TO THE USE OF DISTANCE LEARNING AS A FORM OF MODERN PEDAGOGICAL TECHNOLOGIES IN THE PROCESS OF TRAINING AT A MILITARY UNIVERSITY
The article is devoted to the possibility of applying distance learning in the learning process at the military school. The authors consider distance learning as a modern educational technologies, reveal the place and role of distance learning in the decision of actual problems of training officers for the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. The current time in world practice, the network of open and distance learning is based on six well-known models that use a variety of traditional and new information technologies: television, video, printed manual, computer telecommunications and so. Authors consider the content and merits of each of these models. The effectiveness of any form of distance learning, according to the authors, depends on four components: the effective interaction between the lecturer and the cadet, despite the fact that they are physically separated by a distance; the effectiveness of used pedagogical technologies; the effectiveness of the developed teaching materials, methods of delivery and efficacy of the recommended methods; the effectiveness of feedback. In the framework of distance learning of most interest are those methods that focus on group work of cadets, cooperative learning, active learning process, work with different sources of information. Distance learning is not a complete alternative to other pedagogical means, but we can assume that in this new century it will rapidly develop.