Informatization of professional education: advantages and disadvantages

The modern educational environment is undergoing a number of innovations and transformations. One of them is the Informatization of professional education. Like any innovation, it is both supported and criticized. Digital technologies are not only a tool, but also a kind of new approach in the learning process. They allow you to conduct classes at any convenient time. Contribute to the development of continuing education, the ability to design individual educational routes. However, Informatization of higher education requires teachers to have a different mentality, perception of the world picture, and completely different approaches and forms of working with students. This article provides a General description of the information educational environment in which it resides today. It also provides information that considers it as one of the alternative forms of higher education