activity of the manager of the socio-cultural sphere; further developed a decision on the application of the modular system in the professional training of specialists. The practical value lies in the possibility of applying our suggestions in the training of service managers