Additional education of teachers as the condition of risk minimization in informatization of higher education

The problem of informatization of modern higher education is updated. The leading risks of this process are identified, the source of which can be the teacher of higher education: the psychological unpreparedness of teachers to use digital technologies and resources in their professional activities; professional conviction that the quality of modern education is in no way connected with the fact of using the resources of the electronic information and educational environment; low general information and communication competence of some teachers; resistance of teachers of intrusion into the established pedagogical system of professional activities of unfamiliar didactic practices; negative mythologization of informatization processes in any areas of life of modern society and so on. The idea of the necessity of e-Learning of teachers on the additional professional program “Use and support of the e-Learning environment and information and communication technologies in the educational organization” is grounded to minimize the identified risks. Targets for designing additional education for teachers in the effective use of digital technologies, environments and resources are singled out. The experience of implementation of higher professional education of teachers in e-format is described. Technological and substantive features of teaching modern high school teachers in new educational practices are indicated.