Psychological Features of the Application of Distance Technologies in Education

Περίληψη

The article examines the psychological features of the use of distance learning technologies in the educational process of schools and higher educational institutions of the Russian Federation. Since modern education is developing in the context of an increasing flow of information, the participants in the educational process have to operate with a huge amount of knowledge in various spheres of human activity. The development of information and communication technologies has created fundamentally new conditions for working with information in the education system. In recent decades, distance learning technologies based on the use of modern information and communication capabilities have been actively introduced. Previously, one could hear about distance learning as an innovative form of the educational process, but today the use of distance learning technologies in the field of education does not surprise anyone. Particular attention in the article is paid to the advantages and disadvantages of distance learning in comparison with the traditional one. The use of distance technologies allows to significantly diversify the educational process, introducing elements of play, competition, and color into it, to reveal the creative abilities of students, and also to cause students' satisfaction from the learning process itself. With a correctly chosen teaching strategy, information technology can be effectively used to create interest among students in the subject under study. The article provides general recommendations on the use of distance learning technologies in teaching various age groups, from primary school age to adolescents.