Distance education: theoretical and methodological aspect

The article deals with theoretical and methodological approaches to the establishment and implementation of distance learning in the history of education. During its development, distance learning was presented by different models: “teacher - one or more students”, “teacher - many students”, “many teachers - many students”, and the integrating model of modernity. The article substantiates the urgency of the issue and the importance of the system of distance cooperation in education and professional formation. It discloses key features of distance learning as an activity, and presents didactic requirements for content-based distance-learning technology. The authors reviewed and analyzed approaches to the definition of “distance learning”, which is the subject of the work of the following scientists: A.A. Andreev, D.A. Bogdanova, A.A. Fedoseyev, Y.P. Gospodarik, E.S. Polat, A.E. Petrov, V.G. Domrachev, A.V. Khutorskoi, A.B. Nikitin, V.S. Sinegal, V.A. Sorotski, I.A. Tsikin and others...